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Isadore Levinson

Isadore Levinson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]

Male 1858 - 1931  (73 years)


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  • Name Isadore Levinson  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Birth 6 Jan 1858  Vishey, Suwalki guberniya, Russian Poland (now Veisiejai, Lithuania) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10, 11, 17] 
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 29 Dec 1879  New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Arrival at Castle Garden, most likely aboard the P. Caland, but he is not in the passenger list
    Arrival 19 Jan 1880  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Arrival Mar 1880  Chicago Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 13, 18] 
    Departure Rotterdam, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Name Joshua Aaron Smolinski 
    Naturalization 30 Oct 1884  Joliet, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Will County court (during residence in Braidwood)
    Residence 1895  882 Broad St., Galesburg (Ward 3), Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • "We moved out to Galesburg on July in the year 1895" (Autobiography, p. 162)
    Residence 1902  Galesburg, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1905  Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "In the beginning of the year 1905, I went to Chicago to see about moving my family there" (p. 174). At p. 178f., he mentions returning to his home in Chicago "at the New Year holiday of 1906."
    Residence Mar 1906  Galesburg, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "My wife did not get better, so my friends and I thought that the Chicago climate did not agree with her, so we decided to move back to Galesburg. Only Esther remained in Chicago" (p. 180). (Month is conjectural, to precede death of Anna.)
    Residence 1910  711 S. Marshfield Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    Residence 1915  Chicago, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • "Levinson, Isadore, gen mdse, 3437 W Chicago av, h 834 N Homan av" (Humboldt Park)
    Residence 1920  857 N. Trumbull Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
    Residence 1924  Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • 2639 E 4th St.
    Residence 1930  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 15] 
    • Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Lodger / 2219 Barlow St.
    UID E03F322E144446C29BAB452EEF4A243D3255 
    Death 30 Nov 1931  Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 14] 
    Burial 01 Dec 1931  Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 14] 
    Person ID I122271727779  Martin Rind Tree
    Last Modified 31 May 2026 

    Father Perets Bentsion Smolinski,   b. 12 Sep 1821, Sejny, Suwalki, Russia (now Poland) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1895, Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Hannah Esther Gumbiner,   b. 1819, Przerosl, Suwalki Guberniya, Russian Poland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1873, Sejny, Russian Poland (now Sejny, Poland) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Family ID F166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Kallen,   b. Oct 1861, Telz, Kovno guberniya, Russia (now Telšiai, Lithuania) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1905, Galesburg, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 30 Nov 1883  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    Married 30 Nov 1883  [12, 17, 19] 
    Children 
     1. Stillborn male Levinson,   b. Aug 1884, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1884, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Bertha Levinson,   b. 3 Oct 1885, Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1968, Bellevue, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. Esther Levinson,   b. 11 Nov 1887, Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1975, Helena, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     4. Lillian Leah Levinson,   b. 2 Nov 1889, Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1978, San Diego Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     5. Paul Ben Levinson,   b. 4 Sep 1896, Galesburg, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1974, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F2046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2026 

    Family 2 Sarah F Robbin,   b. Abt 1866, Poland, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1 May 1908  Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 16] 
    Family ID F1140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2026 

  • Notes 
    • Test of note.

  • Sources 
    1. [S157084689] JewishGen, comp, JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    2. [S157006067] Ancestry.com, U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions For the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950 (M1285); Mi.

    3. [S157007294] Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    4. [S157010986] Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    5. [S157005932] Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    6. [S157084672] Ancestry.com, California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    7. [S169545847] Ancestry.com, Montana, U.S., State Deaths, 1907-2018, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana Death Records.

    8. [S157010501] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 15, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_326; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 928.

    9. [S157005836] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0778; FHL microfilm: 2339900.

    10. [S157006090] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1880; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 7; List Number: 50.

    11. [S157006090] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1879; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 1; List Number: 1453.

    12. [S157005914] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Galesburg Ward 3, Knox, Illinois; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1240313.

    13. [S157007072] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 20, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_263; Page: 27A; Enumeration District: 0890; FHL microfilm: 1374276.

    14. [S157005874] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    15. [S157012752] Ancestry.com, California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968.

    16. Finished circa 1930; partially published in 2012, Isadore Levinson handwritten memoir.
      Pp. 111–12: "Sarah Shwartz . . . I married her on May 2nd, 1909." Cook County marriage record says 1 May 1908. Also census of 1910 records the couple as married two years.

    17. Isadore Levinson handwritten memoir.
      MS, p. 23: "I was past 14 years old then [when his mother died on April 6, 1873]."
      Pp. 46/47 insert: "I, Joshua Aaron, born Jan. 9-1858. Married to Anna Kallen Nov. 30-1883. Wife died May 7-1905. 42 yrs." P. vii: "The correct date I know only in Hebrew: בעשרים יום טבת תרי"ח לפק" ["on the 20th day of Tevet 5618" = 5–6 January 1858]

    18. Isadore Levinson handwritten memoir.
      MS, p. 73: "I left New York for Chicago a week before the passover holiday of 1880" (March 26).

    19. Finished circa 1930, Isadore Levinson handwritten memoir.
      P. 98: "I was introduced to a young lady from Telz, state of Kovno, Russ-Polen. . . . I married Miss Anna Kallen November 30, 1883" /
      P. 180 "she died Sunday May the 5th 1906 and she was buried in Galesburg Ill. " /
      But contrast p. 46a: "Wife died May 7, 1905," given in Hebrew as second day of Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5655, which is 5–6 May 1905.


 

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