Project number: [JOWBR, USA-02826]
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The
KAHAL KADOSH BETH ELOHIM HUGUENIN STREET Cemetery in Charleston, SC, USA
Cemetery Description
K.K.B.E.'s Huguenin Avenue Cemetery is its present burial ground. It was first developed on land, which then abutted the northern limit of the City of Charleston. It was purchased from the Washington Light Infantry in l887. The cemetery was expanded in l991 on property bought from the Standard Oil Company in 1943. It contains the remains of persons buried since l888, also remains and stones which were removed from three defunct graveyards: the Dacosta (l783-l939) and Harby (1799-1939) cemeteries on Hanover Street, and the Rikersville Cemetery (1857-1888), which had been established by Congregation Shearit Israel).
Source Codes
| AJF | First American Jewish Families by Malcolm Stern |
| EC | The Old Jewish Cemeteries at Charleston, S.C. by Barnett Elzas 1903 |
| ENC | New Jewish Cemetery of K.K.B.E by Barnett Elzas 1910 |
| CLC | 1974 list of graves in the Huguenin Avenue Cemetery |
| KR* | 2008 list of all graves at the Huguenin Avenue Cemetery |
| N.C. | News and Courier Now Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) |
| MF | Harold Moise, The Moise Family of SC (1951) |
| TP | Tobias Papers at the College of Charleston |
| PC | Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) |
To see a complete listing of this cemetery go to http://jhssc.org/kahal-kadosh-beth-elohim-kkbe-huguenin-avenue-cemetery/
To see all SC cemeteries please see the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina's website at www.jhssc.org and click on the cemetery link.
Photographs taken by Stéphane Grauzam
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