Julius Michael Ruck (1874 - 1960)

Julius Michael Ruck is the husband of Fanny Leah Levinson, the sister-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Glynn family HERE

Parents: Aaron Michael Rak (1852 - ?) and Eunice Sopher (1855 - ?)

Born: 10 December 1874 in Losice, Seidlce Goberna, Russian Empire, nowadays in Poland. Yiddish: לאָשיץ. Russian: Лосице / Лосицы. Hebrew: לושיצה. Alternate names: Łosice [Pol], Loshitz [Yid], Loshitse [Rus], Loshits

Hebrew name: Michel Yoel son of Aharon

Siblings

• Asher Ruck (1879 - 1953) married Polly Goodman (1886 - 1949) on 11 January 1905 in London, England

Marriage certificate for Asher and Polly. They had three children; Abraham Leon Ruck (1906 - 1949) who married Madge Cassell (1908 - 1998) in Birmingham in (January to March) 1934, Eunice Ruck (1908 - 1972) who married Cecil David Simons (1909 - 1979) in London in (July to September) 1930 and Sidney Ruck (1910 - 2002)

Occupation: Importer of toys and fancy goods and then a haberdashery wholesaler

Naturalization

Naturalization certificate for Julius Ruck dated 19 July 1909

Married: Fanny Leah Levinson on 24 February 1909 in the Great synagogue in Russell Street, Liverpool, England. Fanny was 24 and Julius age 34

Marriage certificate for Fanny and Julius. Julius's profession is given as a fancy good dealer

Children

Their first child was born in 1909 when Julius was 35 and Fanny 23. Their last child was born in 1917 when Julius was 42 and Fanny 31 

• Eunice Ruck 1909 - 1984
• Nancy Freda Ruck 1912 - 1995
• Harold Cecil Ruck 1917 - 1974

Census details

1911

In 1911 Julius and Fanny are married and living at 2 Station Boulevard, Aberdeen Road, Swansea, Wales. The dwelling has 5 rooms. Julius is age 37  and an importer of fancy goods on his own account. Fanny is age 25. Their daughter is Eunice age 1 and they have a Jewish domestic servant, Hetty Struel age 16, who was born in Russia

1921

1921 census for the Ruck family in Swansea, Wales. The family are in a 9 room dwelling at 55 Walter Road. Julius is 48 years and 6 months, a wholesale importer of toys and fancy goods and the children are Eunice age 11 years and 6 months, Freda age 8 and Harold age 3 years and 8 months

Julius's wife Fanny on the night of the 1921 census is visiting her parents and her siblings who are living in a 5 room terrace at 7 Montpelier Terrace, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool. Her father Moses is age 62 and six months and a picture framer on his own account working out of a premises on 33 Park Place, Liverpool. Her mother Hannah Rachel is listed as Rachel and is 57 and three months. Her sister Cecilia is 23 and five months and a school teacher. Her brother Max is 25 years and eleven months and an assistant manager. Fanny is named Fanny Ruck age 36 years and eleven months. She normally lives with her family at 55 Walter Road in Swansea Wales

1921 census for Fanny and her parents in Liverpool, England

1939 Register

1939 finds Fanny and Julius at 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales. Julius is a wholesaler in haberdashery. Living with them is Fanny's mother Hannah, age 75 and listed as incapacitated. They also have a domestic servant, Beatrice M Temblett, age 33

Photos

Julius as a soldier in the Russian army

Julius and Fanny with their son Harold visiting Egypt in 1934

An undated photo of Fanny and Julius

Electoral Register

Fanny and Julius listed on the electoral register in 1950. Their address is 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales

Death

22 April 1960 in Swansea, Wales at age 85. He is buried in the Townhill Cemetery, Swansea, Wales, section D, Row 8, Plot 4

Burial record for Julius Ruck

Tombstone for Fanny and Julius Ruck: "In ever loving memory of Julius Michael Ruck died 24 April 1960 aged 88 years and Fanny Leah Ruck aged 76 years. Deeply mourned by their loving and devoted children, grandchildren and relatives. May their dear souls rest in everlasting peace"

Hebrew translation: "Here are buried
The companion Michel Yoel son of Mr. Aharon
Passed away 27 Nisan 5720
The woman Feyga Leah daughter of Mr. Shlomo Moshe
Passed away 27 Sivan 5720
Loving and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths undivided
May their souls be bound up in the bond of life"

Probate

RUCK Julius of 55 Walter Road Swansea died 26 April 1960 Probate Carmarthen 11 August to Abe Stephens personnel manager. Effects £9,306 15s. 7d.

Place of Birth

Julius Ruck was born in  Losice, Siedlce in the Russian Empire, nowadays in Poland

Residence

From around 1919 until their deaths in 1960, Julius and Fanny lived at 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales

Fanny Leah Levinson (1886 - 1960)

Fanny Leah Levinson is the sister-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Glynn family HERE

Parents: Moses Hyman Levinson (1857 - 1932) and Hannah Rachel Zussman (1864 - 1943)

Tombstones for Fanny's parents. They are both buried in the Rice Lane Cemetery in Liverpool, England

Born: 12 July 1886 in Svislach or Svisloch (Belarusian: Свiслач, romanized: Svislač, Russian: Свислочь; Polish: Świsłocz; Yiddish: סיסלעוויטש), a town nowadays in the Grodno Region, Belarus. 

Depending on the document her date of birth is given as from 1884 to 1886 - 1886 in the 1911 census and 1939 register, 1884 on her marriage certificate, 1921 census and tombstone

Hebrew name: Feyga Leah daughter of Shlomo Moshe

Siblings

• Rachel (Raie) Levinson (1896 - 1961) married Harris Endbinder (1886 - 1975) in (july - September) 1918 in Liverpool, England
• Maxwell Levinson (1895 - 1922) married Hannah Rachel Zussman (1864 - 1943) in Liverpool, England on 16 March 1922
• Cecilia Levinson (1902 - 1957) married Harris Lewis in (January - March) 1923 in Liverpool, England

Migration: Fanny came with his family to England sometime between 1903 and 1908, age 17 to 22

Married: Julius Michael Ruck on 24 February 1909 in the Great synagogue in Russell Street, Liverpool, England. Fanny was 24 and Julius age 34

Marriage certificate for Fanny and Julius. Julius's profession is given as a fancy good dealer

Children

Their first child was born in 1909 when Julius was 35 and Fanny 23. Their last child was born in 1917 when Julius was 42 and Fanny 31 

• Eunice Ruck 1909 - 1984
• Nancy Freda Ruck 1912 - 1995
• Harold Cecil Ruck 1917 - 1974

Census details

1911

In 1911 Julius and Fanny are married and living at 2 Station Boulevard, Aberdeen Road, Swansea, Wales. The dwelling has 5 rooms. Julius is age 37  and an importer of fancy goods on his own account. Fanny is age 25. Their daughter is Eunice age 1 and they have a Jewish domestic servant, Hetty Struel age 16, who was born in Russia

1921

Fanny is visiting her parents and her siblings who are living in a 5 room terrace at 7 Montpelier Terrace, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool. Her father Moses is age 62 and six months and a picture framer on his own account working out of a premises on 33 Park Place, Liverpool. Her mother Hannah Rachel is listed as Rachel and is 57 and three months. Her sister Cecilia is 23 and five months and a school teacher. Her brother Max is 25 years and eleven months and an assistant manager. Fanny is named Fanny Ruck age 36 years and eleven months. She normally lives with her family at 55 Walter Road in Swansea Wales

1921 census for Fanny and her parents in Liverpool, England

1921 census for the Ruck family in Swansea, Wales. The family are in a 9 room dwelling at 55 Walter Road. Julius is 48 years and 6 months, a wholesale importer of toys and fancy goods and the children are Eunice age 11 years and 6 months, Freda age 8 and Harold age 3 years and 8 months

1939 Register

1939 finds Fanny and Julius at 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales. Julius is a wholesaler in haberdashery. Living with them is Fanny's mother Hannah, age 75 and listed as incapacitated. They also have a domestic servant, Beatrice M Temblett, age 33

Photos

Fanny and Julius visiting Egypt in 1934

An undated photo of Fanny and Julius

Electoral Register

Fanny and Julius listed on the electoral register in 1950. Their address is 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales

Death

22 June 1960 in Swansea, Wales at age 73. She is buried in the Townhill Cemetery, Swansea, Wales, section D, Row 8, Plot 5

Burial record for Fanny Ruck

Tombstone for Fanny and Julius Ruck: "In ever loving memory of Julius Michael Ruck died 24 April 1960 aged 88 years and Fanny Leah Ruck aged 76 years. Deeply mourned by their loving and devoted children, grandchildren and relatives. May their dear souls rest in everlasting peace"

Hebrew translation: "Here are buried
The companion Michel Yoel son of Mr. Aharon
Passed away 27 Nisan 5720
The woman Feyga Leah daughter of Mr. Shlomo Moshe
Passed away 27 Sivan 5720
Loving and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths undivided
May their souls be bound up in the bond of life"

Probate

RUCK Fanny of 55 Walter Road Swansea widow died 22 June 1960 at Sancta Maria Nursing Home Ffynone Swansea Administration Carmarthen 12 January to Freda Stephens married woman and Eunice Sharpes widow. Effects £2,464 12s. 10d.

Place of Birth

Fanny Levinson was born in Svislach in the Grodno province of Belarus

SVISLOCH (Pol. Swisłocz ), town in Grodno district, Belarus; within Poland before 1795 and between the two world wars. A number of Jews settled there at the beginning of the 18th century on the invitation of the owners of the locality, the princes of Tyszkiewicz. In 1752 the Council of Lithuania imposed a poll tax of 215 zlotys on the Svisloch community, which numbered 220 in 1766. Until the middle of the 19th century the Jews of Svisloch earned their livelihood mainly from trade in timber and grain, shopkeeping, and crafts; they later also engaged in innkeeping and the lease of public houses. After a great fire, in which most of the Jewish shops were destroyed, the fairs were no longer held in Svisloch and the Jews were deprived of their principal sources of livelihood. Around 1870 Jews began to pioneer in the tanning industry and improved methods of manufacture with the assistance of German experts whom they invited. By the end of the 19th century a number of tanneries had been established in Svisloch, which employed hundreds of workers. Many Jews from the surrounding areas went there in search of employment. As early as the middle of the 19th century Jewish craftsmen in Svisloch attempted to organize themselves into guilds. At the beginning of the 20th century the Bund Movement developed in Svisloch and it embraced the whole of the Jewish working populace (tanners, tailors, shoemakers, carpenters. smiths, and bakers), who organized strikes for the amelioration of working conditions in tanneries and factories. In 1905 the workers' organization was established for Jewish self-defense against pogroms.

Residences

In the 1921 census Fanny is staying with her family at 7 Montpelier Terrace, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, England L8. This Regency terrace, dating from the 1820’s, stood between Grove Street and Bloom Street and was demolished in the late 1960’s. This is a view of part of Montpelier Terrace taken in 1968. It is now the site of the Woman's Hospital

From around 1919 until their deaths in 1960, Julius and Fanny lived at 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales

Hannah Rachel Zussman (1864 - 1943)

Hannah Rachel Zussman, is the mother-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Glynn family HERE

Born: 10 June 1864 in Svislach or Svisloch (Belarusian: Свiслач, romanized: Svislač, Russian: Свислочь; Polish: Świsłocz; Yiddish: סיסלעוויטש), a town nowadays in the Grodno Region, Belarus

Hebrew name: Channa Rochel daughter of Simcha Zusman

Migration: Came with her family to England sometime between 1903 and 1908, age 39 to 44

Married: Moses Hyman Levinson around 1884 in Svislach, nowadays Belarus. Moses was age 27 and Hannah age 20

Children

Their first child was born in 1886 when Moses was 29 and Hannah 22. Their last child was born in 1902 when Moses was 45 and Hannah 38 

• Fanny Leah Levinson 1886 - 1960
• Maxwell Levinson 1896 - 1960
• Rachel levinson 1896 - 1961
• Cecilia Levinson 1902 - 1957

Census details

1911

Hannah and her family are living in a five room house at 147 Mill Street, Liverpool, England. Her husband Moses is age 52, a shopkeeper and house furnisher working on his own account at home. Hannah is age 46. The children are Rachel age 16, Cecilia age 13 and Maxwell age 17

1921

The family are now living in a 5 room terrace at 7 Montpelier Terrace, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool. Moses is age 62 and six months and a picture framer on his own account working out of a premises on 33 Park Place, Liverpool, Hannah Rachel is listed as Rachel and is 57 and three months. Cecilia is 23 and five months and a school teacher. Maxwell is 25 years and eleven months, an assistant manager and now an Argentine citizen and Fanny is now married, named Fanny Ruck age 36 years and eleven months

1939 Register

1939 finds Hannah living with her daughter Fanny and her family at 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales. Hannah is age 75 and is listed as incapacitated

Death

14 May 1943 in Liverpool, England at age 79. She is buried in the Rice Lane Cemetery, Liverpool, England plot no C3.21

Liverpool Jewish burial record for Hannah Levinson

Tombstone for Hannah Levinson: "Affectionate remembrance of Hannah Rachel levinson who passed away 14th May 1943 min the 79th year of her age. / A devoted wife, a loving mother, and a true friend of her people. Her remembrance will be eternal in the hearts of her children and of those who loved her. / May her soul rest in peace."

Hebrew translation: Here is buried/ the woman esteemed and dear/A faithful mother in Israel [among the Jewish people]/Mrs. Chanah Rachel daughter of Mr. Simcha Zussman/ passed away with a good name [good reputation] 9 Iyyar 5703 [ligature] by the small count [the letter hey for 5000 is omitted from the year as understood] /in the 79th year of her life/ [abbreviation] May her soul be bound in the bond of life. "

Death Notice

LEVINSON-May 14, aged 79, HANNAH RACHEL, dearly-beloved mother of Max. Prayers at 8 p.m.-3 Lancaster Avenue. (Liverpool Echo 18 May 1943)

Place of Birth

Hannah Levinson was born in Svislach in the Grodno province of Belarus

SVISLOCH (Pol. Swisłocz ), town in Grodno district, Belarus; within Poland before 1795 and between the two world wars. A number of Jews settled there at the beginning of the 18th century on the invitation of the owners of the locality, the princes of Tyszkiewicz. In 1752 the Council of Lithuania imposed a poll tax of 215 zlotys on the Svisloch community, which numbered 220 in 1766. Until the middle of the 19th century the Jews of Svisloch earned their livelihood mainly from trade in timber and grain, shopkeeping, and crafts; they later also engaged in innkeeping and the lease of public houses. After a great fire, in which most of the Jewish shops were destroyed, the fairs were no longer held in Svisloch and the Jews were deprived of their principal sources of livelihood. Around 1870 Jews began to pioneer in the tanning industry and improved methods of manufacture with the assistance of German experts whom they invited. By the end of the 19th century a number of tanneries had been established in Svisloch, which employed hundreds of workers. Many Jews from the surrounding areas went there in search of employment. As early as the middle of the 19th century Jewish craftsmen in Svisloch attempted to organize themselves into guilds. At the beginning of the 20th century the Bund Movement developed in Svisloch and it embraced the whole of the Jewish working populace (tanners, tailors, shoemakers, carpenters. smiths, and bakers), who organized strikes for the amelioration of working conditions in tanneries and factories. In 1905 the workers' organization was established for Jewish self-defense against pogroms.

Residences

In 1911 the family were living at 147 Mill Street Liverpool. The house now shown here may date from after this period

In the 1921 census the family are living at 7 Montpelier Terrace, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, England L8. This Regency terrace, dating from the 1820’s, stood between Grove Street and Bloom Street and was demolished in the late 1960’s. This is a view of part of Montpelier Terrace taken in 1968. It is now the site of the Woman's Hospital

In 1939 Hannah is listed as living at 55 Walter Road, Swansea, Wales