Josh Albhouse

  • black & white photo of grave marker
    Photo by Ben Levinson circa 1984, courtesy of JMABC.
  • the gravestone as it appears today

Birth: April 30, 1900 in Victoria, B.C.

Death: July 4, 1901 in Victoria, B.C.

Plot: Row E – Plot 15

Inscription:

מצבת 
הילד יהושיע ב׳׳ר
שמעון אלבהיוז
ת נ צ ב ה
In Memory
of
JOSH
Beloved son of
S.&B. ALBHOUSE
Born
April 30, 1900
Died 
July 4, 1901

Transcription of the weathered marker was only possible because of the Jewish Museum and Archives of BC and the University of Victoria Digital Documentation of Monuments Project.

Translation of inscription:

מצבת 
(Hebrew: The tombstone of)
הילד יהושיע ב׳׳ר
(Hebrew: The child Yehoshiah son of)
שמעון אלבהיוז
(Hebrew/Yiddish: Shimon Albheuse)
ת נ צ ב ה
(Abbreviation of Hebrew: “May his/her soul be bound with the bond of life.”)
In Memory
of
Josh
Beloved son of
S & B Albhouse
Born
April 30, 1900
Died 
July 4, 1901

Parents:
Samuel Albhouse 1859-1914
Betty Weinstein Albhouse 1868-1938

Siblings:
Elizabeth “Beth” Albhouse 1895-1988
Jennie Albhouse 1896-1988
Dora Albhouse 1898-1987
Phineas Albhouse 1901-1974