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Upington Jewish Cemetery




Cemetery records adapted from Sue Fifer's. Surnames link to gravestone photos at eGGSA. Given names link to civil death records, obtained from the on-line images of the LDS Church, which are searchable by name or browsable by year and location (under Gordonia). There are some discrepancies between the death records and the tombstones, including in names and dates. There are also death records, immediately below, for others who passed away in Upington but whose graves are not identified here. Some, including several infants, may be buried in the unmarked graves noted in the cemetery list.

(Infant girl) JACOBSON1901Reported on death record as buried in Upington
Aron KATZ1908Reported on death record as buried in Upington
Israel ROBINSON1908Reported on death record as buried in Upington
Henry BENDHEIM1914Reported on death record as buried in public cemetery in Upington
Isadore NURICK1924Reported on death record as buried in Upington cemetery
Samuel KOWEN1925Reported on death record as buried in Upington cemetery
Israel FINN1944Buried in non-Jewish cemetery in Upington
Renée LENHOFF1951Buried in Windhoek


Plot Location Surname Given Name(s) Date of Birth Date of Death Age at Death Hebrew Name Spouse's Name or Grave Other Surnames Comments/Notes
A1 LENHOFF Solomon 12 Feb 1869 10 Mar 1948     E6    
A2 LENHOFF Abraham 12 Oct 1873 20 Mar 1944     A5    
A3 KURLAND Max   12 Jan 1950     A4    
A4 KURLAND Paula   19 Sep 1950     A3    
A5 LENHOFF Anna 13 May 1884 7 Mar 1961     A2 née EDELSTEIN  
A6 BLUM Sonia   13 Oct 1961     B1    
A7 (GNESIN) Arona   28 Mar 1982   Arona bat Simcha     Name in Hebrew only
A8-A13                 Children's graves. No inscriptions
A14 BENJAMIN Annie   21 Nov 1961          
A15                 Child's grave. No inscription
A16 BENJAMIN Rhona Zelda   14 Sep 1946 4 mos        
A17,A18                 Children's graves. No inscriptions
B1 BLUM Herman   28 Nov 1943 44   A6    
B2 LENHOFF Mendel 22 May 1878 10 Apr 1935          
B3 WASSERMAN Mortus   3 Dec 1933 68   WASSERMAN, Henrietta    
B4 LOEWENSTEIN Jacob   27 Jul 1930          
B5 KANGISHER Isaac 1877 30 Jun 1929     D9    
B6 MILLER Seftel   Sep 1924         Uncle, mourned by Robinson families
B7 ROBINSON William Seftel   14 Dec 1946 72        
B8 GOLDBERGER B   17 Feb 1924   Beniamin      
B9 KOWEN Isaac 14 Apr 1914 31 Mar 1922          
B10 LENHOFF Louis   22 Sep 1922 35        
B11 WASSERZWEIG David   15 Mar 1946          
B12 JACOBSON Thomas             Daughter Dorothy. Died 6 August 1915.
B13                 No inscription
C1 APPEL William   16 Jul 1944     F5    
C2                 No inscription
C3 HOFFBRAND Morris   26 Jul 1941 68        
C5 SISSKIND Max   1 Mar 1942     SISSKIND, Annie    
C6 LOWENBERG Abraham Mendel   8 Mar 1942          
C7 HUMMEL Bernard   5 Aug 1946 64   E4    
C7 HUMMEL Louis (Lyske) 18 Dec 1917 27 Jan 1968          
C8 NURICK Ivy   17 Apr 1947 38   C9 née KANGISHER  
C9 NURICK Robert   22 Jul 1948 45   C8    
C10 KOWEN Sarah Stirrel   13 Oct 1943 70   C11    
C11 KOWEN Woolf   12 Oct 1946 75   C10    
C12 BUCHHEIMER Rosel 1900 1935       née HEILBRON  
C14 BROUDE Dora   8 May 1931     C15   First woman buried in this cemetery
C15 BROUDE Barnet   13 Aug 1954     C14    
D1/D2 RABKIN Tevia   20 Oct 1949 59       Children Zelik & Eza
D1/D2 RABKIN Paulina   15 Sep 1979          
D3 BERKOVITZ Jacob   8 Nov 1949 85        
D4 IMMERMAN Harry   21 Mar 1950 51        
D5 NEWMAN Leizer   2 Jul 1951          
D6 WERBELOFF Samuel   11 Aug 1952 61   WERBELOFF, Theresa    
D7 MARCUSE Leipold   26 Jun 1953 76        
D8 BERMAN Louis   20 Aug 1953 66        
D9 KANGISHER Betty   30 Oct 1951 77   B5    
D11 KOWEN Maurice   12 Oct 1952 54        
D12 KOWEN Joseph   25 Apr 1955 58        
D13 KOWEN Dora   4 Aug 1978 79        
D16 FRANKENFELD Seretta   20 Dec 1976          
E1 YALCOFSKY Jack Hayman   21 Dec 1956          
E2 GORDON Max Harry 14 May 1884 22 Apr 1958          
E4 HUMMEL Rosa   10 Jun 1959 64   C7 née KOWEN  
E5 SCHATZ Joseph   27 Apr 1960 54        
E6 LENHOFF Mary   18 Feb 1961 86   A1    
E7 GOTTSCHALK Gustav   10 May 1961     E8    
E8 GOTTSCHALK Bertha   13 May 1961     E7    
E9 SACK Esther   9 Sep 1956          
E10 KAPLAN Isaac   29 Apr 1956          
E11 SCHARFF Benno Bernhardt 1 Jan 1873 16 Nov 1946          
E13 MANDELKORN Herman 24 Apr 1881 6 Nov 1945          
E14 FRIEDBERG Hermann 24 Jul 1876 29 Jul 1946          
E15 FINDER Joseph   13 Apr 1937 55        
E16                 No inscription
F1 CHESED Abraham   26 Aug 1962 61        
F2 ROGIES Selick   31 Dec 1963 96        
F3/F4 ELIAS Batsheva   4 Mar 1966          
F3/F4 ELIAS Hezkia Mishael   7 Feb 1989         Interred Cape Town
F5 APPEL Jeanette   19 May 1966     C1    
F6 NURICK Abraham   27 Mar 1967          
F7 JANKIELSOHN Phil   24 Aug 1967          
F8 ELLERT Elias   10 Sep 1968          
F9 LEVINSOHN Izak   2 Sep 1976     F10    
F10 LEVINSOHN Ida   10 Dec 1970     F9    
F11 RAFF David   20 Aug 1976          
F?16                 No inscription
G?                 One grave; no stone