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Riva Leah Shore Levine |
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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists."
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Riva Leah Shore Levine was born about 1862 in Vilna. According to her death certificate, her parents were Harry (Tzvi) Shore and Leah Shutobtovitz. She married Mendel Lieb Levine about 1880. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Mendel and Riva Levine. She immigrated to the United States about 1908. Rive was 58 at the time of the 1920 census and living with her daughter Bella in Brooklyn. She suffered from arthritis. The census indicated that she could neither read nor write. She died on December 5, 1925 in New York at Montefiore Hospital. Her address at the time she died was 1365 43rd Street in Broooklyn. She was laid to rest at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Block F, Section 7, Line 7 Grave 2. Her tombstone inscription reads: the daughter of Tzvi Passed away on the 19th day of Kislev, 5686 May her soul be bound in the binds of life The date on the stone is the day after the date on her death certificate. The death certificate says that her mother's name was Leah and the stone gives her second name as Leah so one of those is probably in error. According to the death certificate, she was 64 when she died and according to the tombstone she was 72.  Photo and translation courtesy of Jonathan Tuller |
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©Roberta Tuller 2023
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