Rabbi Yitzchok Rosensohn
יצחק ב"ר חיים
Rav, Keidan, LithuaniaDate of Death:
Wed. March 18, 1885 -
Nissan 2 5645
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Directions to Kever: The Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York maintains detailed burial records and will provide assistance upon request. Location: Gate 144 along Evergreen Avenue
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Isaac Rosensohn
Biographical Notes:
The Rav lived on the Lower East Side.
Credit: Asher Lowy, Lakewood, NJ
Credit: Asher Lowy, Lakewood, NJ
Credit: Asher Lowy, Lakewood, NJ
Credit: Asher Lowy, Lakewood, NJ
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Just a little note about his Father-in-Law, Rav Chaim Filipover (Vassertzug).
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_46565_346.pdf
There are at least four kids of his, buried in that gate.
William (Zev Wolf) – d. Jan 18, 1908
Dr. (Shmuel) Meyer – d. April 26, 1953
Ida (Chaya) – d. March 8, 1936
Jennie (Chana Gitel) Freiberg – d. Sep 7, 1939
From the following link, it appears that Rav Rosensohn came here in 1884, right before his passing.
http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/18603/2/Rosensohn_Meyer_1953.pdf
More about his FIL:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46814&st=&pgnum=349
I read his year of death as 5658, thus Nissan 2 5648, which corresponds to March 13/14, 1888. Comparing the last character in the year to other Hays and Chets on the tombstone shows that it clearly is a Chet.
If he definitely died in 1885, then the year has been engraved incorrectly.
A follow-up to my previous comment. He apparently died during a famous blizzard in 1888. This means that the year on the stone, 5658, is correct, and that his secular date of death was March 13th or 14th, 1888.