Keywords: Clockwise from top left Elizabeth Levy, Benjamin Levy, Esther Solomon Levy.jpg en In 1841 Esther Solomon and Betsy Levy left London for New Zealand via the ship Birman Esther was betrothed to Betsy's brother Benjamin Levy who had come to Wellington in 1839 with their brother Solomon Levy via the ship Oriental The marriage of Esther Solomon and Benjamin Levy in Wellington New Zealand was the first Jewish wedding in Wellington and the second known Jewish wedding in the country Levy's frock coat dates this photo to the mid-late 1840's Benjamin and Esther Levy left NZ in 1849 Benjamin died in 1953 at sea Date on photo is wrong Levy was born 1818 not 1828 2011-07-14 family photos handed down from a descendent of the people pictured unknown photographer s PD-old-100 New Zealand Uploaded with UploadWizard Jewish diaspora Emigrants from England History of New Zealand Judaism in New Zealand |