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Stone ID:
RL0125
Location:
NewCem
Grounded/Loose:
loose
Intact/Fragment:
fragment Group:
Location X/Y:
Location GPS:
49.4199 24.6078
Material:
sandstone
Color: pink Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
Inscription Character Height, cm:
Name Original:
Ferdynand
Name English:
Ferdynand
Name Ukrainian:
Фердинанд
Surname Original:
Katz
Surname English:
Katz
Surname Ukrainian:
Катц
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Gender:
male
Death Date Hebrew:
--
Death Date:
1938-11-12‡
Age:
Birth Date:
1868-11-26
Profession:
attorney
Primary Symbol:
Epitaph Original:
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Additional Original:
Dr FERDYNAND KATZ
ADWOKAT
Ur. 26?/XI 1868 um. ../XI 1938
Additional English:
Doctor Ferdynand Katz
Attorney
Born 26? November 1868, died ? November 1938
Stone Condition:
broken with only the lower half of the stone remaining, but in good condition, with some wear
Conservation:
the stone was already recovered and returned to the new cemetery before 2011
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Other Notes:
Where names or other data are derived from records and not from the headstone itself, a double dagger (‡) symbol is appended to indicate the separate origin of the information.
This stone belongs to attorney Ferdynand Katz, reported as died on 12 November 1938 in Rohatyn, with his death confirmed by examination the same day by Dr. Melnyk, and his burial in Rohatyn (no date specified). AGAD record 300/0/1046, sheet 8 line 38.
English translation by members of the Rohatyn District Research Group (RDRG).
RDRG stone # NC8.
Last Revision:
2026-09-14
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