PIECES OF LEVINE LORE

RACHEL  (Ruchel)  LEVY LEVINE (1842-1910), daughter of Samuel Levy and Fannie Pisousky Levy, was born wife in Koidanov (or Koidenov) http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/bynewzzz.gif, near Pinsk in today’s Belarus. She married Noah Levine, had a large family and then immigrated to New York. Our Levine cousins are descended from Rachel and Noah.
Does someone have more information about their immigration experience?

HUNTS POINT HOSPITAL in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx

            Henry Levine and his brother, JM (Joseph), owned the hospital for many years.

            Fran Wilensky’s mother, Ethel, worked there as bookkeeper until 1941

            Among others, these Levine cousins were born at that hospital -  Michael Levine, 1937; Jane Levine Lewit, 1941; Francine Wilensky, 1942. Others?

 RALPH LEVINE had a cigar stand at the Great Northern Hotel in Manhattan.

 

HARRY AND FANNY LEVINE lived at 185 Madison Avenue in NYC.

SIDNEY LEVINE was born in Canada.

BERTHA LEVINSON was a diehard Brooklyn Dodger fan with a box seat at Ebbett’s Field.

In the Republican primary, City of New York, County of Bronx, September 13, 1921, JOSEPH M. LEVINE, 39 years old, ran for Borough President. Educated in public school, C.C.N.Y. and N.Y.U. Law School. Admitted to the Bar 1905 and specializing in real estate law.

Currently, the newest member of the Levine family is EVERETT OWEN LEVINE, Atlanta, GA, born in January 2013. He is one of the few who carry the Levine surname into this generation. Everett is the first grandchild of Henry (Hank) Levine, M.D. of Florida. Hank is the youngest grandson of Henry Levine, son of Rachel and Noah.

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