Introduction

This blog is dedicated to the Levin ancestors of my father, Harold Levin, who was born in 1920 and died in 1979.  Like many of his generation, he did not talk much about his background, or maybe I was not listening?  Because he moved away from his ancestral home of Minnesota during WWII and never returned, I grew up knowing little about his background. 

In the mid 1980s, I moved to Minneapolis, my father's birth place.  This was my chance to learn more about his background.  So the story really begins there. 

Harold's mother Selma, before she died in 1975, left some notes regarding the family history for both her parents and the parents of Harold's father Nathan.  This is where the story begins.

Harold Levin was born July 5, 1920, in Minneapolis, MN.  His parents were Nathan Levin and Selma Hawkins.

Nathan was born in 1890 to Isaac Levin and Sarah Michalowicz, and was the fourth of 9 children.  Nathan died in 1939 in Minneapolis.  A short family tree is below.