Herman Levy

Herman Levy was born in Prussia in 1832. At eighteen he immigrated tothe Unites States and settled in northern California at the time ofthe Gold Rush. He almost certainly started off as a peddler,eventually establishing a dry goods store in San Jose. In 1869 hemarried Eva Rosenthal, who had come tothe United States with her family as a child. They lived out theirlives in San Jose, where they raised their eight children, includingJessie.

Herman Levy

c. 1870