Birth: February 28, 1848 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 29, 1913 in Victoria, B.C.
Plot: Row E – Plot 23
Inscription:
In Loving Memory of
JACK LEVY
SAM LEVY
sons of ESTHER LEVY
1848-1913
1845-1921
Biography:
In the 1870’s Jack Levy ran a “sweet shop” (confectionery) on Government Street.
By the summer of 1886 he had opened one of Vancouver’s earliest retail businesses, the Gem Cigar Divan on Cordova Street, stocking “smokers’ goods to suit all tastes.”
Jack is said to be the first Jewish manager of a baseball team on the west coast.
Parents:
Benjamin Levy (1819–1853)
Esther Solomon Levy (1824–1911)
Siblings:
Joseph “Joe” Levy (1841-1935)
H.E. (Henry Emanuel) Levy (1843–1929)
Samuel L. Levy (1845-1923)
Phoebe Levy Levy (1854-1926)
Abraham Levy (died 1874)
Additional Images:
The Jewish Cemetery of Victoria, British Columbia 