Jack and Sam Levy

This stone was chosen for photogrammetry due to the beginnings of vegetal growth on the stone. The reason to include it in the project, while for the most part legible, to add a record to the database before any additional damage or degradation can occur.

Inscription:

In Loving Memory of

Jack Levy       Sam Levy

Sons of Esther Levy

1848-1913       1845-1921

Birth Dates:

Jack Levy – February 28th, 1848, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Sam Levy – Unknown, 1845

Death Dates:

Jack Levy – April 29th, 1913, approximately 1 AM.

Sam Levy – Unknown, 1921.

Historical Sources:

1. Jack Levy’s death certificate provides birth dates, place of birth, occupation, age at death, parents names, and medical information. Jack Levy was a single, retired Hotel keeper. He suffered from ‘double irreductible (?) hernia’, and died of ‘Ureamia’ after just over a month long stay at the Jubilee hospital. He was buried May 1st, 1913,  at approximately 3 PM.
2. Sam Levy is listed through Ancestry.com as having been 76 years old at death. This listing states that the obituaty in the Daily Times confirms the his birth year, however this has yet to be confirmed. The JewGen database also has a listing for Sam Levy with the same basic information.

Notes: 

Jack’s legal name is Jacob.

Brothers Jack and Sam Levy had two more siblings, Henry Emanuel, and Phoebe.

The siblings parents, Benjamin Levy and Esther Levy (nee Solomons) were from London, England and Dover, England respectively.