B'nai Israel Cemetery
Also known as Petaluma Jewish Cemetery
Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA
It's unknown where Jewish communities were buried up until that time, but one source noted that given the dates on some of the tombstones, remains were moved from another site after the cemetery was established (much life the transfer of remains from Oak Hill Cemetery to Cypress Hill in the 1870s).
It's cited in the newspapers as the "Jewish Cemetery" up until 1897, when they begin to call it Salem Cemetery.
As of the 1930s, it was the only Jewish cemetery in the North Bay, and according to the Argus-Courier, as of 1955, it remained the only Jewish cemetery in Sonoma County.
After 1949, the name of the cemetery was changed to B'nai Israel Cemetery, which it remains named today.
It's unknown where Jewish communities were buried up until that time, but one source noted that given the dates on some of the tombstones, remains were moved from another site after the cemetery was established (much life the transfer of remains from Oak Hill Cemetery to Cypress Hill in the 1870s).
It's cited in the newspapers as the "Jewish Cemetery" up until 1897, when they begin to call it Salem Cemetery.
As of the 1930s, it was the only Jewish cemetery in the North Bay, and according to the Argus-Courier, as of 1955, it remained the only Jewish cemetery in Sonoma County.
After 1949, the name of the cemetery was changed to B'nai Israel Cemetery, which it remains named today.
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Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA
- Total memorials7k+
- Percent photographed91%
- Percent with GPS2%
Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA
- Total memorials15k+
- Percent photographed93%
- Percent with GPS2%
Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA
- Total memorials175
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS0%
Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA
- Total memorials4
- Percent photographed0%
- Percent with GPS75%
- Added: 27 Jul 2011
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2412012
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