Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery Explained
Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery |
Type: | Jewish |
Findagraveid: | 2261101 |
Location: | Placerville, El Dorado County, California |
Country: | United States |
Graves: | 22–26 |
Owner: | Placerville Hebrew Benevolent Society, Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West |
Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1854 by the Placerville Hebrew Benevolent Society, and is located in Placerville, California.[1] The last burial happened in 1968.[2] It is a private site operated by the Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West and is not open to the public.
Related cemeteries
Other 19th-century Jewish cemeteries in Northern California are located at:
- Nevada City Jewish Cemetery, Nevada City, Nevada County;
- Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Jackson, Almador County;
- Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, Sonora, Tuolumne County;
- Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (or Shaar Zedek), Grass Valley, Nevada County;
- Marysville Hebrew Cemetery, Marysville, Yuba County;
- Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County;
- Jewish Cemetery, Shasta, Shasta County[3] [4]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Levinson, Robert E. . The Jews in the California Gold Rush . . 1994 . 9780943376622.
- Web site: Placerville . 2023-09-11 . Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West . en-US . 2023-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231125215131/http://pioneerjewishcemeteries.org/placerville . live .
- Book: Rensch . Hero Eugene . Historical Spots in California . Rensch . Ethel Grace . Hoover . Mildred Brooke . 1966 . Stanford University Press . 9780804700795 . Abeloe . William N. . 3rd . Stanford, California . 487 . en . 2023-09-13 . 2024-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240302015339/https://books.google.com/books?id=wYGaAAAAIAAJ . live .
- Book: Friedmann, Jonathan L. . Jewish Gold Country . 2020. Arcadia Publishing . 9781439669426 . 22–23, 55 . en . Jonathan L. Friedmann . 2023-09-13 . 2022-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221013211734/https://books.google.com/books?id=y4HNDwAAQBAJ . live .