Edmund Harry Levi

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28. EDMUND 4 LEVI (ANN3 ISAACS, LEWIS MYER2, MYER SAMUEL1) was born July 02, 1866 in Hackney, Middlesex, England. He married JOHANNA GERS 1896 in Nurenberg, Germany, daughter of JULIUS GERS and FREDERICKA BLUMENTHAL. She was born in Hope Town, South Africa, and died 1918 in Griquatown, South Africa.

Notes for EDMUND HARRY LEVI: At age 26, he left England for Kimberly, South Africa where he had been offered employment with a firm. Upon arriving in Kimberly, he found the firm in liquidation. But he met a farmer, shopkeeper and hotel proprietor named Mr. Wright, who offered him a job (Source: account from daughter Frieda). After working with Mr. Wright for some years, he left for Mazielsfontein, where his new employer was Juius Gers, who originally was from Germany. He courted and married the Gers daughter, Johanna Gers. They were married in 1906 in Nuremberg, Germany, where Johanna had been sent to finish her education. The couple lived in Griquatown and had 12 children. He was taken prisoner during the Boer War. He changed his name to Lee around 1940, and was babtised in the Christian church at the age of 78 adn buried as a Christian. His jobs included Merchant, shopkeeper, holtelier and Mayor of Griquatown.

Children of EDMUND LEVI and JOHANNA GERS are:

• i. FRITZ5 LEVI, went missing and d. 1917 in World War I.
• ii. HARRY LEVI, d. 1918 when he arrived home from World War I and contracted the Spanish Flu after suffering from mustard gas poisoning during the war.
• 63. iii. ANNIE LEVI, b. June 01, 1900; d. November 17, 1984, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 64. iv. FRIEDA LEVI, b. August 02, 1901.
• 65. v. ARTHUR LEVI, b. 1904; d. 1992.
• 66. vi. RALPH BRUCE LEVI, b. July 21, 1906, Griquatown, South Africa; d. 1950, Betty's Bay, Capetown, South Arfica.
• vii. HERBERT CAREY LEVI, b. 1907; d. October 07, 1995, Seattle, Washington, USA; m. ESTELLE LOMBARDIN.
• More About HERBERT CAREY LEVI and ESTELLE LOMBARDIN: Res.: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.; she lived until age 101. The couple had no children. She had a job as history teacher
• viii. CHARLES LEVI, b. January 15, 1915; d. 2001; m. ANNE POTGIETER. They had no children
• 67. ix. GLADYS LEVI, b. December 12, 1914; d. 1997, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 68. x. ETHEL LEVI, b. October 06, 1915, Griquatown, South Africa; d. 2000.
• 69. xi. JOAN LEVI, b. February 06, 1916, Griquatown, South Africa; d. May 13, 1963.
• 70. xii. FRANK LEVI, b. August 10, 1917, Griquatown, South Africa; d. 2003.