Temple of Israel 1875
Fourth and Market Street
Jewish Cemetery at Oakdale Cemetery
The Temple of Israel congregation was made up of German Jews who had immigrated to Wilmington around 1840 and had become well established in the city. Families associated with the Temple include the Bluehtentals, the Dammenhaums, the Jacobs, and the Bears. The Jewish Reform cemetery is a part of the Oakdale cemetery and is encircled with a fence ornamented with a Star of David.
Source: A Pictorial History of Wilmington by Anne Russell
Book available at Two Sister Bookery At the Cotton Exchange.
