Louis Leftin

1876 - 1971  (95 years)

• Name	Louis Leftin
  Birth	1876	Russia
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Nov 1971
  Person ID	I986	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Micha Leftin
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ressa Yudelman,   b. 1857, Linchow, Lithuania d. 1925 (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Paula Miriam Rabinowitz,   b. 8 Dec 1878   d. 13 Sep 1969 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	1904
  Children	1. Julius Gerald Leftin,   b. 29 Aug 1905   d. 20 Dec 1971 (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Phyllis Leftin,   b. 1915   d. 21 Feb 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ruby Leftin   d. 1991  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Unknown Leftin  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Return-Path: From: PQUA32A@prodigy.com (MS ANN RABINOWITZ) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:30:14, -0500 To: agoldber@direct.ca, fabrics@whc.net, kossey@nr.infi.net Subject: LEFTIN Dear LEFTIN Researchers: Thought you would enjoy this piece from "The South African Jewish Year Book, 1929"" LEFTIN, Louis, Managing Director, New Clare Smelting Works, Ltd., 204 Eloff Street Extension. Born in Russia in 1876, and educated there. Came to SA in 1894. Married in 1904 to Paula Rabinowitz; has four children. Postal address: P.O. Box 2482, Johannesburg. Best regards, Ann Rabinowitz pqua32a@prodigy.com From Lorraine Fisher's Mom: He was apparently so beautiful that he could pass off as a woman. He went off to England and somehow got the rights to the manufacture of Black & Dekker tools here in SA. SA was not allowed to import these things, and nor was England allowed to export to SA, so Louis, dressed as a woman, smuggled the plans and specs for B & D tools in his "bosom".