Dear all (& especially "down under"s),

I am looking for a photo of the grave of Theresia MERKESTEYN who (according to Victoria, Australia Death Index) died in Kew in 1981.

I could not trace her grave in any of the online sites that offer images of grave stones.

Any assistance in getting the full burial details and moreover a photo of the grave will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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Rony Golan
Ramat HaSharon, Israel

SEARCHING: KRMARUTSKY, KRIVORUCHKI, Kaunas, Lithuania
                        EISDORFER, Hungary
                        SLOMOVITS, Sighet, Romania

Hello Rony, I tried without success.  The only record I could find is the death registration that you have.

Moshe Gilovitz
Dianella, Western Australia, Australia

Have you tried contacting the Jewish cemeteries in Melbourne and surrounds in Australia? This page lists them: https://jewishfunerals.org.au/cemeteries/
If you click the + sign next to each one there are contact details.
I hope that you succeed.
Dianne Moses
Queensland Australia

I could find only Bertha MARKSTEIN died 6 Sep 1961 burried at Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne. No success with Theresia.
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Yohanan LOEFFLER
Melbourne, Australia

Researching (main surnames):
From Austria, Slovakia: LOFFLER / LEFLER, LEDERER, SCHNEIDER, NATHAN, SEELENFRIED, ZAPPERT.
From Bukowina, Galicia: MINSTER / MUNSTER, NAGEL, SCHERL, IWANIR.
From Poland / Belarus: ALTMAN, KAMINSKY, KAMINKIER, LUBETKIN, SZTARK, YOSELEWICZ, KOSLOWSKI, KRAMARZ, RAUCHFELD.

Rony, Moshe, Dianne, Yohanan,

Theresia MERKESTEYN was cremated and her remains placed in a non-sectarian section of Fawkner Cemetery. Her partner Aalbert Arie VAN MERKESTEYN shares the plot with her.
Their ashes are at "Garden Of Remembrance 1 Companion Roses, Garden Bed H, Position 16"
This is a non-sectarian section of Fawkner Cemetery.

When searching for burials and cremations in Melbourne, first try
https://www.mck.org.au/search for most Jewish burials,
then try https://smct.org.au/deceased-search for Springvale and StKilda Cemeteries (all denominations). This will cover most Jewish cremations.
and then https://www.gmct.com.au/deceased which covers most northern suburban cemeteries including Fawkner Cemetery but also many cemeteries that do not have Jewish sections.
Some cemeteries have their own search pages including Box Hill http://www.boxhillcemetery.com.au/search/
Brighton Cemetery https://www.brightoncemetorians.org.au/search/
and the two Cheltenham cemeteries https://www.focrc.org/graves.php

The biggest problem is that Melbourne General Cemetery (Carlton) does not have a comprehensive on-line database that I am aware of, but the Jewish sections are covered by MCK's database.

In the case of Theresia, it was easy to find her using the surname "MERKESTEYN" at https://www.gmct.com.au/deceased
but Aalbert requires a search for "VAN MERKESTEYN".

Rodney Eisfelder
Melbourne, Australia

On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 02:50 PM, Rony Golan wrote:

MERKESTEYN

Rony - the details are as follows from the Find A Grave website at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212536945/theresia-merkesteyn :
Birth - unknown; Interment date - 14 Sep 1981; Location- Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia; Plot -  Garden Of Remembrance 1 Companion Roses, Garden Bed H, Position 16

Michael Wilson, Melbourne, Australia

Moshe, Dianne, Yohanan & Michael and everyone he responded privately

Thank you  for your enlightening replies and for taking the time to help me.

It is greatly appreciated.

Shabbat Shalom, 
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Rony Golan
Ramat HaSharon, Israel

SEARCHING: KRMARUTSKY, KRIVORUCHKI, Kaunas, Lithuania
                        EISDORFER, Hungary
                        SLOMOVITS, Sighet, Romania