Headstone of Abraham Barnett in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Ballarat

Headstone of Abraham Barnett in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Ballarat
Graham Gould of Melbourne, Australia, a descendant of the former Penzance Rabbi, B. A. Simmons and Flora Jacob (of Redruth), visited the Penzance cemetery with his wife and cousin in the Summer of 2019. One of the Simmons's sons, Abraham Barnett and his wife, Leah Alman of Bristol, emigrated to Australia. Their headstones are in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Ballarat, located some distance from Melbourne. The middle name Mitchell which appears on Abraham Simmons' headstone is a variant of Michal (or Michael), the name of his great grandfather. Barnett was taken from his father's name.
Photo by Graham Gould