Calvo, Fortuna, b. 1908.

A co-founder of the Sephardic Jewish community in Seattle, Solomon "Sam" Calvo came to Seattle in June 1902 from the Turkish island of Marmara. One of many Sephardic Jews in Seattle who began working in the fish and produce trade, Calvo sold fish from a cart in downtown Seattle and worked at the Western Fish & Oyster Co., which in 1908 became his business, Waterfront Fish & Oyster Co. Calvo was a founding member of the Congregation Ahavath Ahim (Brotherly Love) synagogue in 1909, and he later became a member of Sephardic Bikur Holim congregation, B'nai B'rith, and the Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood. He and his wife Luna had two sons and three daughters, including Fortuna, the first Sephardic girl born in Seattle. Calvo died in 1964.

From the description of Calvo family photograph collection, circa 1905-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 62308642

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