Marysville Hebrew Cemetery also known as Marysville Jewish Cemetery, and Jewish Cemetery of Marysville, is a no longer active
Jewish cemetery
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founded in 1855 by the Marysville Hebrew Benevolent Society, and is located at the southeast corner of
Marysville Cemetery
Marysville Cemetery also known as Historic Marysville City Cemetery, is a no longer active city-owned cemetery that was established in 1850, and is located in Marysville, California. Historically this cemetery has been prone to flooding.
This ceme ...
, in
Marysville,
California
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.
In 1945, the cemetery was abandoned and forgotten; by 1995 it was restored.
History
As early as 1852, the Marysville Hebrew Benevolent Society was founded and their bylaws stated, "The funds of the society shall be appropriated as follows: relief to the poor, needy, sick, and the burial of the dead of the Hebrew persuasion in Marysville and vicinity."
In 1855, the Marysville Hebrew Cemetery was founded by the Marysville Hebrew Benevolent Society.
Many of the gravestones in this cemetery are in
Hebrew
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and list the place of birth as either
Prussia
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or Germany; with the exception being the graves of children born in California.
In the early 1900s, the Marysville Hebrew Benevolent Society disbanded.
By 1945, the cemetery had dug the final grave and it was abandoned.
In 1962, ''The Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West'' was formed to help with education, and restoration for all of the Jewish cemeteries in Gold County. In 1995, ''The Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West'' repaired this abandoned cemetery.
Related cemeteries
Other 19th-century Jewish cemeteries in Northern California are located at:
*
Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (or Givoth Olam),
Jackson
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,
Amador County
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;
* Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (or Shaar Zedek),
Grass Valley
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,
Nevada County;
*
Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, also known as Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, is an inactive Jewish cemetery founded in c. 1851, and located in Sonora, California. This was the first Jewish cemetery in the Gold Rush region.
History
The cemetery was foun ...
,
Sonora
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,
Tuolumne County
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Tuolumne County comprises the ...
;
* Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery,
Placerville,
El Dorado County
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;
*
Nevada City Jewish Cemetery
Nevada City Jewish Cemetery is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1854 by the Nevada Hebrew Society, and located in Nevada City, Nevada County, California. The last burial was during the summer of 1890. There are only 29 headstones th ...
,
Nevada City,
Nevada County;
* Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Jewish Cemetery,
Mokelumne Hill
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,
Calaveras County
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;
* Jewish Cemetery, Shasta,
Shasta County
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See also
* ''
Birth of a Community: Jews and the Gold Rush'' (1994 film)
*
Hebrew Cemetery
*
List of cemeteries in California
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*
Judah L. Magnes Museum
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References
External links
Marysville Hebrew Cemetery profileat pioneerjewishcemeteries.org
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Jewish cemeteries in California
1855 establishments in California
Cemeteries in California
Marysville, California