Meet Rivkah

Rivkah is another of my great grandmothers on my father's side of the family her name was Rivkha or Rebecca Levene nee Minion, I know nothing of her parents. She married Nathan Levene in Russia, the photo is of her with her youngest daughter Jessie. There is a date stamped on the back of the photo, "November 1898" Although the clothing that Jessie is wearing is not of that time period but closer to 1910 or 1912. By May 1912 Jessie was in England. So the photo was probably taken between 1894 and 1912. The photo was taken in Smorgan, Grodno Gubernia, Belarus.
Nathan & Rivkah had 7 children, Alexander (my grandfather), Sarah, Annie, Rachel, Harry, Zelda & Philip all of them emigrated to England except for Sarah who emigrated to the states with her husband Aaron Alpert. Rivkah was the last to come, we know she was there by 1924 has my father, Joseph Levene writes in his journal about meeting her for the first time at his Bar Mitzvah in 1924. Rivkah died May 1926 in London and is buried at Edmonton Jewish Cemetery in London. Her husband Nathan died in Russia before 1901.