Abraham Elias Hecht 1838-1898

Born Germany, emigrated to the US aged ~ 10. Buried Colma , California

Hecht Ancestry tree- & others

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1838. Abraham Elias Hecht was born 23/5/1838 in Baden to Elias Hecht & Helena Bamberger . Exact address: Hainstadt, Neckar-Odenwald Kreis, Baden-Wuerttenberg

1848. The Hecht family emigrated to Maryland , leaving from London, in June His brother's, Jacob's, 1896 passport application gives his entry to the US as June 1848, on a ship- Margret? ? , from London

1850 U S Census.. Abraham Hecht , 12, was living Baltimore Ward 10, Baltimore, Maryland . with his parents & 5 siblings. His father a Clothing Dealer - whose Age is wrong!

Elias Hecht Male 40 1810 Germany
Hellena Hecht Female 40 1810 Germany
Fanny Hecht Female 14 1836 -
Abraham Hecht Male 12 1838 Germany
Levi Hecht Male 9 1841 Germany
Michael Hecht Male 7 1843 Germany
Yetti Hecht Female 5 1845 Germany
Sally Hecht Female 1 1849 Maryland

1860 U S Census. 25th District of San Francisco, an Isaac Hecht 28, an A E Hecht 27 and a Jacob Hecht 25, all merchants, all born Baden -Isaac an elder brother. Age of A E Hecht should read 22 here

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Isaac Hecht & abraham Hecht : Jewish Pioneer Partners of Buckingham & Hecht Shoe Co, of San Francisco

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1870 U S Census Abram Elias Hecht, 31, boot & shoe merchant , born Bavaria of foreign parents, was living, near Montgomery St P.O., San Francisco with likely, 3 brothers, Isaac 37, Lewis 29 and Michael H 27, all boot & shoe merchants: all citizens of the US . Personal Assets 10,000 dollars

Isaac Hecht Male 37 1833 Bavaria
Ellema Hecht Female 27 1843 Maryland
Ellen Hecht Female 7 1863 California
Berthold Hecht Male 6 1864 California
Florence Hecht Female 4 1866 California
Summit L Hecht Male 1 1869 California
Abram E Hecht Male 31 1839 Bavaria
Lewis Hecht Male 29 1841 Bavaria
Michael H Hecht Male 27 1843 Bavaria
Hannah Crowley Female 30 1840 Ireland
Eliza Savage Female 35 1835 Ireland
Lewis Lyon Male 33 1837 Bavaria

 

1874. Abraham Elias Hecht married Amelia Kaufmann

1875. Edith Hecht was born 23/1/1875 in S. F. She died, a spinster on 26/3/1952 in S.F. - from solicitor's letter to Nick Armitage

1877. Joel Kaufmann Hecht was born to Abraham & Amelia on 19/8/1877 in California

1880 U S Census. Abraham E Hecht, 42, was living Menlo Park, Mateo, California. He was a Boot & Shoe Merchant. He born Baden?, as were his father & mother

Abraham E. Hecht Self Married Male 42 1838 Germany
Amelia K. Hecht Wife Married Female 23 1857 Virginia
Emanuel Kaufman Brother Single Male 17 1863 Virginia
Edith Hecht Daughter Single Female 5 1875 California
Joel Hecht Son Single Male 2 1878 California
Elias M. Hecht Son Single Male 0 1879 California
Herman Dillar Other Single Male 53 1827 France
William C. Land Other Single Male 39 1841 Denmark
Annie Clark Other Single Female 31 1849 Canada
Amelia Weber Other Single Female 31 1849 Maryland

1888. Helen Hecht ,lived only 1 year , born June 15, 1888, died May 2, 1889

1894. Abraham E Hecht, 56, 5ft 1 in tall, asks for a passport, for himself and his wife Amelia, on 30/11/1894. He states he was born Hainstadt, Baden on 23/5/1838, and that he arrived in the US from London aboard the Margaret Evena in May 1848 . He resided in the Us from 1848-1894 , he was naturalized on 18/11/1854? in Baltimore , says he attaches the cert. of Naturalization!, he bears Passport number 662 issued 11/4/1893, he a merchant in S F, he left the US aboard the Havel for Bremen, arriving on 9/5/1894, is now residing in Vienna , intending to return to the US within 2 years

There is also a simiar request for his 19 year old daughter, Edith Hecht

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1898. Abraham E Hecht died Jan. 9, 1898- buried Colma , California : funeral home was Halsted & Co.

Armitage Index

Received the email below from a contributor to JewishGen.- ~9/3/2020

I don’t have a Joel Hecht in my database, but I do have Abraham Elias Hecht – since the family is not that closely related, I didn’t really do that much research on that branch. There are a few marriages between the Hecht family and Seldners. I guess the reason is that the origin is the same, they were from Hainstadt, a small village in Baden with a relatively big Jewish population. I can remember that maybe 20 or 25 years ago I was in contact with a professional researcher who had been hired by the Hecht family.

One Seldner married a niece of Abraham Hecht, Laura(1859-1947) (daughter of Lewis, 1826-1908) married Lippman Seldner. If I remember correctly, I have a picture of her. Let me know if you are interested.

Their daughter, Blanche (1879-1963), married Elias G. Hecht (1875-1953), I am enclosing the invitation to the wedding. I also have a picture of his tombstone. To tell you the truth, I am not sure about all the relations in the Hecht family, was pretty complicated as far as I remember. But mainly I did the research about 20 years ago, so it is not all that present anymore. I remember that I also saw the tombstone of a Moses Hecht in the Baltimore Hebrew friendship cemetery, in the “Seldner lot” (mainly Lewis and Eva Seldner plus children, I think). I think this Moses Hecht was the son of Jacob Hecht, I have a pictures of him. What I also have are a few pages from the census (1850, 1860) and the Naturalization of Jacob Hecht, brother of the above mentioned Abraham, Lewis, etc.), I am enclosing them as well as 2 pages from the 1860 census with Elias Hechts.

What I never really understood is how they connect to Samuel Hecht, the founder of the Department stores. The professional genealogist I mentioned above, told me that he is supposed to find out about their origin, but of course he could not tell me more. But I had understood that their origin was in Hainstadt – but according to Wikipedia it was in Langenschwarz.

 

I am sure there must have been a few connections. Two brothers of my GGGG-Grandfather, Abraham and Loeb (later Lewis), came to the US in 1840 and 1850, I think. Abraham opened a textile store in Washington DC and then also in Baltimore. When he died in 1859, his widow married Lewis. The above mentioned Lippman Seldner was their son.

 

Hope I could help a bit and if you have some information I’d appreciate if you shared it with me.

David

 

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