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Chambersburg,
Pa.
born 1812 or 1813 Steppach, Germany
died 1842 or 1843 Chambersburg, Pa.
Here lies Yitel,
daughter of Raphael Mayersohn, born in the year of [5]573 and died on
Friday, the eve of the Holy Sabbath, [...] [5]603. May her soul be
bound in the bond of life
The exact date of Yetta's death is not legible.
Additional information:
Daughter of Raphael Mayersohn and his wife, Caroline, of
Chambersburg. The family had immigrated from Steppach, Germany,
about 1837.
A younger sister, Hannah, married Frederick Nirdlinger, originally from
Hechingen, Germany, on May 24, 1844 - possibly the first Jewish
marriage to be performed in Chambersburg. The young couple moved to
Huntsville, Al., the same year, and on to Fort Wayne, In., about
a year later - "rugged pioneers who literally crossed the country in a
covered wagon" (1). The first Jewish service in Indiana
was held at the home of Frederick and Hannah Nirdlinger in Fort Wayne
on October 2,
1848.
Raphael
Mayersohn, a founding member of
the Benevolent Society that
administered the Jewish cemetery of Chambersburg, died in 1882, almost
a centenarian, at the home of his daughter in Fort Wayne.
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