Levenstons Migrate To The Net!
Mike Levenston (born 1951) and wife Joan MacNab
(photo circa
1989)
Mike's dad and mum, Gerald (born 1914) and Ruth Levenston
after
their wedding in 1948.
See marriage announcement in newspaper.
My grandfather Frederick Joseph Levenston (1885-1931)
who came
to Canada in 1912 from England.
See: Fred J. Levenston's Safe Robbed of $15,000 Worth of Diamonds in 1924
My great grandfather Solomon Alexander Levenston (1858-1897) and wife Susan Nathan. Solomon was a medical herbalist.
My great, great grandfather Joseph Levenston.
He is the son of
Jacob Michael Levenston (1799-1864). ('Possible' photo of Joseph. It is
not signed.)
The Levenston and Stibbe Families (5000 names)
"Jake" Izen Retires After Unique Career
Mike's Martial Arts - 8th Degree Black
Belt - Sanshou Dao
See Trent Karate Seeds Martial Art
Michael Levenston, Theatre Manager, 1855-1904
Gerald Levenston, born 1914, Toronto, Canada
My Darling Mom - Gerald Levenston's WW2 Letters Home to Canada
By Gerald Levenston, Michael Levenston, Yuwa Hedrick-Wong & Fred Langan
This book is available for download on your iPad with iBooks or on your computer with iTunes. See it in iTunes here.
Description: Canadian officer Lt. Colonel Gerald Levenston wrote over 160 wonderfully descriptive letters home to his widowed mother in Toronto during World War 2. Gerald describes setting up the largest hamburger stand in Europe for the Canadian troops, fighting Rommel's men at the Battle of the Kasserine with the 17th/21st Lancers, giving 'marching orders' to surrendering Nazi armies in May 1945, and returning 261 priceless Van Gogh paintings to the Kroller-Muller State Museum from an underground vault in Holland. Includes video interviews with Gerald.
My Darling Mom - Gerald Levenston's WW2 Letters Home to Canada
By Gerald Levenston, Michael Levenston, Yuwa Hedrick-Wong & Fred LanganPublished 2012
225 pages with video, family photos and much more.
This book is available only on your iPad. (Not on any other device.)
You can download on your iPad with "iBooks" or with "iTunes".
See it in iTunes here.
Description: Canadian officer Lt. Colonel Gerald Levenston wrote over 160 wonderfully descriptive letters home to his widowed mother in Toronto during World War 2. Gerald describes setting up the largest hamburger stand in Europe for the Canadian troops, fighting Rommel's men at the Battle of the Kasserine with the 17th/21st Lancers, giving 'marching orders' to surrendering Nazi armies in May 1945, and returning 261 priceless Van Gogh paintings to the Kroller-Muller State Museum from an underground vault in Holland. Includes video interviews with Gerald.
Gerald (Deputy Assistant Quatermaster-General, II Canadian Corps) at a
dinner for Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands at the Summer Palace
(1945). The Prince is wearing glasses and is smoking a cigar. Gerald is
sitting at his right.
Also available on Amazon My Darling Mom - Gerald Levenston's WW2 Letters Home to Canada
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Michael Levenston Theatre Manager 1855-1904
Michael Levenston was a well-known theatre manager in late
Victorian England. He worked closely with actress Marie Tempest, was a
right hand man of George Edwardes of the Gaiety Theatre, and in 1892 he
opened the Trafalgar Square Theatre, renamed the Duke of York's
Theatre, still in use today. Members of his family were mentioned in
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'. "There he goes into Frederick Street. Perhaps
to Levenston's dancing academy piano." His Irish cousin, Philip Michael
Levenston, led the Dublin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Actress Kitty
Gordon, his third wife, was named by famed sculptor Rodin "the most
beautiful woman in the world". Released December 08, 2014
By Michael Levenston (Born 1951)
See it in iTunes here.
Also available on Amazon Michael Levenston Theatre Manager 1855-1904
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Kitty Gordon: Actress 1878-1974
Kitty Gordon was a famous musical theatre actress, singer,
vaudevillian, silent film star and beauty who was active in the
entertainment field from 1901-1921. The sculptor Auguste Rodin
considered her the most beautiful woman in the world. Her films were
played alongside those of Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. One of
her 21 silent films, “Tinsel” (1918), still exists for viewing. Her
colourful husbands included Michael Levenston, a Victorian theatre
manager and Captain Beresford, brother of Lord Decies. This book brings
to light a long-forgotten star of another era. Released November 6, 2015
By Michael Levenston (Born 1951)
See it in iTunes here.
Also available on Amazon Kitty Gordon: Actress 1878-1974
updated Nov 19, 2016
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