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

1888 - 1956  (68 years)

• Name	Joseph Randolph Levinson  [7, 8, 9]
  Birth	Abt 1884	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [13]
  Birth	7 May 1886	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [8]
  Birth	7 Jun 1888	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1, 7, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1900	Cleveland Ward 17, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA   [9]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Ward
  Residence	1917-1918	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [8]
  Residence	1920	Milwaukee Ward 19, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA   [6]
  Residence	1925	Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA   [3]
  Residence	1930	Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA   [7]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1935	Rural, Wisconsin   [2]
  Residence	1940	, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Residence	Abt 1948	Detroit   [14]
  Death	Aug 1956	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [5]
  Obituary for Joseph R. Levinson (Aged 72)	22 Aug 1956	Chicago, Illinois   [15]
  		Obituary for Joseph R. Levinson (Aged 72)
  Residence	Detroit   [13]
  Residence	Detroit, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I122341738829	Martin Rind Tree
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Levinson,   b. 4 Dec 1850, Sejny, Suwalki, Russia (now Poland) d. 30 Aug 1920, Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	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   [16, 17]
  	Date inferred.
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Rebecca Goldfarb,   b. Abt 1888, Russia d. 19 Sep 1978, Sterling Heights, Macomb, Michigan (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1911	Chicago, Cook, Illinois   [4]
  Children	1. Norman Stanley Levinson,   b. 6 Aug 1912, Wisconsin d. 12 Jan 1995, Beachwood, Cuyahoga, USA (Age 82 years)   2. Living   3. Donald Joseph Levinson,   b. 9 Aug 1927, Wisconsin d. 3 March 2020, Novi, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

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