Hannah Rachel Zussman, is the mother-in-law of Minnie Glynn, my 1st cousin 2x removed. Glynn family HERE. Levinson 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 1898 - 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
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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
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1939 Register
Death
Liverpool Jewish burial record for Hannah Levinson
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
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.
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