Ventura County Biographies

Achille Levy

Submitted by Sandy Neder

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Achille Levy, one of the prominent business men of Hueneme, came to California 
in 1871. He was born in Alsace, France, now Germany, October 23, 1853; his 
parents were both natives of France. After he arrived in San Francisco he went 
to a business college for two years, to take a business course and to learn the 
English language. He then engaged in clerking and as book-keeper in a general 
merchandise store in Dixon, Solano County, and was there two years. In 1875 he 
came to Hueneme and engaged in business, the firm being Wolff & Levy, in which 
they continued for ten years, meeting with excellent success. In 1885, he sold 
his half interest, and opened a wholesale grain, commission and banking 
business. He handles large quantities of grain, honey, beans and wool, and ships 
his produce all over the United States and Mexico; he is also a director, 
stockholder, and vice-president of the Hueneme Bank. He is extensively 
interested in real estate throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles 
counties.
    In 1881 Mr. levy took a tour to Europe and was there married to Miss Lucy 
Levy, a "forty-second cousin" of his, and a native of Paris, where her parents 
reside. They have four children, born in Hueneme: Anna E., Palmyre, Joseph Paul 
and Julia E. Mr. levy has built a nice home; he has bought recently a ten-acre 
lot on one of the best streets, about a half-mile from town, which he designs to 
fit for a residence, and lay out in handsome grounds in the near future. In his 
political views he is a Republican, and prominently identified with that party; 
he is a very active business man, and a member of the San Francisco Produce 
Exchange.
 
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF SANTA BARBARA, SAN LUIS 
OBISPO, AND VENTURA, CALIF. by Ida Addis Storke, 1891, p 469