Jon Levie was born in Hamburg on 10 September 1878 as the son of the cigar manufacturer Tanchum (Theodor) Levie who was born in Groningen in 1848 and the Hamburg Hannah Ricardo Rocamore from 1843. The Levie family also consisted of Jon's brothers Iwan (1884) and Abraham (1887) and sisters Sarah (1880) and Lea (1886, all born in Hamburg. However, Sarah Levie passed away in Hilversum om 24 November …