Esther Reizel Levin (1877 - 1921)

Esther Reizel Levin is my 2x great aunt. Levin family HERE. Glynn family HERE

Parents: Aaron Levin (1844 - 1910) and Gertrude

Tombstones for her father Aaron Levin and her step-mother Annie Isabella Levin (Nee Broude). They are both buried in the Rice Lane Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Born: March 1877 in Sislowitz, Grodno, Belarus

Hebrew name: Ester Reizel daughter of Aharon

Migration: The family came to Liverpool, England in 1884 when Esther was about 7 years old

Naturalization:

Esther Levin, along with her family, became a naturalised British citizen in March 1893. The family were living at 93 Richmond Row, Liverpool, England at the time

Married: Simon Bernard Glynn in (January - March) 1898 in Liverpool, England. Simon was 23 and Esther 20

Children

Their first child was born in 1898 when Simon was 24 and Esther 21. Their last child was born in 1903 when Simon was 29 and Esther 26 

• Minnie Glynn 1896 - 1980
• Gertrude Glynn 1900 - 1901
• Freda Glynn 1901 - 1903
• Leah (Lily) Glynn 1903 - 1981

Esther and Simon's two daughters who reached adulthood, Lily (on left) and Minnie Glynn in around 1910

Intermarriage

As well as being husband and wife, Esther and Simon were also 1st cousins as they shared the same grandparents! Simon's mother Minnie and Esther's father Aaron were brother and sister

Census details

1891

The Levin family is at 88 Richmond Row, Liverpool, England. Esther's parents are Aaron age 48, a furniture broker and Isabella age 33. The children are Jacob, age 19, born in Russia and a draper, Rachel age 17 and a shopkeeper, Esther age 13, Sarah age 11, Leah age 4 and Abraham age 1 month, There are also 3 boarders; Isaac Broady age 48 and a commercial traveller (also a distant cousin of Isabella), Nap Finestone age 32, Judah Rapmorly age 26 and a sick nurse, Sarah Menca age 40

1901

Esther and Simon are married and the family are living at 79 Soho Street, Liverpool, England. Simon is age 26 and working at home on his own account as a clothier shop keeper. Esther is age 24 and their daughter Minnie is age 2

1911

The family are living in a 6 room house at 48 Erskine street, Liverpool, England. Simon is age 35 and a tailor's cutter working from home on his own account. Esther is age 34 and the two children, Minnie age 12 and Leah age 7 are both at school

1921

The family in the 1921 census taken on 21 June are living at 6 Cairns street, Liverpool, England. Simon is age 46 years and 9 months and a wholesale clothing manufacturer and merchant. He is an employer with his premises at 1 Islington Square, Liverpool. Esther is age 44 years and 3 months and the two children are Minnie age 22 years and 7 months and Lily age 17 years and 11 months. Also living with them is Elizabeth Brown, a domestic servant age 57 years and 4 months

Death

23 November 1921 in Liverpool, England at age 44 / 45 from a stroke. She is buried in the Rice Lane cemetery, Liverpool, England plot no c-17-01

Tombstone for Esther. In loving memory of Esther Glynn, who died 23rd November 1921, aged 45 years. Deeply mourned by her dear husband and daughters

Hebrew translation: Esther Reizel daughter of Aharon. First letter of each row makes it Ester R. Died on the 22 Marcheshvan (Cheshvan) 5682

Death certificate

Death certificate for Esther. She died on 23 November 1921 in her house at 6 Cairns street, Liverpool, England at age 45. Cause of death was heart disease and a stroke

Obituary

GLYNN.-On the 23rd of November, at 6, Cairns-street, Princes Park, Liverpool, after a long illness, Esther, the dearly beloved wife of Simon Glynn. Deeply mourned by her husband, daughters, Minnie and Lily, sisters, and brothers. (Jewish Chronicle, November 1921)

Place of Birth

Esther Levin was born in Sislowitz 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 1891 census the family was listed as living at 88 Richmond Row, Liverpool, England and by the time they were naturalised in 1893 the family had moved to 93 Richmond Row. Both properties no longer exist

In the 1901 census Esther and Simon and their daughter Minnie are living at 79 Soho Street, Liverpool, England. The property no longer exists

In the 1911 census Esther and Simon and their children are living at 49 Erskine Street, Liverpool, England. The property no longer exists

In the 1921 census the family are living at 6 Cairns Street, Liverpool, England. Simo's factory at 1 Islington square, Liverpool no longer exists. Liverpool University now has a building on the site