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 1862 - Yes, date unknown
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| Born |
1862 |
New York City, NY  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
California [1] |
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| Moved |
1879 |
California [1] |
| Occupation |
1904 |
Ellensburg, WA [1] |
| superintendent of city electric department |
- Took this position on 28 Dec 1898
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| _UID |
91F63911B736471F866AF275AD1AFC569493 |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I9133 |
OuthouseLine2014 |
| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2004 |
| Family |
Mary MILLER, St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada , d. 1897 |
| Married |
1886 |
Astoria, Clatsop, OR [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Pearl LEVERICH, b. 16 Oct 1887, Astoria, Clatsop, OR , d. Yes, date unknown |
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29 Aug 2004 |
| Family ID |
F3143 |
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| Notes |
- WILLIAM P. LEVERICH. He is the superintendent of the electric light department for the city at Ellensburg, Washington, a position he is filling with great success. He comes of famous old New York stock and was born in New York City in 1862. His father, Benjamin Leverich, was born in New York in 1828 and died of cholera in 1865. His mother, Mary (Hopson) Leverich, was also a native of New York, her ancestors being among those Hollanders who made the first settlement at New Amsterdam. His father died when William Leverich was but a few years old, so he knew little of his parent. His mother was left some means. The boy attended the common schools and started to learn the trade of boiler making. He did not take kindly to that employment and ran away, coming west when seventeen years old and locating in California. He joined the navy and served three years during which time he visited China and Japan and South America. He decided he could do better in other lines and left the navy and secured employment with the General Electric Company, at San Francisco. This line of work he has followed since with great success. He was in Astoria for seven years in the electrical business and moved to Ellensburg, Washington, December 28, 1898, to accept the position he now occupies.
Mr. Leverich was married in Astoria Oregon, in 1886 to Mary Miller, a native of St. Johns, New Brunswick. She died in 1897. They had one child, a daughter, Pearl, who was sixteen years old October 16, 1903, and who is living with her father at Ellensburg. Mr. Leverich has seven sisters and one brother living in New York. They are named respectively: Ada, Emma, Ella, Lydia, Sofia, Minnie and Lillie (twins), and George. Mr. Leverich is a member of the Republican party and takes considerable interest in political matters. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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- [S193] Biographical album, An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Co unties, Interstate Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1904 (Reliability: 3).
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