Martha Elkan

Martha Loeser Elkan

Birth: August 16, 1896 in Germany

Death: November 20, 1982 (age 86) in Victoria, B.C.

Gravesite Details: Row E – Plot 38

Inscription:
פּ״נ (Here lies)
IN LOVING MEMORY
MARTHA
ELKAN
1896-1982
Her name in Hebrew: mem-resh-tet-heh b. Tzvi
ת נ צ ב ה
abbreviation for Biblical quote: “May her soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life.”

Martha was listed on a 1939 Passenger list as arriving from Antwerp, Belgium to Baltimore, Maryland. She was described as being 5’4″ tall with hazel colored eyes.