Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

James Sanford "Sanford" Levan

Male 1874 - 1961  (86 years)


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  • Name James Sanford "Sanford" Levan 
    Born 23 May 1874  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Name Sanford Levan 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Book Keeper 
    Occupation 1905  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    book keeper 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Bookkeeper, Merchant ? 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number 00071-4223 
    Died 4 May 1961  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I20581  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob S. Levan,   b. CALC 2 Jan 1830,   d. 2 May 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Mother Hannah Master,   b. 4 Jun 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1919, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 9 Sep 1856  [4, 7
    Family ID F4071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Ann "Maggie" Holm,   b. 10 Jul 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1957, , York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 11 Jul 1905  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Dorothea Levan,   b. 26 Jan 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1966  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F8962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James S. Levan, "was born May 23rd, 1874. He is a book-keeper and at present he is engaged in the office of the Berlin Water Works Co. He has his home with his mother who resides in Berlin."

      James S. Levan, "was born May 23rd, 1874. He is a book-keeper and resides in Berlin."



      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 875.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019027-05.
      Sanford LEVAN, 31, book keeper, Berlin, Berlin, s/o J.S. LEVAN & Hannah MASTER married Margaret HOLM, 25, Waterloo, Berlin, d/o P.G. HOLM & Christina ISRAEL, witn Aaron HOLM of Preston & Maria MASTER of Berlin, 11 July 1905 in Berlin

    3. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 page 1.

    4. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 76.

    5. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 5.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1874). James "Sanford" Levan (1874-1961) -... Retrieved 6 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155858296/james-_sanford_-levan.

    7. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 874.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 May 1874 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Book Keeper - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - book keeper - 1905 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Jul 1905 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Bookkeeper, Merchant ? - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 May 1961 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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