Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Maureen Maughan (1929 - 2000)

Maureen Maughan is the 2nd wife of Eric Leon Levinson, known as Hershel, my 2nd cousin 1x removedLevinson family HERE

Parents
: Joseph Maughan (1896 - 1973) and Emily May Dickinson (1902 - 1996)

Born: 29 November 1929 in Liverpool, England

Hebrew name: Devorah daughter of Abraham. Maureen converted from Christianity to reform Judaism

Siblings
  • Emily Kathleen Maughan (1926 - 2011) married Peter Myles McDermott (1930 - 2016) in Liverpool in (Sep - Dec) 1960
  • Francis Norman (Frank) Maughan (1927 - 1975) married Phyllis Elizabeth Ward (1931 - 2025) in Liverpool in (Jan - Mar) 1954
  • Edward J Maughan (1932 - ) married Mary Gertrude McConnochie (1935 - 2010) in Crosby, Lancashire in (Sep - Dec) 1958

Married
Hershel Levinson, in January 1969 in Liverpool, England. Hershel was 40 and Maureen age 29

"Hershel [Levinson] was married last week in civil matrimony – (Registry) office as I told you and looked ok, he was at the Lodge and it is accepted as if it is the correct thing to do – how times have changed?" (Letter from my grandfather to my mother dated 16 January 1969)

Children
Their first child was born in 1969 when Hershel was 41 and Maureen 40. Their second and final child was born in 1971 when Hershel was 43 and Maureen 41 
  • Paul Mark Levinson 1969 -
  • Ian Anthony Levinson 1971 -

Census
1939 Register
In the 1939 register Maureen is living at 38 Hatton Hill Road, Liverpool. England. Maureen is a schoolgirl living with her grandmother Emily, her aunt Annie Campbell and her uncle Joseph

Electoral Register extracts
1969
In 1969 Hershel and Maureen are listed as living at 31 Burnham Road, Liverpool, England

Death
20 July 2000 in Liverpool, England at age 70 from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. She was buried on 25 July 2000 in the Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool, England in the general section 1c (Progressive Jewish), plot 345


Tombstone for Maureen Levinson "In loving memory of Maureen Levinson died 20 July 2000. Cherished and remembered by her husband Hershel, Sons Paul and Ian, family and many friends"

Hebrew translation: ""

Maureen listed in the Liverpool Allerton Cemetery register of burials

Residences

In the 1939 register Maureen is living at 38 Hatton Hill Road, Liverpool. England


From 1969 to 2000 Hershel and Maureen lived at 31 Burnham Road, Liverpool, England