1738 - 1827

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• Birth	1738  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	06 Dec 1827
  Buried	07 Dec 1827	Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery
  	The Hebrew inscription reads: Here is buried an old man, sated of years; [who] all his days went in the ways ... Mr. Joseph ben Chaim Schw(...) passed away in good name on Thursday 17th Kislev and buried on the morrow, on the eve of Shabbat, the 18th inst. in the year 5588 [Dec 7, 1827] And his days were 89 years. The tombstone is headed "Hevrat Meshivat Nefesh". This was a "Society for the Relief of the Aged Needy of the Jewish Faith" established by the Ashkenazim of London in 1779.
  		Schwab, Joseph ben Chaim Status: . Ref: J926
  Person ID	I2047	CemeteryScribes.com
  Last Modified	01 Oct 2007

• Sources

  [S1] Taken from date of death and age at death.