Kusel Family Values Codes I – E – L – P Edward Abraham Kusel Edward Abraham Kusel was born in 1824 in Mekhlenburg-Schwerin, then a part of Prussia. Along the way Edward A. Kusel journeyed to America in the early 1850’s. He headed West, from
Read more →Samuel Sussman Snow Values Codes I – E – H – L Samuel Sussman Snow (Snoek or Snook) was born in 1818 in Demmin, New Prussia. His father was a rabbi. Samuel Snow began to study medicine in France. Then, in 1836, at the age of 18,
Read more →Dr. Lewis Levason Values Codes I – E – L Dr. Lewis Levason was born in 1794 in England. Nevada City, California In 1860, at the age of 66, Dr. Lewis Levason journeyed to the United States and settled in Nevada City, California. He opened his
Read more →Meyer Gradwohl Values Codes I – E – L Meyer Gradwohl was born in 1828 in Alsace, France. Around 1858, he arrived in San Francisco, California. He and his wife, Frederique, were naturalized as U.S. citizens soon after. Mokelumne Hill In 1860, Meyer Gradwohl and his
Read more →Congregation B’nai Israel of Sacramento In 1849, Orthodox services were held at the home of Moses Hyman on Front Street in Sacramento, California. In 1850, Hyman helped found the Hebrew Benevolent Society. He was joined by Albert Priest, believed to be the first Jewish settler in Sacramento. In
Read more →Lehman Weil Values Codes I – E – L Lehman Weil (Levi) was born in Bavaria in 1827. He journeyed to America in 1858. Mokelumne Hill Weil settled in Mokelumne Hill, California, in 1860. When he arrived in California, Lehman Weil rented one of the Danielewicz brothers’
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