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    Louisa de Barras (Levin)

    Birth: 1-1840

    Death: 8-1918

    Alternate First Name: Louise

Biography

Louisa was the daughter of Lewis C. (a Congressman) and Julia A. M. Levin. She was from Philadelphia originally. In 1862, after her father's death in 1860, she married a Brazilian diplomat Benjamin Franklin Torreao de Barros. They had three children: Charles, Leonardo, and Bernardo. In 1900, she is listed as a widow and is living with her son Leonardo's family in Manhattan; in 1905, she is listed as living with all three of her sons in Manhattan; in 1910, she is living with just Bernardo, whose father's birthplace is listed as Brazil. She is buried with her parents and an unnamed child who died in 1900 at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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Biography: 
Louisa was the daughter of Lewis C. (a Congressman) and Julia A. M. Levin. She was from Philadelphia originally. In 1862, after her father's death in 1860, she married a Brazilian diplomat Benjamin Franklin Torreao de Barros. They had three children: Charles, Leonardo, and Bernardo. In 1900, she is listed as a widow and is living with her son Leonardo's family in Manhattan; in 1905, she is listed as living with all three of her sons in Manhattan; in 1910, she is living with just Bernardo, whose father's birthplace is listed as Brazil. She is buried with her parents and an unnamed child who died in 1900 at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Ancestry.com
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Source Citation Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 1174 Description Organization Name: Laurel Hill Cemetery Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History. Source Description This database is a large collection of records containing vitals (birth, marriage, death) from churches and towns located primarily in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The dates range from 1669-2013.
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https://thelaurelhillcemetery.org/research/cemetery-records
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Laurel Hill Cemetery Records
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Citation Notes: 
She can be found as "Louise deBarros" (no space) in cemetery records. The service date is listed as 08/23, from which we assume her death was sometime in August as well. She is buried with father Lewis C. Levin and mother Julia A. M. Levin.