'Frances Deborah Levvy (1831-1924), animal protection advocate, was born on 14 November 1831 at Penrith, New South Wales, fourth child of Barnett Levey, a Jewish watchmaker and theatre director, and his wife Sarah Emma, née Wilson. Both parents had come free to the colony from London. Barnett died in 1837 and his impoverished widow educated their four children in the country. They became devoutly Christian. Later, Frances and her mother may have lived with the elder daughter Emma (1826-1885), who in 1847 married Dr George Thomas Clarke of Hill View, Penrith. By 1873, when Sarah died, both Emma and Frances had adopted the surname Levvy.' (Australian Dictionary of Biography)
