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JEWISH
CEMETERIES IN ORANGE, TEXAS:
ORANGE: (Orange County)
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Community with the Jewish Community of Beaumont, Texas.
Hebrew Rest Cemetery
2100 Block of
8th St
Orange County, Texas
Private Cemetery. Photo of
Gate
The Ladies Aid and Cemetery Association Established in 1904.
First burial recorded:
Harry
Crager, June 26 1862 - June 1, 1904, Aged 41.
Find a Grave - Matching Records Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Orange, TX.
Last updated: July 27, 2020
Please update us! Early Jewish Settlers and Notable Jews in Orange,
TX :
Simon W. Wiess, One of the Early Jewish Settlers in Southeast Texas was Simon W. Wiess,
Birth Jan 1 1800, Lublin, Miasto Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland , Death: August 13 1868,
Aged 68, Evadale, Jasper County, Texas, USA. Burial:
Weiss Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas, USA
Harry Crager, Birth: 26 Jun 1862, New York, New York
County (Manhattan), New York, USA. Death: 1 Jun 1904
(aged 41)
Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA. Burial: Hebrew
Rest Cemetery, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA
Julius Miller, 10 Apr 1846, Germany, Death: 12 Mar 1924
(aged 77). Buried: Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Orange, Orange
County, Texas, USA
Leopold Miller, Birth: 27 Oct 1853, Hamburg, Germany.
Death: 30 Mar 1924 (aged 70), Galveston, Galveston County,
Texas, USA. Burial: Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Orange, Orange
County, Texas, USA
Rabbi Samuel Rosinger from Beaumont, TX. Birth: 21 Dec
1877, Hungary. Death: 1 Nov 1965 (aged 87). Jefferson County,
Texas, USA. Burial: Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Texas, USA. Rabbi Samuel Rosinger came to visit the
Beth El Jewish Congregation of Orange, Texas, once a month, in
1919.
They met in the house of Joe and Anny Lucas.
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Mostly Reformed Jews, that closed their businesses for
Saturday, on Rosh HaShanah (1918).
16 members at the Beth El Congregation of Orange, TX in 1919.
They did not have a synagogue building. The total number of
Jews in Orange in 1919 was 69.
Joe Lucas, Birth: 1865, Death: 1944 (aged 78–79). Burial:
Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA
Annie R. Rubenstein Lucas, Birth: 1878, Death: 1978 (aged
99–100). Burial: Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Orange, Orange County,
Texas, USA
Max Goldfine and Wife During Oil Boom. See
full size photo.
Max A. Goldfine in the 1940 Census. Moved to Rhode Island
(?). Maybe another Max Goldfine and wife Rose are in RI.
See
Headstone, 1874 - 1952. See
Find a Grave.
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Sources and External Links:
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Jewish
Orange, TX - Historical Overview and Today - by the Institute of
Southern Jewish Life
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Find a Grave - Matching Records Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Orange, TX.
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Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Orange Co. Burial Records, Submitted by Judy Allen
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Orange County, Texas - Hebrew Rest Cemetery, Partial Burial Records.
First burial recorded: 1904
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Details for Joe and Annie Lucas House, Historical Marker —
Atlas Number 5361011493
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Headstones toppled at small Jewish cemetery in Texas. Caretaker finds
damage at Hebrew Rest burial ground; police investigating incident as
criminal mischief - By JTA - 31 October 2018
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Jewish Citizens Were Orange Pioneers - KOGT Radio, December 6, 2015
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Texas Jewish Historical Society - May 2015 News Magazine
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American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25,1919 to Sept. 12, 1920;
Volume 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman
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Abe Sokolski in Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont,
April 3 1925. At this time he states that he lived in
Orange Texas for 35 year.
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The Sokolskis - See Find a Grave - Hebrew Rest Cemetery,
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA. We did not
find the burial place of Abe Sokolski, Mayor of Orange, TX
(Elections 1940, 1942).
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