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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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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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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