Levy Michaelis married Bessie Kutner in approximately 1870 and he lived in Braloslive, Poland. A few years later Levy immigrated to New York from Hamburg, Germany. Levy departed from Hamburg on the ship The British Queen on June 18, 1872, and travelled to New York via Liverpool. He was 20 years old and he travelled with another family member named Michael who was 24 years old.
Michaelis was the original family surname on Levy's immigration papers and also the birth certificate of his first child born in the USA, Matilda "Tillie". On the 1880 Fed Census the name Michaleis was shortened to Michael, and later in life Levy adopted the more Americanized name "Lewis" as his first name.
Levy lived in Brooklyn for most of his life and he and Bessie raised 9 children. They had 11 children altogether, but a few died early in life. Levy's occupation was cloth cutter and tailor.
Michaelis was the original family surname on Levy's immigration papers and also the birth certificate of his first child born in the USA, Matilda "Tillie". On the 1880 Fed Census the name Michaleis was shortened to Michael, and later in life Levy adopted the more Americanized name "Lewis" as his first name.
Levy lived in Brooklyn for most of his life and he and Bessie raised 9 children. They had 11 children altogether, but a few died early in life. Levy's occupation was cloth cutter and tailor.
Levy Michaelis married Bessie Kutner in approximately 1870 and he lived in Braloslive, Poland. A few years later Levy immigrated to New York from Hamburg, Germany. Levy departed from Hamburg on the ship The British Queen on June 18, 1872, and travelled to New York via Liverpool. He was 20 years old and he travelled with another family member named Michael who was 24 years old.
Michaelis was the original family surname on Levy's immigration papers and also the birth certificate of his first child born in the USA, Matilda "Tillie". On the 1880 Fed Census the name Michaleis was shortened to Michael, and later in life Levy adopted the more Americanized name "Lewis" as his first name.
Levy lived in Brooklyn for most of his life and he and Bessie raised 9 children. They had 11 children altogether, but a few died early in life. Levy's occupation was cloth cutter and tailor.
Michaelis was the original family surname on Levy's immigration papers and also the birth certificate of his first child born in the USA, Matilda "Tillie". On the 1880 Fed Census the name Michaleis was shortened to Michael, and later in life Levy adopted the more Americanized name "Lewis" as his first name.
Levy lived in Brooklyn for most of his life and he and Bessie raised 9 children. They had 11 children altogether, but a few died early in life. Levy's occupation was cloth cutter and tailor.
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