Augusta (Gus) Levinson (1841–1923)
Mrs Augusta Levinson, who died yesterday, at Chatsworth, St Kilda in her 82nd year, arrived in Melbourne from Manchester in 1861. Shortly afterwards she married Mr Hyman Levinson, who died in 1905. She had resided in Ballarat for 17 years, and in Melbourne for 45 years. Mrs Levinson leaves a family of six daughters and four sons, 31 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Two sons predeceased her.
Original publication
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Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Levinson, Hyman (husband)
- Jacobs, Henriette Kitty (mother)
- Levinson, Bertha (mother-in-law)
- Gross, Jane (sister)
- de Beer, Sophie (sister)
- Jacobs, Isaac (brother)
- Jacobs, Hannah (sister-in-law)
- Steinfeld, Theresa (sister-in-law)
- Gross, Isidore (brother-in-law)
- de Beer, Solomon (brother-in-law)
- Jacobs, Blanche (niece)
- Isaacs, Deborah (niece)
- Levy, Octavia Maud (niece)
- Selby, Aimee Henriette (niece)
- Jacobs, Louis Philip (nephew)
- Jacobs, David Falk (nephew)
- Jacobs, Arthur Woolf (nephew)
- Jacobs, Leslie Rypinski (nephew)
- Jacobs, Julian Emanuel (nephew)
- Jacobs, Philip Acland (nephew)
- Jacobs, Elliot Ralph (nephew)
- Jacobs, Montefiore Joseph (nephew)
- de Beer, Percy Carl (nephew)
- Jacobs, Emanuel Julien (nephew)
- Woolf, Dora (niece by marriage)
- Jacobs, Elizabeth Ellis (niece by marriage)
- Jacobs, Lydia Emily (niece by marriage)
- Jacobs, Dorothea (niece by marriage)
- Jacobs, Agnes Lilian (niece by marriage)
- Isaacs, Isaac Alfred (nephew by marriage)
- Levy, Harry Solomon (nephew by marriage)
- Selby, Herbert Basil (nephew by marriage)
Citation details
'Levinson, Augusta (Gus) (1841–1923)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/levinson-augusta-gus-21754/text31891, accessed 13 July 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Jacobs, Augusta
Birth
Death
13 April,
1923
(aged ~ 82)
St Kilda, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
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