Perets Bentsion Smolinski^{[1, 2]}

1821 - 1895  (73 years)

• Name	Perets Bentsion Smolinski  [1]
  Birth	12 Sep 1821	Sejny, Suwalki, Russia (now Poland)   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	28 Sep 1881	New York City, New York, New York, USA
  		"Perez Levisohn" et al. arrival record
  Arrival	Oct. 1881	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Date estimated from date of arrival in New York
  Arrival	1885	Eretz Yisrael (Palestine)   [1]
  Name	Paul Levinson
  Name	Peretz Levinson  [2]
  Death	20 Apr 1895	Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)   [1]
  Person ID	I122272306909	Martin Rind Tree
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Ovsey (Joshua) Smolinski,   b. Abt. 1791
  Mother	Estera
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Esther Gumbiner,   b. 1819, Przerosl, Suwalki Guberniya, Russian Poland d. 6 Apr 1873, Sejny, Russian Poland (now Sejny, Poland) (Age 54 years)
  Children	1. Brayna Smolinski,   b. 7 Nov 1842, Przerośl, Suwalki, Russia (now Poland) d. abt. 1864, Kalwaria, Russian Poland (now Kalvarija, Lithuania) (Age 21 years)   2. Isaac Solomon Levinson,   b. 13 Aug 1844, Przerośl, Suwalki guberniya, Russia (now Poland) d. 12 Feb 1916, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 71 years)   3. Basa Smolinski,   b. 1848, Suwalki guberniya, Russia (now Poland) d. 18 Sep 1852, Sejny, Suwalki, Russia (now Poland) (Age 4 years)   4. Samuel Levinson,   b. 4 Dec 1850, Sejny, Suwalki, Russia (now Poland) d. 30 Aug 1920, Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 69 years)   5. Isadore Levinson,   b. 6 Jan 1858, Vishey, Suwalki guberniya, Russian Poland (now Veisiejai, Lithuania) d. 30 Nov 1931, Los Angeles, California (Age 73 years)   6. Julius Levinson,   b. 29 May 1862, Vishey, Russian Poland (now Veisiejai, Lithuania) d. 14 Jul 1930, Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Finished circa 1930; partially published in 2012, Isadore Levinson handwritten memoir. P. 23: "[My father] and I left for the city of Seini, where he was born." / P. 46: "My Father, born Sep 15 1821, died April 20 1895 / אבי נולד ט"ו אלול תקפ"א מת כ"ו ניסן תרנה בירושלים ארץ ישראל [My father was born 15 Elul 5581 [=12 Sep 1821]; he died 26 Nisan 5655 [20 Apr 1895] in Jerusalem in the Land of Israel]" / P. 88: "After the second Passover of my coming to this Country [in 1881], the S.S. Co’s. were cutting passage rates, $15.00 from Anverbien Norway [presumably Antwerp, Belgium] to Philadelphia Pen. was the lowest, I bought a ticket and I sent it to London, for my father who came there with my youngest brother, and I told them to choose themselves who to go first they dicided that brother Isaac Sol shall go first and as he can earn more money. " / P. 167: "We named [our son Paul] after mine and my wifes father, (Perez Ben Zion) Paul Ben. . . . My father went to Palestine in 1885, and he died there in 1895. He was 74 years old at his death." / 28 Sep 1881, Levinson family arrival record, S.S. Belgenland from Antwerp, NYC. Levisohn Perez, 60, m, Tailor [!], [from] England, [to] U.S.A., steerage / Rachel, 30, f / Julius, 18, m / Abraham, 15, m / Kitty, 12, f / Esther, 6, f / New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 442 - 14 Sep 1881-10 Oct 1881 image 420 at FamilySearch.org