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KOSHER DELIGHT - YOUR JEWISH ONLINE MAGAZINE!
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JEWISH
CEMETERIES IN BAY CITY, TEXAS:
BAY CITY (Matagorda County)
According to the Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Jewish
settlers had lived in the Bay City area long before there was a Bay
City, before 1894, and a small Jewish community remains today. The
Marker of Cedarvale Cemetery mention early settlers.
Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City
2100 Block of
Golden Avenue, Bay City,
Matagorda County, TX 77414, USA
Phone: +1 979-245-0872
Roots in 1896
Land deeded: March 14, 1896
Cedarvale Cemetery
Association established: 1906
First buried: Rufus A. Mathis,
non-Jew.
1 Jewish burial in non-Jewish cemetery,
1995 (also see Wharton Jewish
Cemeteries)
According to the Historical Marker, many
of Bay City's Early Settlers are buried in here.
Last updated: July 22, 2020
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Beth David Center (Liberal) Open?
929 Nichols Ave,
Bay City, TX 77414
Phone: (979) 245-7428 (?)
Building dedication: August 30, 1987
Sydney Denn was the
President of This Community at time of Dedication.
(Flags of
Israel and USA)
Sidney Denn (April 6, 1924 - November 6, 1996 (72)
Buried:
Shearith Israel Cemetery, Wharton, Wharton County, Texas, USA
Last updated: July 22, 2020
Please update us!
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Sources and External Links:
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Dedication
Ceremony for Beth David Center in Bay City, Texas - August 30,
1987 - YouTube.com
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Bay City, Texas - Historical Overview and Today, by the
Institute of Southern Jewish Life
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Jewish Families of Matagorda County, Texas
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Remnant Of Israel: Saving Jewish History In Wharton And Bay
City- by Dr. Joshua Furman, July 26, 2018
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Dr. Albert Moses Levi, buried in Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda
County. Info and Historical Marker /
here!
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Michael Sternberger, ex-Confederate soldier and a merchant in
Bay City, TX. Buried at the Jewish Beth Israel Cemetery of
Houston (1842, Germany - 1912, Bay City, Matagorda County)
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Henry Schwartz, (Schwartz Brothers - Horse and Mule Company)
born in Schulenburg June 3, 1876, and died June 5, 1916. Buried
according to Jewish rites in Hallettsville, TX
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Aaron & Minnie Greenberg Family, of Bay City, TX
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Family of David & Henrietta Greenberg Krumholz
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