An American Family History

Riva Shore Levine was born about 1862 in Vilna. According to her death certificate, her parents were Harry Shore and Leah Shutobtovitz.

She married about 1890.

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.

Vilna in Lithuanian and Yiddish, Vilnius in Polish, Wilno in Russian Vilna is the capital city of Lithuania. It was part of Poland and Poland was part of the Russian empire. In 1861 a restriction limiting Jewish residence to certain streets was abrogated. In 1881 there were anti-Jewish riots. The 1897 census showed 63,831 Jewish inhabitants. Congested conditions and increasing unemployment led to large-scale emigration.