Levine - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Isaac Levine and Family, Boston, MA from Russia

guess98224 — 2012-04-30 02:57:43Z

Looking for more members of this family.
Isaac Levine about 1871-1956 )
Dora Hakman Levine (abt 1877-1949)
Esther 1890
Barney
Leah 1893
Lillian/Helen 1896

Lillian Levin Boston, MA

guess98224 — 2012-01-27 04:31:40Z

Looking for Lillian Levine born abt 1896 in either London, England, Russia or Boston, MA. She is listed as Helen on one census.

Father: Isaac Levine (1871-1956)
Mother: Dora Hakman Levine (1877-1949)

Lillian had two illegitimate children:
Baby Girl Levine (Eleanor 1913-1996) adoptive or married name unknown.
Baby boy Levine: (Herbert C. Mason, my favorite uncle) 23 Jan 1917-23 Oct 1972

I would like to know any details on any of these people.Patty

Bernard Levine

Zimbla — 2012-01-11 21:50:18Z

My Greatgrandfather was Bernard Levine from Vilna. I don't know his wife's name. I am told there were abt seven children. One child was Ellis Albert Levine who left Vilna at a young age to come to America. He became a citizen in Massachusetts abt 1898. It is told that he brought many of his brothers and sisters from Vilna to USA. Their names I do not know. I know he brought my Grandmother, Fanny (Whittenberg)Levine from Birmingham, England to San Francisco abt. 1913, to marry. He was a tailor, and passed away in 1942. My Mother, Ruth (Levine)Zugman Lacy told me her Greatgrandfather was a cantor in Russia. Could this be Bernard? My Uncle Bernard Levine was named after him.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

Zimbla — 2011-12-16 19:53:01Z

Thankyou, Gary. I would like to view your tree when ready. Happy Holidays, Karen

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

garykoven — 2011-12-16 04:46:36Z

Thanks for the invite. I viewed the tree and thus far have not been able to connect the two families, but I will let you know if/when I do. I have not posted mine yet - I need to flesh it out a bit more and then I will.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

Zimbla — 2011-12-16 01:26:25Z

Okay will do...excited that you are interested!

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

garykoven — 2011-12-13 23:18:44Z

Please send me the invite to view your tree, as I can't see it either. Thanks!

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

Zimbla — 2011-12-13 16:06:58Z

Hi, I sent you an invite to view my tree. Let me know if you were able to view it.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

mjmej1 — 2011-12-13 15:22:40Z

I cannot view your tree... do you have a link to it? My great grandfather Isaac Levine came in the mid 1880's from just outside Vilna. We don't know much about his family though. They didn't speak much English, and I'm afraid on their marriage license in NY they didn't answer the questions correctly. I cannot find the ships he and my great grandmother were travelling on (separately) either. I do know where they lived in New York, though. Not Massachusetts.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

Zimbla — 2011-12-13 04:32:03Z

That is very interesting. My name is Karen (Zugman)Zimmer. My mother was Ruth Levine. Her father was Ellis Albert Levine, I believe he was from Vilna. He become a US citizen in Boston, Mass. abt. 1889. I must have Levine relatives in Mass. I would appreciate any info and please check my family tree if you want to.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

Zimbla — 2011-12-13 04:25:48Z

I am very happy to hear that it is likely most of the Levines in Vilna are connected....I would like to know more about my Grandfather Ellis Albert Levine and his many brothers and sisters that he brought to the USA in the late 1800's. Please check my family tree if it interests you.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

Zimbla — 2011-12-13 04:18:51Z

Hi. I am Karen (Zugman) Zimmer. My grandfather was Ellis Albert Levine. Please check my family tree where you see my grandparents. I have been told Ellis brought many brothers and sisters out of Vilna in the 1800's. He brought my Grandmother Fannie Wittenberg to America from England to start a family. I hope we can make a discovery!

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

garykoven — 2011-12-10 04:07:30Z

It was customary to carve the father's Hebrew name as well as the Hebrew deathdates which can be translated via any Hebrew to civil date converter on the internet. It was often the custom from that period to omit the birthdate, but you sometimes can get that from the Census data.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

mjmej1 — 2011-12-09 23:48:08Z

You know on my father's side, we found the headstones of our great grandparents in a New York Cemetery. They were engraved at the top, in Hebrew, with their father's name which provided enormous help. It appears to have been the custom. This was in the late 1800's to the 1920's. I had not thought about that for my other great grandfather, but your mention of the headstone has given me pause!

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

garykoven — 2011-12-09 23:42:36Z

I don't yet know if Moshe had any siblings and I'm having the same tough going as you are. I don't have anything yet about the family there but I'm preparing a JewishGen family finder database post as we speak. I believe you are correct about the Levine interconnections.

I will give you the next generation of Moshe's descendants:

Esther LEVINE (1870-c.1930) married Solomon MILLER (1868- c.1930)

Zlata LEVINE (1870-1941) married her first cousin Samuel David CAPLAN (1870-1911). These were my great-grandparents.

Benjamin (formerly LEVINE) BERLIN (1872-1941) married Sarah CAPLAN (1876-unknown).

Bertha "Baile" LEVINE (1875-1960) married David GAMZUE (1869-1944).

The only written documentation I have is a 1958 foolscap prepared by a relative who died a number of years ago. I have photographed a number of the gravestones into which the name of R' Israel Moshe was carved in Hebrew. Nothing yet from across the pond. Another cousin, with whom I have collaborated on another of my families, is considering subscribing to some of the new paid stuff in the LitvakSIG domain of JewishGen. We shall see.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

mjmej1 — 2011-12-09 23:25:58Z

Do you know if Moshe had any siblings? I have been unable to trace any other Levine sibling. Just my great grandfather. Even knowing where he came from, I have unable to connect him to others. I have had no luck with JewishGen at all. Ancestry has provided a great deal of information, and, surprisingly, google itself has a wealth of information. But Levine is a tough one. I don't believe it's as common as I once thought, and I do believe the Levines in the Vilna area were all connected in some way. Anything you have about the family there is appreciated. I have only the names from my Great Grandfather's marriage certificate.

Re: Levin/Levine/Kohn in Vilna, 1800's

garykoven — 2011-12-09 22:31:24Z

My 2nd-great-grandfather, Rabbi Israel Moshe LEVINE was the last of a line of 52 rabbis in Vilna. Moshe lived from about 1820 to about 1880. Somewhere back in the ancestry, the Levines studied with the Vilna Gaon. The surviving photograph of Moshe Levine portrays him with a certain style of skullcap (kipah) and sidecurls (payehs) seen only on high Levites according to a rabbi who visited one of my Russian-born great-uncles and happened to see that photograph on the wall.

Moshe married Rachael CAPLAN. Neither immigrated to the USA. Their 5 children, all of whom immigrated to the USA between 1892 and 1906, included 2 boys and 3 girls. Of the two boys, one had no issue, and the other changed his surname to BERLIN.

Most of the LEVINE and CAPLAN emigres settled in Holyoke, Hampden county, Massachusetts. I have extensive documentation of their descendants, and would like to have more documentation on my ancestors in Vilna. As a patron of JewishGen, I have not been successful thus far in tracing them.

"Russia Poland" or "Poland Russia" was the way many of the 1890 through 1930 Census records referred to this area.

Re: Levine from Vilna

garykoven — 2011-12-09 22:25:41Z

Re: ANNA LEVINE/ROBERT LOUIS LEVINE

questors — 2011-10-25 22:47:13Z

I'm interested in knowing if Ida had brothers named Max or Morris from Passaic.

Re: ANNA LEVINE/ROBERT LOUIS LEVINE

questors — 2011-10-25 22:46:57Z

I'm interested in knowing if Ida had brothers named Max or Morris from Passaic.

Re: Levine family / RUSSIA

GWStern — 2011-09-26 23:22:17Z

Dear Kevin

Please contact me by email (gerald@sternmail.co.uk) regarding Schmerl Levine's descendants. I am helping an elderly relative to search for his family and believe that you may connect.

Kind regards, Gerald Stern

Information on Fannie Siwoff, maiden name Samachvalow

ebarbere1 — 2011-09-03 00:44:49Z

My grandmother, Fannie Levine, was first married to Jacob Siwoff. She emigrated in 1905 and was born in 1887 in Russia. I am looking for any information on her...where in Russia she came from and who her parents were.

Re: Levine & Karp, but no Pollack

MLasser — 2011-07-15 03:38:15Z

I have a woman named Braina who first married Meyer Getz and had two sons, David and Jacob. Then Braina married Max Levine and had a son named Joseph Levine. The 3 sons married 3 Kirsner sisters, all in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Another Kirsner sister married Abe Karp, also in Altoona.

My other Levine family was Morris Levine who married Annie Schaeffer. They had 4 sons: Ralph, Herman, Ira and Irving, and raised the boys in NYC.

Re: Levine & Karp

RVLevine — 2011-07-09 16:46:04Z

Not likely related to prior posts from PA, but also have complex Levine & Karp from New York City. Anna (maiden name unknown) married Jacob Levine, then Pollack, then Karp. Two known sons, Morris Levine & Carl Pollack (b. Levine).

Re: Meyer Levine

MLasser — 2011-07-09 05:27:18Z

Hi - I have Levines and Karps from Altoona. My mother-in-law is Anne G. Karp Lasser and she had first cousins Frances and David Levine. Anne's mother was Jennie Kirsner Karp, whose sister was Lena Kirsner Levine.

I know this is a reply to an old message but hope it goes through anyway!

Martha Lasser

Benjamin or Irene LEVINE, Boston

alden_m2003 — 2011-06-26 17:03:07Z

Trying to track down a missing relative. Common ancestor is Benjamin Levine, b 1919 in Boston, parents Samuel & Rebecca. We think he was married prior to our ancestral marriage, and I've found his AJHS WWII Jewish Servicemen Card which indicates his wife in 1946 was named Irene. It's the same Army serial number so I'm pretty sure it's the right guy.

So now we'd like to find Irene, who was married to Benjamin Levine in 1946 but didn't stay that way. Or we'd like to find any children of that marriage. We think there may have been one daughter, who would have been born sometime between 1941 (when Benjamin enlisted and was single) and 1947 (when he married his new wife).

Re: Searching for Afro-American Levine's from South Louisiana

lagranny50 — 2011-05-22 20:36:28Z

Yes, I just re-read the post that stated you were working on a book about the Levine's. How I missed that is truly an error on my part. Have you completed this book. IF so, would you please tell me how I may be able to purchase a copy of this for my son's and their children? You can reach me directly at lagranny50@cox.net. If you would like to text me you can reach me at 337-255-4379. I suggest texting as I do not answer phone calls on my cell from numbers I am not familiar with. Am anxiously awaiting your reply.

Sincerely,
Deena J. Broussard
Abbeville, LA

Re: Searching for Afro-American Levine's from South Louisiana

lagranny50 — 2011-05-22 19:27:03Z

I am sooo very sorry that it has taken me so long to respond to this message board. I honestly haven't been doing any genealogy as of late. This is my 5 son's family line on their father's side and they honestly haven't shown any interest until last night. Every time I would mention researching this they would say,"That's you mama." Well, now my oldest son has decided he wants some answers.

No, I have no photos of anyone on this lineage. I am going to try my best to contact one of my Ex's sister's and see if she has any photos of their maternal family. If I do acquire any of these photos I will definitely let you know.

Can you PLEASE forward me the newly found info? My personal E-Mail address is lagranny50@cox.net. I would be eternally grateful.

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,
Deena Broussard

Doris Rachel Stewart Levine

dancewithwolve3 — 2011-04-03 16:31:22Z

her parents were Anna Corbett and Harry Evans Stewart and there children are Lorren Kay Levine and Andrew Marc Levine born in New York I hope to locate relatives

Re: Levine from Vilna

sexibug — 2011-03-10 18:20:52Z

i have a grandma and grandpa levine frieda and stan so maybe you know them or were family if you now them please write me back
thank you
Meggun Martin

Re: Levine from Vilna

contempmusic — 2011-03-08 15:45:19Z

My great grandmother, Florence Levine, came to the US around 1809. She married Joseph Hock, whose name was changed to Glass, and they lived in NY the rest of their lives. Their daughter, my grandmother, always told how her mother came from a longstanding line of rabbis in Vilna Poland. Wonder if there is a connection.

Re: relatives/friends

jonketcher — 2011-01-29 18:32:11Z

I am looking for the relatives of a Capt. Abraham Levine from New York. He was my Grandfather's CO during WWII. My Grandfather was Jack Glenn Wells from Oklahoma

Re: Levine FATHER to my grandfather

chelseaveron — 2011-01-27 19:02:43Z

Thanks for the good info. I believe I saw the cost for some records kinda high. I was hoping to do everything else but get that. So far he's been the hardest member of my tree!

Re: Levine FATHER to my grandfather

janicedallas_1 — 2011-01-27 18:06:37Z

I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to get the birth certificate. It could possibly have his parents names and lead you to a lot of information. My grandmother's wedding certificate was $1.00. Sometimes this information costs $10-15.00. My grandfather's real name was not Levine and numerous people took the name Levine and I heard it was because of the tribe of Levite.

Re: Levine FATHER to my grandfather

chelseaveron — 2011-01-27 15:14:29Z

Awesome. I didn't think anyone would be searching for Levine as hard as I am... anything I may be able to help with let me know. The last possible thing I could do is try and order a copy of my grandpa's birth certificate, and I truly don't want to do that!! I love genealogy and hope to find it this way. England? I have one Levine cousin there.

Re: Levine FATHER to my grandfather

Belinda937 — 2011-01-26 07:50:42Z

Dear Chelseavalon,

I reply, purely due to the name. I am having trouble tracing my Levine family in USA.

Due to our similar problem you never know we could find more similarities?

I have a gggAunt, Leah Levine born in London, UK. She married a guy named Simon Hirshfield in 1862 and emigrated to USA. I have been able to trace her children, but not any further really.
I know they were mainly registered in the New York area. During my searvh in the US records I think I found some off spring in the MA, district but as I am unable to say, 'yes deffinately this one is one of our's'. I have been slow in making a finite decision. As you mention MA, in your post, well, you never know?

Do you nay any more clue's?
This is possibly, a branch we could work on together as we have the same aim. As I said you never know, stranger things have happened to find out that someone you are working with you are actually connected to?

My email address is btsnooks@ntlworld.com. I am in London, UK. and am totally stuck on the Levine side of the tree.

Take care

Kind Regards

Belinda

Levine FATHER to my grandfather

chelseaveron — 2011-01-15 22:20:06Z

I have been trying to find the Levine male who had a child with a woman named, Helen in 1932 Roxbury,Ma.

No one in my family seems to know anything about him except that he may have died when my grandpa, Ronald Robert Levine, 1932-1987, was a small child. Soon after his mother, Helen, remarried William Zukowski. They had 4 kids.

Help me find the Levine male.

Phillip Levine of Brooklyn, NY 1942

drbrownlee — 2011-01-03 05:02:02Z

Phillip is pictured in The Shack, yearbook of the 42-17 class of bombardier cadets at the San Angelo (Texas) Army Air Field. I'm not kin but thought this might help someone researching the family.

Re: Morris Levine

sheilalevine71 — 2011-01-03 00:46:04Z

My father name was robert david levine But thanks for the info
sheila

Re: Morris Levine

sheilalevine71 — 2011-01-03 00:44:47Z

My ida's last name was lipshy

Re: Morris Levine

sheilalevine71 — 2011-01-03 00:44:00Z

Morris levine was my granfather on my dad's side, he married ida lipshy, she had a brother named ben and three sisters edna, mamie and goldie. They adopted my dad robert david levine and had a daughter name doris ( I think) my dad has been married 5 times and I am not sure who all his wives names are but my mother is jackie sue aronld.It doesn't sound like we are related but thanks for the info
sheila levine

Levine Family - Poland/Russian Immigrants

JoshuaLevine16 — 2010-12-31 10:03:48Z

So, here is the information I have.

Joe Levine, born in 1888 in Poland, came to America and eventually settled in Minnesota by the age of 42. His wife was Goldie Levine and they had at least one son named Gerald Yale Levine. Gerald Yale Levine and Joanne Luree Thompson had three children together, my father being one of them and his name was Joel Eric Levine.

As far as I know, Goldie's maiden name was Herman. Her sister is now Shirley Goldberg, and was married to Hymie Goldberg. Shirley was born around 1918.

If any of this sounds familiar to you or you have information I'd love to hear it!

Re: Morris Levine

ABR462004 — 2010-12-31 01:26:09Z

My dad is Louie. My Grandfather was Bernie.

Re: Morris Levine

ABR462004 — 2010-12-31 01:23:07Z

sorry they had 5 children. There was also Ida.

Re: Morris Levine

zlyussman — 2010-12-30 07:44:01Z

Hi!

I do believe we are related!

I recently began this search… found Morris Levine married to Dora- they had FIVE children: Gertrude, Abraham, Lottie, Ettie (could be your Ethel), and Ida

If you are my ?cousin, then your dad is Bernie Bernstein?

I am related by way of Dora's sister Pearla who was married to Nathan Travitsky

Re: Levine from Vilna

levensonmichael — 2010-12-08 05:22:08Z

My grandmother is Judith Levine. She married my grandfather and became Judith Levenson. They lived in Pittsburgh, PA. She was born in 1920 and passed away in 2002. I've always been told her family came from Vilna.

Just throwing that out there.

Sylvia Levine, age 85, of Madison/Green Bay,daughter of,Samuel and Esther (Berman) Cohen.

KENNELLYMARKA — 2010-11-20 20:36:00Z

Sylvia Levine
Sylvia Levine, age 85, of Madison/Green Bay, passed away on January 10,
2000. She was born in Marinette on April 24, 1914, the youngest of six children
of Samuel and Esther (Berman) Cohen. In 1940 she married Meyer Levine of
Oconto Falls. They resided in Green Bay for 45 years, before moving to
Madison. Sylvia lived her life for her children, and any other children who crossed
her path. She knew all the important things a mother has to know. She could sew,
knit, and darn. She knew how to repair the broken laces on a football and sew a
sponge into the padding of a worn baseball mitt. Sylvia made the best baked
chicken, and she brought us 7-Up and chipped ice when we were sick. She was
a nursery school teacher, a Sunday School teacher, a Cub Scout den mother, and
she worked outside the home so her children could attend college. She
weathered the many storms that life presented by singing. She loved to sing,
especially while washing dishes at the kitchen sink. Her favorite song was, You
Are My Sunshine. Sylvia is survived by two children, Marcia Levine of Boynton
Beach, Florida, and Steven Levine of Middleton. She was preceded in death by
her husband of 49 years, Meyer; and two infant sons, Jerold and Stewart Levine.
The funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 14, 2000, at
Fitch Lawrence Sanfillippo Cress Funeral Home, 6201 University Avenue,
Madison, with Rabbi Kenneth Katz officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill
Cemetery, Madison.
We will love you and remember you always. Bortz and Mouse. You are my
sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You'll
never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine
away. Fitch Lawrence Sanfillippo Cress Funeral and Cremation Service,

Samuel Levine, born in Bialystock, Russia in 1885

alixsullivan1 — 2010-10-26 00:19:44Z

I am looking for any information about parents and siblings of Samuel Levine. He arrived in Philadelphia in 1904. His wife, Sophie and son Morris arrived later. He settled in New Haven,CT. His other children were George, Abraham, Fannie, Frank and Benjamin. Samuel was the owner of the National Hat and Cap Co. at York and Oak in New Haven, CT in the mid-1920's.

Re: New Haven Levins

KerryFrisbie — 2010-10-22 00:03:53Z

My grandmother Helen Levin was born in Waterbury, CT and had a brother named Jacob (she called Jakie). She is now deceased. Her father was Philp Levin and her mother, Rebecca. Does that sound correct????

I see this is from 7 years ago! I just joined.

Charles W. Levine-b. NY, 1898

mcwasthere — 2010-10-04 05:45:15Z

I am trying to find more about Charles W. Levine, born in NY in 1898. He was the son of Charles Levine and Laura Ida Elizabeth Booth. The parents were on the vaudeville circuit in the late 1800s. Ida remarried and Charles was in his step-father's house in 1910 in Philadelphia. The step-father was Lewis Howard. All three members of the family, including 12-year-old Charles, were listed as theatrical performers in the 1910. Thanks.