Jean Levy

Brief Life History of Jean

When Jean Levy was born on 10 June 1918, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, Harry Levy, was 33 and her mother, Ida C Snyder, was 19. She married George Kramer on 10 June 1944, in Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Detroit Ward 10, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 4 June 2004, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Kramer
1914–1977
Jean Levy
1918–2004
Marriage: 10 June 1944
Carla Kramer

Sources (8)

  • Jean Levy in household of Harry Levy, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Jean Levy, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Jean L Kramer, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1920 · The Detroit Wall

The Detroit Wall is a half mile long wall that was constructed to serve as a wall of racial separation as a physical barrier between white and black homeowners in northwest Detroit. Today the wall is mostly gone with only a small portion of it located at a local park.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Meyer, Moshe, Emanuel, Avi, Shlomo, Isadore, Meir, Nissim, Ofer.

Jewish (Ashkenazic and Sephardic): from the Biblical personal name Levi, from a Hebrew word meaning ‘joining’. This was borne by a son of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 29: 34). Bearers of this name are Levites, members of the tribe of Levi, who form a hereditary caste who assist the kohanim (see Cohen ) in their priestly duties. Compare Levi and Lowy 1.

Czech (Levý): nickname for a left-handed person, from the adjective levý ‘left’. This surname is also found in Slovakia.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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