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Amelia Levor (Gassenheimer)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bibra, nr Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
Death: September 09, 1921 (84)
United States
Place of Burial: Ridgewood, Queens, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samuel Gassenheimer and Blümchen Gassenheimer
Wife of Simpson Löb Levor
Mother of Samuel Simpson Levor and Simson Levor
Sister of Gustave "Harry" Gassenheimer; Joseph Gassenheimer and Therese Benari
Half sister of Selig Samuel Gassenheimer and Simon Gassenheimer

Managed by: Sharon Meen
Last Updated:

About Amelia Levor

Please see S. Meen, The Families of Samuel Gassenheimer, 1802-1854, https://judeninthemar.org/the-families-of-samuel-gassenheimer-1802-...

  • Birth date/place in Gassenheimer Descendant Report (courtesy N. Akman) as well as Year: 1900; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0770; FHL microfilm: 1241115.
  • Identified as child of Samuel Gassenheimer in Gassenheimer Descendant Report.
  • Identified as wife of Sim(p)son Levor in Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  • In 1871, Amelia Lever, née Gassenheimer, decided to emigrate: her husband, Simson Levor, had died in July 1867, and her second child, Simson, born in late October 1867 and named after his father, had died shortly after his birth. Amelia and her five-year-old son, Samuel (Simpson) Levor, arrived in the States on 26 September 1871. Source: Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. 2010.
  • Identified as mother of Samuel Simpson Levor in Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  • The 1880 Census locates Amalie Levor in Opelika, Alabama where two of her brothers, Selig and Joseph were living; see 1880 US Federal Census. It is possible that she was visiting her brothers at the time of the census.
  • The censuses from 1900 on locates Amalie living in New York, normally at the home of her son, Samuel, and his family. 1905, Amalie lived in New York City with her son Samuel and his family; see Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1905 [database on-line]
  • The 1920 US Federal Census located Amalie Levor at the address of her nephew Simpson Levor. Whether this was a permanent move is not clear.
  • Death place in Gassenheimer Descendant Report cited above.
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Amelia Levor's Timeline

1837
January 16, 1837
Bibra, nr Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
1866
March 8, 1866
Barchfeld a/d Werra
1867
October 14, 1867
Barchfeld a/d Werra, Thuringia, Germany
1921
September 9, 1921
Age 84
United States
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Mount Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, NY, United States