Malmesbury Jewish Cemetery
The cemetery was established in 1922. A local farmer, Piet van der Westhuizen, generously donated a piece of his farm, Rozenberg, for the cemetery. He left a servitude on a suitable piece of ground on his farm to the Jewish community, with the proviso that 'this land is always to remain for the Jews'. He also contributed to the cost of the Tahara house and to the wall around the cemetery. He was always a good friend to the Jews and contributed generously with livestock and money to Zionist funds. He was later presented with an illuminated address by the Jewish Community to thank him for his ongoing support, which he proudly hung in the entrance to his farmhouse. A smous, Joseph Chorn, was the first person to be buried there.
In 1994 the cemetery was restored and the Tahara house and graves were repaired. A rededication ceremony was held in the cemetery on September 8 1996, attended by descendants of Piet van der Westhuizen, who offered to maintain the cemetery, which was on their farm.
By clicking the surnames in the table below, you will bring up a photograph of the gravestone. The table can be sorted in different ways by clicking on different column headings.
| Surname | First names | Date of death | Age | Hebrew name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEINART | Daniel | 1954-08-11 | 42 | Daniel b Yisrael Zeev |
| BEINART | Gitel | 1930-02-22 | 50 | Gitel b Moshe |
| BEINART | Israel Woolf | 1946-02-04 | 72 | Yisrael Zeev b Shmuel Yehuda |
| BEINART | Koppel Alick | 1954-05-31 | Eliyahu Koppel b Shmuel Leib | |
| BEINART | Leah | 1991-01-20 | ||
| BEINART | Philip (Dr) | 1940-07-02 | 36 | Shraga Fibush b Yisrael Zeev |
| BEINART | Sarah | 1937-08-03 | Chaya Sara b Tzvi Elchana HaCohen | |
| CHINN | Dora | 1980-09-28 | Dvora b Aharon | |
| CHINN | Harry | 1972-02-23 | Tzvi b Yechezkel | |
| CHINN | Jacob Heshil | 1959-08-25 | 69 | Yacov Hessel |
| CHINN | Sarah | 1995-08-29 | 98 | Sara b Avraham |
| CHORN | baby | 0 | ||
| CHORN | baby | 0 | ||
| CHORN | Joseph | 1924-08-16 | 17 | Yosef Shlomo b Nachum |
| COHEN | Abraham | 1926-06-08 | 42 | Avraham b Elchanan HaCohen |
| FRIEDMAN | Jeynie Rachel | 1956-08-30 | Shaina Rachel b Shraga Benzion | |
| FRIEDMAN | Joseph Elijah | 1966-01-05 | Yosef Eliyahu b Avraham Yitzchak | |
| GOLDMAN | Max | 1938-03-07 | 59 | Pesach Menachem b Nisan |
| GREENSTEIN | Chaie Miriam | 1928-10-11 | 76 | Chaya Miriam b Chaim |
| HORWITZ | Herman | 1936-08-18 | 54 | Chaim Tzvi b Menachem |
| HURWITZ | Gary Walter | 1967-02-26 | Gershon Uri b Peretz | |
| KAHANOWITZ | Joseph Louis | 1928-10-21 | 49 | Yosef Leib b Yacov David |
| KAPLAN | Edith | 1936-06-26 | 63 | Ita b Yacov |
| KATZ | Aaron Shoel | 1940-11-09 | 64 | Yisrael Ariye b Avraham Yehuda Leib |
| KATZ | Annie | 1950-10-26 | 73 | Chana Sheina b Meir Shimon |
| KLITZMAN | Elia | 1944-08-01 | 67 | Eliyahu b Dov |
| KLITZMAN | Miriam | 1954-12-12 | 72 | Miriam b Eliezer |
| KRETZMAR | Tobias | 1928-11-16 | 61 | Tuvia b Yehuda Leib |
| KROLL | Nechame | 1937-11-17 | 79 | Nechama b Asher Leib |
| LEVIN | Aaron Nissan | 1932-04-23 | 87 | Aharon Nisan b Menachem Mendel |
| LEVIN | Chaia Lea | 1932-04-23 | 84 | Chaya Leah b Yehuda Menachem |
| LEVITT | Deborah | 1928-04-03 | Dvora Rachel b Zundel | |
| MAGID | Isaac | 1941-10-16 | 62 | Yitzchak b Yehuda |
| MENN | Abraham Bernard | 1946-08-18 | 49 | Avraham Dov b Yitzchak |
| MENN | Kate | 1928-10-19 | Chasya b Avraham | |
| MENN | Louis | 1943-07-06 | 48 | Leiba b Yitzchak |
| MEYERS | Mathias | 1941-12-09 | 63 | Matityahu b Mordechai HaLevi |
| MEYERS | Ore | 1940-04-14 | 56 | Aharon b Mordechai HaLevi |
| MEYERS | Rase | 1949-01-18 | 65 | Cherna Rasa b Yechezkel |
| MEYERS | Seina | 1981-04-19 | Sheina b Moshe | |
| PEIRES | Lewis | 1926-07-23 | 22 | Yehuda Leib b Avraham Tzvi |
| RESNICK | Julius | 1925-11-18 | 6 | Yehuda Avraham b Yisrael |
| RESNICK | Louis | 1927-01-06 | 72 | Yehuda Leib b Benjamin |
| RESNICK | Sheva | 1926-10-06 | 68 | Batsheva b Tzvi |
| ROER | Carl | 1958-07-31 | 62 | Uri b Yosef |
| ROSENTHAL | Lewis | 1941-05-27 | 81 | Leib b Natan |
| ROSENTHAL | Pauline | 1939-08-10 | 68 | Pera b Daniel |
| SANK | David Fivish | 1934-10-30 | David Fivish b Shmuel | |
| SANK | Hymie | 1932-12-07 | 2 | Chaim b Yitzchak |
| SHERMAN | Elijah | 1937-10-09 | Eliyahu b Eliezer | |
| STEIN | Herman | 1930-11-20 | 72 | Tzvi Hirsh b Yisrael David |
| ZIVE | Ellen Ruth | 1939-09-18 | 52 | Elka Rut b Avraham |
| ZIVE | Labie Louis | 1975-02-06 | 57 | Ariye Leib b Shlomo |
| ZIVE | Max | 1966-02-19 | ||
| ZIVE | Michael | 2000-11-26 | 33 | |
| ZIVE | Ralph Allan | 1994-11-16 | 51 | Raphael Alon b Ariye Leib |
| ZIVE | Solomon | 1944-12-24 | Shlomo b Dov Ber | |
| ZIVE | Stanley Leonard | 1982-08-14 | 38 | Yeshayahu b Ariye Leib |
| ? | baby | 0 |
Adapted with permission from the records of the SA Jewish Rootsbank at the Kaplan Centre, University of Cape Town. Photographs with thanks to Steven Albert. Table assembled by Bramie Lenhoff.
