Elizabeth “Betsy” Hart

Elizabeth “Betsy” Levy Hart

Birth: 1828 in London, England

Death: December 8, 1914 (age 85-86) in Victoria, B.C.

Biography:
Elizabeth, known as Betsy Levy Hart was born in London in 1820. She was lifelong friends with her sister-in-law Esther Solomon Levy wife of Betsy’s brother Benjamin Levy.  In 1841 both young women were sent to New Zealand by Jewish charities in London to become Jewish brides. She married and then divorced a non-Jewish man. She returned to England without a Jewish husband.

In 1855 she married her second husband, David Hart and the couple immigrated to Victoria. She had no children.  She died on December 8, 1914.  Henry Emanuel (HE), who paid for her gravestone fondly, remembered her as ‘aunt’.    

Gravesite Details: Row F – Plot 14

Inscription:
In Loving Memory of
BETSY HART
aunt of H. E. LEVY
1828 – 1924

Parents:
Jacob Levy

Spouse:
David Hart (1829–1907)

Siblings:
Benjamin Levy