Jahacob de Eliau Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca, 16951738 (aged 43 years)

Name
Jahacob de Eliau Lopez /y Nunes da Fonseca/
Given names
Jahacob de Eliau
Surname
Lopes y Nunes da Fonseca
Birth about 1695 47 39
Occupation
Voorlezer en leraar

Death of a motherRachel de David Nunes da Fonseca
May 20, 1699 (aged 4 years)
Death of a brotherDavid Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca
July 28, 1707 (aged 12 years)
Death of a fatherEliau Lopes
July 22, 1713 (aged 18 years)
Note: In 1659, with the arrival of the second group of J…

In 1659, with the arrival of the second group of Jewish settlers, cemetery Beth Haim was consecrated. The oldest tombstone dates from 1668, making it one of the first cemeteries in the New World. The cemetery contains 2500 graves; the tombstones of many of these have been adorned with beautiful sculpture representing biblical passages, often relating to the name of the deceased. The inscriptions on the stones are in Portuguese, Hebrew, Spanish, English, Dutch, French as well as one in Yiddish. Its antiquity, art and historical heritage makes the cemetery at Blenheim an extraordinary international monument.

Sadly, many of the graves have been lost to erosion caused by acid rain and sulfuric fumes from the nearby refinery. But some famous Jews are buried among the anonymous graves. Ribca Spinoza, half-sister of Baruch Spinoza, died on January 25, 1695. Jahacob Alvares Carrea, an assistant of Malag-born Eliau Lopez, the chief rabbi at Cura\E7ao in 1693, died on June 25, 1714. Many of the gravesites have both Jewish and non-Jewish symbols on them. Skulls and crossbones and hourglasses on the tombstones show the marks of Iberian Jews and more assimilated Jews who brought customs of the larger community to the Caribbean Jewish community.

Birth of a daughterRachel de Jacob Lopes da Fonseca y Beneviste
1720 (aged 25 years)
MarriageRibca de Eliau BenvenisteView this family
February 6, 1722 (aged 27 years)
Death of a brotherAbraham Lopez y Nunes da Fonseca
August 5, 1722 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a sonEliau de Jacob Lopes da Fonseca
1723 (aged 28 years)
Birth of a sonDavid de Jacob Lopes da Fonseca
December 18, 1730 (aged 35 years)
Birth of a sonBenjamin de Jacob Lopes da Fonseca

Birth of a daughterAbigail de Jacob Lopes da Fonseca

Birth of a daughterHannah de Jacob Lopes da Fonseca

Birth of a daughterEsther de Jacob Lopes da Fonseca

Birth of a daughterLeah de Jacob Lopes da Fonseca

Death February 5, 1738 (aged 43 years)
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage
Marriage: October 21, 1676Amsterdam
14 years
elder brother
12 months
elder brother
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Birth: about 1690 42 34Barbados
Death: July 28, 1707Curacao
12 months
elder brother
12 months
elder brother
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Birth: about 1690 42 34Barbados
Death: April 25, 1742Curacao
6 years
himself
-4 years
elder brother
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Birth: about 1690 42 34Barbados
Death: January 24, 1752Curacao
Family with Ribca de Eliau Benveniste
himself
wife
Marriage
Marriage: February 6, 1722Curacao
-13 months
daughter
son
daughter
son
8 years
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