Leather shop - Lazarus Levite

The roots of the Levite family can be traced back to the end of the 17th century to Unterdeufstetten to Hirsch Loew. His son Sandel Hirsch Levi, born in Unterdeufstetten in 1702, was a cloth, hat and fur merchant in Mönchsroth and died there before 1770. His son David Sandel, born about 1738, cloth merchant in Mönchsroth was the great-grandfather of Lazarus Levite. The parents of Lazarus Levite were David Loew Levite, born 1805 in Mönchsroth - died May 25, 1879 and Sara Levite, née Berliner von Roth, born Dec.1818 - died March 30, 1888. Lazarus Levite owned a leather shop. He was born on Dec. 14, 1848, and died on April 28, 1916. He was married to Jette Levite, née Loewenstein von Laudenbach, born on Jan. 23, 1847, died on March 31, 1930. The couple had one son - David, a merchant/livestock dealer by trade, born on June 24, 1879, died on Dec. 3, 1932. He moved to Dinkelsbühl. in 1928. David Levite was married to Sara Levite, née Mayer, born on March 16, 1885. Sara Mayer was deported to Piaski in 1942 and murdered there.