Esther Solomon Levy

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Esther Levy (Solomons)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Deal, Kent, England
Death: December 01, 1911 (87)
Victoria, Capital, British Columbia, Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Emanuel Menachem Solomons and Phoebe Solomons
Wife of Benjamin Levy
Mother of Henry Emanuel Levy; Phoebe Levy; Samuel Levy and Jacob (Jack) Levy

Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
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About Esther Solomon Levy

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esther_Solomon_Levy_1824-19...

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181158494/esther-levy

Two Jewish women emigrated in 1841 on the ship, "the Birman." The women were Elizabeth Levi (or Levy), Benjamin and Solomon's sister, and Esther Solomon, who are also thought to be among the first Jewish emigrants to New Zealand.

Esther Solomon and Benjamin Levy were married on June 1, 1842 in Wellington, New Zealand, according to the document in Hebrew, witnessed by Abraham Hort, Jr. and another early Jewish emigrant, Nathaniel Levin. The Solomon-Levy wedding marriage contract included a promise (Levirate marriage) that if Benjamin died, his brother Solomon would marry Esther. This wedding, the first Jewish wedding in Wellington, was the second known Jewish wedding in New Zealand (the first took place in Auckland in the fall of 1841)

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Esther Solomon Levy's Timeline

1824
November 9, 1824
Deal, Kent, England
1843
June 9, 1843
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
1845
1845
1848
February 28, 1848
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1854
1854
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
1911
December 1, 1911
Age 87
Victoria, Capital, British Columbia, Canada

Registration number 1911-09-025203