Re: [Cz-L] gravestone with cross

Thanks Dana,
  You explain how and why she got the medal.
  Fine.
  But why is she buried on the Jewish cemetery with a cross on top too?
  The Almogen name is probably from the Hebrew :
    El Magen ( God Protector- Gottbeschuetzer )
Hardy
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From: "Dana Dimitriu" <dana.dimitriu_at_web.de>
To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 5:57 PM
Subject: Aw: [Cz-L] gravestone with cross

Hello all,

I had a few minutes and after looking at the picture of the gravestone I
tried to find some information about the decoration mentioned on it -
"Königlich Rumänischer Elisabeth Orden".

Btw. "Doctors-Witwe" is definitely the widow of a doctor, which also seems
fitting with what I found about the order - see further down.

"Crucea Comemorativă „Elisabeta” s-a conferit doamnelor care au ajutat la
îngrijirea răniţilor şi bolnavilor din timpul campaniei 1877-1878"
meaning: The Memorial Cross "Elisabeta" was awarded to ladies who helped
care for the wounded and the sick during the 1877-1878 campaign (=
independence war)

You can find the source here (in Romanian):
http://canord.presidency.ro/Istoric.htm

And here is how it looked:
http://canord.presidency.ro/Crucea_Elisabeta.jpg

I can only speculate - but assume Pepi Almogen served as a sort of nurse,
perhaps together with her husband (the doctor), during the war in
1877-1878 - perhaps she was originally from the Regat (i.e. Romania before
1918)? otherwise it would not make sense ...

I am assuming the National Archives would have some documents about people
who were awarded orders / decorations. Having lived in Romania for 23 years
and knowing how things work (or rather, do *not* work) there, I would not
expect research into this matter to be too easy a task.

As to the cross ... it does not look to me as if this was a reference to the
decoration, as it has no resemblance at all to the order. To me it looks
like a plain Christian cross and it also looks as if it had been added later
to the gravestone. My two cents ...

Kind regards,

Dana

P.S. There is a record on jewishgen for this:
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model2~[jowbr]J_BUCOVINA_2_RECNUM25229
Not many other "Almogen" on jewishgen, either - seems like quite an unusual
name ...

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>
> Subject: [Cz-L] Stone with cross.
> From: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 15:40:40 +0200
> X-Message-Number: 12
>
> http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/531314_2721835581310_1980063253_n.jpg
>
> From Christian's  collection on Facebook:
>   Stone with a cross  on the Jewish cemetery.
>   Pepi Almogen . Doctors widow , died 1903.
>   Holder of Royal Rumanian Elizabeth order !
>    In Hebrew her name was Fesil .
>     Can we solve this riddle ?
>
> Hardy
>
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