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Eliezer “Louis” Levi was born in Derhitchin, in the Grodno region of what is now Belarus to Shmuel Levi and his wife Channa Ita Gratz, the 5th of eight children. He was born June 2, 1883.
He traveled from Drohitchen with his mother sometime between 1886 and 1891. Shmuel had left for the United States and Channa went to Jerusalem on her own with six children.
Louis left Palestine for the United States, arriving in New York on 13 November in 1900. He went to Chicago at first and eventually settled in Boston, MA, where he worked as a tailor.
He married Sarah Mochedlover on 12 July 1911 in Boston and they went on to have three children, Simon Levy (1912-1982), Isabelle Barbara Levy (1918 – 2010) and Edwin Richard Levy (1925-1999). The family moved from Boston to Waterbury, CT, temporarily, around 1920.
Sarah was born in Warsaw Poland. Her family owned the Paris Paper Box, Co. in Roxbury, MA. Some of Sarah’s siblings adopted the surname Nigrosh. Sarah died 18 August, 1944, in Massachusetts.
After Sarah died, Louis remarried to Rose Garfinkle. Rose’s first husband was her first cousin, Harry Garfinkle, and they had one daughter, Annie Garfinkle. Annie never married. Harry died suddenly (trauma?) four years after their marriage and Rose brought up their daughter Annie alone.
Louis died 12 November, 1952 in Lynn, MA. Louis and Sarah were buried together in the Pultusker Cemetery in West Roxbury. Rose was buried in the Birsen Cemetery with her siblings. Harry Garfinkle was buried at Ashe Poland Cemetery in Woburn, MA, same cemetery as Rose’s parents. Confused yet?
Massachusetts, U.S. State and Federal Naturalization Records:
Declaration of Intention
District of Massachusetts
In the Circuit Court of the United Staets,
I, Louis Levy, aged 28 years, occupation tailor, do declare on oath that my personal description is: color white, complexion light, height 5 feet 4 inches, weight 140 lbs, color of hair brown, color of eyes blue other visible distinctive marks scar on lip I was born in Grodna, Russia on the 2nd day of June, anno Domini 1883: I now reside at 62 Fowler St., (Dor) Boston, Massachusetts. I emigrated to the United States of America from Boulogne, France on the vessel Postsdam; my last foreign residence was Jerusalem, Turkey. It is my bona fide intention to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to Nicholas II Emperor of all the Russias, of which I am now a subject; I arrived at the port of New York, in the State of New York, on or about the 13th day of November, anno Domini 1900: I am not an anarchist: I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America and to permanently reside therein: So help me God.
Louis Levy
Subscribed and sworn to before me at Boston, Mass., this 5th day of June anno Domini 1911
Herbert W. Lewis, Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court of the United Staets
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