The first evidence of his new life in the US is his marriage license and an entry in the Minneapolis city directory for a Isaac Levin, peddler, in 1885/6. Over the next 19 years, until his death in 1904, he lived in a variety of places in Minneapolis, St. Paul (1886-8, according to city directories) and Princeton, MN, where he lived with his family and father in 1900, as recorded in the 1900 census. Although I have not found any death record for him (having searched in a number of Minnesota counties from Mille Lacs to Ramsey and Hennepin), I found his grave in the Minneapolis Jewish Cemetary outside Minneapolis. The 1885 Minnesota State Census shows him living in Minneapolis with his wife, son David and father in law. The 1895 census shows him living in Princeton, MN with his family and father.
Interestingly, the Minneapolis city directories for 1902-04 list a Mrs. Sarah Levin living there, at the same address as an Eva Levin. In 1905, the listing changes to Sarah Levin (widow). No doubt these are Isaac’s wife and daughter. There are no records regarding where Isaac was in this time.
Court records show that Isaac and Sarah Michalowitz, his wife, were married on April 14, 1884 in Minneapolis. They had their first child (of eight) the following year.
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