Matilda Ablowitz

Matilda Rosenstein Ablowitz

Birth: August 30, 1861 in Romania

Death: September 8, 1933 in Victoria, B.C.

Plot: Row C – Plot 32

Inscription:

האשה הצניעה במעשיה היא
היתה עטרת בעלה בניה
מרת צביה ב׳׳ר מיכל אבלאוויץ
נפטרה י׳׳ז אלול תרצ׳׳ג
תנ––צב׳׳ה
In Loving Memory of
MATILDA ABLOWITZ
BORN 1861 – DIED 1933

Translation of inscription:

האשה הצניעה במעשיה היא
(Hebrew: The woman modest in her actions)
היתה עטרת בעלה בניה
(Hebrew: She was the crown of her husband and her children)
מרת צביה ב׳׳ר מיכל אבלאוויץ
(Hebrew: Mrs. Tzivia bar Michel Ablovitz)
נפטרה י׳׳ז אלול תרצ׳׳ג
(Hebrew: Passed away 17 Elul 5693)
תנ––צב׳׳ה
(Abbreviation of Hebrew: “May her soul be bound with the bond of life.”)
In Loving Memory of
Matilda Ablowitz
Born 1861 – Died 1933

Biography:
Mrs. M. Ablowitz, age seventy-two years, wife of B. Ablowitz, passed away suddenly at her home in the Burdett Apartments, Victoria. She was born in Roumania and had lived in the province for the past twenty-five years. She is survived by her husband, three sons, Julius, Harry and Sidney all of Vancouver, and one daughter, Mrs. Adele Nieman, of Victoria. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Rabbi Berner officiating. The pallbearers were I. N. Nodeck, A. E. Alexander, and A. Lancaster. The remains were laid at rest in the Jewish cemetery. 
from the Jewish Western Bulletin, September 14, 1933

Parent:
H. Rothstein

Spouse:
Benjamin Ablowitz 1870-1939

Children:
Julius “Jules” Ablowitz 1895-1962
Harry Benjamin Ablowitz 1897-1983
Sigmond “Sidney” Ablowitz 1904-1944
Adele (married Nieman)