Samuel Levinson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]}

1850 - 1920  (69 years)

• Name	Samuel Levinson  [2, 3, 4, 5, 10]
  Birth	4 Dec 1850	Sejny, Suwalki, Russia (now Poland)   [3, 4, 5, 13]
  		Smolinski Szmoyla birth rec Sejny 1850 scan 27
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1871	New York, New York, USA   [10]
  	Date inferred.
  Residence	1874	Syracuse, New York, USA   [2]
  	"Levinson Samuel, carpenter, h. 125 Mulberry"
  Arrival	1875	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois   [5]
  Residence	2 Jun 1880	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	577 S. Canal St.
  Residence	1882	Chicago, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Residence	1887	Chicago, Illinois, USA   [2, 11]
  	Just below "Levinsky" are "Levinson Annie Mrs., grocer 480 S. Halsted" and "Levinson Isaac, clk. 480 S. Halsted" / "My brother Sam at that time [in 1887] had a grocery store at Halsted and Dusold Street" (JAL memoir)
  Residence	1910	Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Father-in-law / 2259 N. Humboldt Blvd.
  Death	30 Aug 1920	Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [15]
  		Samuel Levinson d Hinsdale 30 Aug 1920
  		Samuel Levinson d Hinsdale 30 Aug 1920
  Samuel Levinson obituary Chi Trib 01 Sep 1920 p 23	1 Sep 1920	Chicago, Illinois   [9]
  		Samuel Levinson obituary Chi Trib 01 Sep 1920 p 23
  Name	Shmoyl (Szmojl) Smolinski  [10, 13]
  _WLNK	http://data.genealogytoday.com/search/Jewish_Orphan_Asylum_1896_Report.html
  Person ID	I122272307049	Martin Rind Tree
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Perets Bentsion Smolinski,   b. 12 Sep 1821, Sejny, Suwalki, Russia (now Poland) d. 20 Apr 1895, Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel) (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Hannah Esther Gumbiner,   b. 1819, Przerosl, Suwalki Guberniya, Russian Poland d. 6 Apr 1873, Sejny, Russian Poland (now Sejny, Poland) (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca Levi,   b. Abt 1854, Wisztyniec, Suwalki guberniya, Russia (now Vištytis, Lithuania) d. 25 Apr 1890, Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1871	Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA   [10, 16]
  	Date inferred.
  Children	1. Isaac Levinson,   b. 25 Nov 1872, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA d. 31 May 1928, Manhattan, New York, USA (Age 55 years)   2. Harry A Levinson,   b. 6 Feb 1875, Chicago, Illinois   3. Sarah Levinson,   b. Abt 1878, Illinois d. Abt. 15 Oct 1966, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 88 years)   4. Esther Levinson,   b. 31 Oct 1883, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 29 March 1936, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 52 years)   5. Joseph Randolph Levinson,   b. 7 Jun 1888, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. Aug 1956, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 68 years)   6. Sidney Levinson,   b. 1889, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 1917 (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Rose Block,   b. Abt 1852, Russia
  Marriage	28 May 1892	Chicago, Cook, Illinois   [3]
  Divorce	bef. 1900	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  	Inferred from the fact that Rosie Block is recorded as "widowed" in the census of 1900.
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah X,   b. 1841, Russia
  Marriage	29 Nov 1911	Chicago, Cook, Illinois   [3, 14]
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S170441558] Ancestry.com, Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1744-1912, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [S157007294] Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S157005932] Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S157045811] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1880; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 190; Page: 16D; Enumeration District: 065. [S157007072] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_273; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 1240; FHL microfilm: 1374286. [S159408125] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S172762983] Ancestry.com, Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S170556224] Ancestry.com, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., Marriages, 1838-1911, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Milwaukee Public Library; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Milwaukee Vital Records; Call Number: 929.3. [S170897774] Newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune - 1 Sep 1920 - Page 23, (Chicago Tribune), Samuel Levinson obituary Chi Trib 01 Sep 1920 p 23 1 Sep 1920. Samuel Levinson obituary Chi Trib 01 Sep 1920 p 23 Finished circa 1930; partially published in 2012, Isadore Levinson autobiography (history of Sam Levinson). Pp. 48–49: "My brother Sam, and Meyer Bear, a son of Lable Goldsmith . . . left for America in 1876. They landed in New York. . . . My brother met a friend in New York, and he and brother left for Syracuse, N.Y. The friends name was Jacob Levinson. . . . They were taken for father and son, so my brother changed his name from Sam Smolinski, our family name, to Levinson, and all the rest of our family, from then on, go by the name of Levinson." / P. 55: "Before the year was out, brother Sam was married to a girl Rebeca from Wistinets, in the state of Suwalk." / ". . . I could go to Chicago where my brother Sam lives . . ." / "My brother Sam, as I said before, was peddling in the country around Chicago. . . ." Isadore Levinson autobiography (location of grocery store in 1886). MS, p. 109: "My Brother Sam at that time [1886] had a grocery store at Halstead and Dusold St." This is where 480 S. Halsted would be at that time. But the directory lists *Isaac* Levinson as clerk at that address, along with "Annie," who must be the wife of Isadore. Isadore Levinson autobiography (Sam's marriages). P. 213: ". . . my brother Sam, after his wife, mother of his children, died 36 years old, he did not wait very long, and he kept on getting married again keeping on to divorce one and to marry again"; p. 214: "My brother Sam . . . left for Peoria, Illinois. From there he obtained one more divorce from his fourth or fifth wife (I did not keep track of the number). . . ." Lithuania (Suwalki) birth records at LitvakSGI. Name: SMOLENSKI, Szmoyl / Father, grandfather: Perec, Owsiej / Mother, grandfather: Chaja Etla, Aron / Date of birth (DD/MM/YY): 4/12/1850 / Town, ujezd, guberniya: Sejny, Sejny, Suwalki / Comments: Father 29, trader. Mother 29. Gregorian date 16-Dec-1850 Witnesses: Hirsz Ickowicz TROPP,synagogue sexton, 51. Szloma Faybusowicz SAX, 33. / Place recorded, year, record no.: Sejny, 1850, 97 / Microfilm/item: 747778/5 / Archive/fond: Suwalki/C2400 Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968 (Family Search). Name Samuel Levinson Event Place Cook, Illinois, United States Residence Place Cook, Illinois, United States Age 64 Age 64y Birth Date 1847 Birth Year (Estimated) 1847 Marriage Date 29 Nov 1911 Marriage Date 29 Nov 1911 Marriage Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois Spouse's Name Sarah Drain Spouse's Age 65 Spouse's Age 65y Spouse's Marital Status Married Spouse's Birth Date 1846 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1846 License Type Marriage Record Number 19 30 Aug 1920, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1948 (FamilySearch). Name Samuel Levinson / Sex Male / Age About 73y / Birthplace Russia / Burial Date 04 Sep 1920 / Burial Place Forest Park, Ill / Race White / Father's Name Paul Levinson / Father's Birthplace Russia / Mother's Name Esther Gunsbiner [recte Gumbiner] / Mother's Birthplace Russia / Event Type Death / Event Date 30 Aug 1920 / Event Place Hinsdale, DuPage, Illinois / Event Place (Original) Hinsdale, DuPage, Illinois / Source Details 30623 Isadore Levinson autobiography. P. 55: "Before the year [1876] was out brother Sam was married to a girl Rebeca from Wistinets in the state of Suwalk, he met her at her friends in Syracuse. They left for Chicago." P. 213: "My brother Sam, after his wife, mother of his children died 36 years old, he did not wait very long and he kept on getting married again keeping on to divorce one and to marry again" Dating is off by at least four years, since son Isaac was born in Syracuse in 1872.