When Robert George Levis was born in November 1854, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, his father, Michael Levis, was 34 and his mother, Diana Swanton, was 33. He married Margaret "Maggie" Dowling on 7 September 1875, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870. He died on 18 March 1905, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Levis (Old English Lēofhyse, from lēof ‘dear, beloved’ + hyse ‘youth, warrior’).
English: occasionally perhaps from the Middle English personal name Leve, Old English Lēofa (male) or Lēofe (female), which derive from lēof ‘dear, beloved’, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, since Leve is attested as a medieval surname.
English: perhaps also from Middle English lef, leve, plural leves, possibly representing Old English lēaf ‘leaf, foliage’ in some topographic sense, or Old English hlīf ‘shelter’.
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