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Subject: [MDBALT] Solomon LEVI Family, Baltimore City, 1880
Date: 28 Jan 2004 14:36:55 -0700

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Surnames: LEVI, VELTE, McCARTHY, MATTAR
Classification: Query

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January 28, 2003

I seek: source documents or photocopies
about the Solmon LEVI family of Baltimore City 1880.
Like, his naturalizaton papers.

Solomon LEVI was born in Hesse Darmstadt (Germany)
in 1826. I do NOT have ship records. The port may have
been the Port of Baltimore.

I also seek the naturalization papers for his wife:
Rebecca LEVI. I do not have her maiden name.
She was born: 1829 in Prussia (Northern Germany
that bordered Poland).

Solomon and Rebecca LEVI lived in: Ward 4, Precinct 2
of Baltimore CIty. He appears as the Head of Household
for 1880 census.

I would like the birth records, and baptism records
of the Solomon LEVI children.

I would like whatever records are available about the
Solomon LEVI household.

I am a direct descendant
of the second son, Henry LEVI.
Henry LEVI was 25 in 1880:
he was born in 1855.

There were six (6) LEVI children.
All were born in America, between the early 1850s,
and the late 1860s.

I have no knowledge if any of the LEVI
sons served in The Civil War, or in the Confederacy.

The LEVI family prospered and had 2 servants.
Hannah MCarthy was an Irish woman,
and nearly 60 by 1880.

Catherine MATTAR was Prussian,
and nearly the age of the elder LEVI daughters.

The names of the servant women may show clues
to the Solomon LEVI household.

With six children, it was a reasonable-large-family
for the 1880 era: and it prospered.

Catherine MATTAR might have been a Prussian relative
of Mrs. Solomon LEVI (Rebecca).

It is assumed that the LEVI family was German Lutheran.
Parish records are also desired.

Solomon and his sons,
like Henry LEVI, sold jewelry: they were jewelry merchants.

The first-born son was Abraham LEVI.
He was born in America, in the early 1850s.

I would be interested to know: of any photos.
Like, of the Solomon LEVI family.
Like, what and where the store might have been.

Any photos of Baltimore City from 1850 through 1900
are desirable. Like, of jewelry shops.
Like, of department stores..
Like, of urban life.

The source document of the marriage license for
Henry LEVI is desired: he married Jennie VELTE,
daughter of August VELTE, the Bavarian/American tailor.

The VELTE household was also in Baltimore CIty
with 1880 census. Jennie was born in 1868.

She was thirteen (13) years younger
than her husband when she wed Henry LEVI.

Rebecca J. VELTE (Jenny) and
Henry LEVI had their first child: late 1888,
in Baltimore CIty.

I would like: a baptismal record or birth certificate
of Adelaide LEVI.

As of 1930, Henry LEVI was alive:
and aged 75 in Baltimore.

Rebecca J. VELTE-- Jenny-- Mrs. Henry LEVI
was also alive in 1930. She was 62.
Their marriage endured more than forty--40!-- years.

I do not have the date of his death,
nor his death certificate, nor of hers.

Correspondence with message board researchers
at www.rootsweb.com is enjoyable!

I will also accept good links to online web sites
for Baltimore City resources:
about source documents
for genealogy: 1850-1900. Thank you!

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