THE MEANING OF OUR NAME

(Jewish) From the Biblical personal name Levi, from a Hebrew word meaning ‘joining’.

This was borne by a son of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 29: 34).
Bearers of this name are Levites, members of the tribe of Levi,
who form a hereditary caste who assist the kohanim (see Cohen)
in their priestly duties.


 

The LEVY's

Thomas Levy was born around 1817 in Longparish, east of Andover in Hampshire. He worked as a cordwainer (shoemaker). When he was in his late twenties he married Emma Willis from Marlborough and together they had eight children who all received paid schooling.

THOMAS LEVY (b.circa 1817 Longparish, Hampshire ~ d.1886)
  married 1844 Andover, Hampshire
EMMA ANN WILLIS (b.1826 Marlow, Wiltshire ~ d.1896)

STANLEY (b.1843 Longparish, Hampshire)

SAMUEL (b.1846 Andover, Hampshire)

FREDERICK (b.1853 Andover, Hampshire)

ROBERT (b.1858 Andover, Hampshire)

EMMA ANN (b.1861 Andover, Hampshire)

THOMAS (b.1863 Andover, Hampshire)

EDWARD (b.1866 Andover, Hampshire)

CATHERINE (b.1868 Andover, Hampshire)

Thomas, the 6th child, became Clerk of the Court at Wallingford in Oxfordshire and fished regularly with Arthur Conan Doyle. He married Beatrice Maria Turton, daughter of a railway engineer/driver who was reputed to have been in charge of Queen Victoria’s Royal Train on a number of occasions.

THOMAS LEVY (b.1863 Longparish, Hampshire ~ d.1886)
  married 1887 Andover, Hampshire
BEATRICE MARIA TURTON (b.1867 ~ d.1954)

STANLEY JAMES (b.1888 Andover, Hampshire)

AMY LOUISA (b.1889 Andover, Hampshire)

EVA BEATRICE (b.1891 Andover, Hampshire)

MARGARET CATHERINE (b.1892 Andover, Hampshire)

FRANK THOMAS (b.1895 Andover, Hampshire)

GLADYS MARY VICTORIA (b.1899 Hungerford, Berkshire)

Thomas and Beatrice lived in Andover and together they had five children; Stanley James, Amy Louisa, Eva Beatrice, Margaret Catherine and Frank Thomas. The family then moved to Hungerford and they had their sixth child, Gladys Mary Victoria.

Thomas and Beatrice’s eldest son, Stanley became a chauffer for the well-renowned Anglo-Jew "Montifiore" family and stayed mostly at their residence in Woodstock.

By 1911, the second eldest, Amy Louisa Levy had met Everard Edward Dutch, a very short man who had developed diphtheria as a child. Because of the objections of Amy's parents, the couple eloped to Corsham in north Wiltshire where they married and had the wedding reception at the 'Royal Oak Hotel'. Together they set up and ran a hardware store in the High Street.

Stanley introduced his youngest sister Gladys to his employer's valet Percy Murphy. Gladys reputedly fell in love with Percy at first sight.
 

When the Great War came both Stanley Levy and Percy Murphy followed their employer to fight in the trenches with the Queens Own Westminster Rifles (the 16th London Regiment). Their employer was killed in action and after being gassed by the British, Percy and Stanley went to Egypt with the Royal Flying Corps.

When Percy returned from service in June 1921 he married Gladys Levy and they set up home in Hungerford, in a house named "Rossmore".