Alexander, Jacob & Samuel Levy Values Codes I – E – L Alexander, Jacob, and Samuel Levy were three of ten children of Leopold and Nanette Levy, who were both born in Alsace-Lorraine, but met and married in San Francisco in 1862. Tempted by the Gold Rush, Leopold and
Read more →David Livingston Values Codes I – E – L – P David Livingston was born in Fritzlar, Germany in 1856. San Francisco & San Bernardino David Livingston came to America in 1872 and arrived in San Francisco in 1873. In 1875, he partnered with
Read more →Jacob Rosewald Values Codes I – H – E – L – P Jacob Rosewald was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1841, to Bavarian Jewish immigrants, Judah and Bertha Rosewald. From childhood, Jacob displayed a passion for music. Despite his father’s staunch orthodoxy, Jacob was allowed to
Read more →The Gumps Family Values Codes I – H – E – L -P Solomon Gump Solomon Gump was born in 1833 in Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. His father was a textile manufacturer. Although the family was from Germany, research points to them being of Sephardic origin. In 1850,
Read more →Flora Jacobi Arnstein Values Codes I – E – L Flora Jacobi was born in San Francisco in 1885 to a distinguished pioneer family. Her uncle, Max J. Brandenstein, established the MJB Coffee Company with his brothers Mannie, Charlie, and Eddie. (The company’s acronym was chosen to minimize
Read more →Oscar Weil Values Codes H – E – L – P Oscar Weil was born to German-Jewish immigrant parents in Columbia County, New York, in 1839. At age eighteen, Weil left New York to pursue musical training at the Conservatory of Leipzig. Violin was his primary
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