Benjamin Ablowitz

Benjamin Ablowitz (Ablovitz)

  • Black and white photo of the grave marker of Benjamin Ablowitz c.1984
    Photo by Ben Levinson circa 1984, courtesy of JMABC.
  • death notice for Benjamin Ablowitz

Birth: 1870 Poland

Death: April 5, 1939 in Victoria, B.C.

Plot: Row C – Plot 31

Inscription:


פ נ
איש יקר ונכבד פאר משפחתו ורעיו
דובבער בר זוסמאן
המכונה מיסטער אבלאוויץ
תנצבה
In Loving Memory of
BENJAMIN ABLOWITZ
Born 1870  Died 1939

Translation of inscritption:

פ נ
(Abbreviation of Hebrew: Buried here)
איש יקר ונכבד פאר משפחתו ורעיו
(Hebrew/Yiddish: A dear and honourable man, the pride of his family and friends)
דובבער בר זוסמאן
(Hebrew/Yiddish: Dubber bar Zussman)
המכונה מיסטער אבלאוויץ
(Hebrew: Known as Mister Ablovitz)
תנצבה
(Abbreviation of Hebrew: “May his soul be bound with the bond of life.”)
In Loving Memory of
Benjamin Ablowitz
Born 1870  Died 1939

Spouse:
Matilda Rosenstein Ablowitz 1861-1933

Children:
Jules Ablowitz 1895-1962
Harry Benjamin Ablowitz 1897-1983
Sigmond Ablowitz 1904-1944