Joel Kaufmann Hecht 1877-1944
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1877. Joel Kaufmann Hecht was born to Abraham Elias Hecht & Amelia Kaufmann on 19/8/1877 in California
1880 U S Census. Joel Hecht, 2, was living Menlo Park, Mateo, California. His father a Boot & Shoe Merchant. He born California, his father 'Baden'?, w his mother Virginia
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 |
1900 . U S Census .Joel K Hecht , 22, student, was living Van Ness Avenue, 32 San Francisco. . His birthplace California & his father's Germany, his mother's Virginia .
Amelia | Hecht | Self | Widowed | Female | 44 | 1856 | Maryland |
Edith | Hecht | Daughter | Single | Female | 25 | 1875 | California |
Joel K | Hecht | Son | Single | Male | 22 | 1877 | California |
Elias | Hecht | Son | Single | Male | 21 | 1879 | California |
Adelaide T | Hecht | Daughter | Single | Female | 17 | 1883 | California |
1904. J K Hecht was buying up property & land along Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco -from FMP newspapers, S F Call 2/10/1904
1905. Joel K Hecht, stockbroker,was living 312 Pine, 1201 Van Ness Avenue, S. F. - Ancestry U S City Directories
1905. Joel Kaufmann Hecht, 28, merchant, applied for a US passport on the 20/3/1905. He was 5 ft 7+ ins, small mouth, bluish gray eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, His sister, Edith Hecht, 30, applied for a passport on the same day - FMP. No photo with the applications!
1905. Joel Kaufmann Hecht, 28, travelled from Southampton to New York - FMP
1908, Another passport application
1911. Joel Kaufmann Hecht , 'Runformen' ?? married May Lucie Seller in Frankfurt am Main on 3/3/1911 . He born San Francisco in August 19 1877, she born Frankfurt 3/3/1890 . His occupation seemingly the same as his father's.
Carolyn- do you have any friends who can translate german?
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1911. Dorothy R Hecht was born to Joel & May Lucie in Germany on 31/12/1911( date from her d.c)
1911-1912. He resided in Germany- this fact on his 1921 passport application.
1913, Another passport application - still no photo needed
1915. Son Frederick Hecht was born on 31/12/1915 in San Francisco, California.( date from a 1930 ships manifest )
1918. Joel Kaufmann Hecht received a Draft Registration card. He was President of Hecht Investments & Asset chairman of the Red Cross. His own address would appear to be 2389 Washington San Francisco. His wife given as Mrs Luci S Hecht ; that of his company 708 Kohl Building, San Francisco
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1920 U S Census .Joel H Hecht , 42, was living Van Ness Avenue, 32 San Francisco. . He an Investment Dealer, his birthplace California & his father's Germany, his mother's Virginia . His wife''s birthplace Germany: her father born California, her mother Oregon
Joel H | Hecht | Self | Married | Male | 42 | 1878 | California |
May F | Hecht | Wife | Married | Female | 29 | 1891 | Germany |
Dorothy | Hecht | Daughter | Single | Female | 8 | 1912 | Germany |
Fredrick | Hecht | Son | - | Male | 4 | 1916 | California |
1920-1921. He resided in France, c/o Equitable Trust, Rue de la Paix, for health reasons . Also Switzerland & United Kingdom
1921. Passport Application - to the U S Passport Department in Paris - with a photo! Also an application for his wife, with both a photo of her and the 2 children
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1923. Joel H Hecht , 45, travelled to Rotterdam- FMP
1926. Joel K Hecht was living in the fashionable Pacific Avenue district when a profesional beggar shot a maid and robbed his home - FMP Newspapers 16/9/1926
1928. The family- maybe just his wife & 2 children- seemingly journeyed in Switzerland- 1928 photo at the Roseg Glacier- and by 11/6/1929 his 17 year old daughter had becomme engaged to Gerald Otto Baer in London: she married there the following year
1930. He was obviously in London for the wedding of his daughter, Dorothy, to Gerald Baer on the 15/1/1930. He, aged 52, Investments, returned to New York, leaving Sothampton aboard the Bremen with his son, F S Hecht, 14 on 23/1/1930, He had been staying at the Mayfair - FMP
1930 U S Census. Joel K Hecht, 52, President, Investments, is living Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts with his wife, May L. , 40
1930. Joel K & May Hecht were on the Majestic from Cherbourg to New York on the 10/9/1930. His address 709 Kohl Building, San Francisco - FMP
1940 U S Census. Joel K Hecht, 62, private Investor, is living California with his wife, Lucie, 50. He had been living in the same place in 1935.
1944. Joel K Hecht died 19/8/1944 in San Francisco . Likely buried in the Home of Peace Cemetery and Emanu-El Mausoleum, Colma- though no mention of him below! - No refernce to his death in FMP Newspaers
I wonder if I can find out how much money he left- seems his daughter Dorothy had her own wealth when she died in 1982