Amelia Kaufmann 1856-1904

Born Virginia to a German mother, maybe a Virginian born father

 

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1856. Amelia Kaufmann was born 6/9/1856 to Joel Kaufmann & Adelheit Neuberger - Taylorsville, Hanover, Virginia ( 1 census says Maryland). Seemingly their first child

1860 US C. Amelia Kaufmann , 4, was living Orange, Virginia. No place of birth given, though Virginia could be assumed

Kaufman Male 33 Joel 1827 merchant[Blank]
Kaufman Female 24 Adaline 1836 [Blank]
Kaufman Female 4 Aurelia 1856 [Blank]
Kaufman Male 3 Wolfe 1857 [Blank]
Kaufman Male 0 Jacob 1860 [Blank]
Kaufman Male 18 Elias 1842 clerk [Blank]

1870 US C. Amelia Kaufmann , 13, was living Baltimore, Ward 10, Maryland. Her father was not of foreign origin (Bambergers on the same C page)

Adeline Kaufman Female 43 1827 Baden -keeping house
Amelia Kaufman Female 13 1857 Virginia- school
Wolf Kaufman Male 12 1858 Virginia
Jacob Kaufman Male 10 1860 Virginia
Mamie Kaufman Female 7 1863 Virginia

 

1874. Amelia Kaufmann married Abraham Elias Hecht on 23/3/1874 in Baltimore, Maryland - from Western Jewry by Martin A Meyer The Jews in California, above Ancestry tree

Abraham & Amelia had the following children: Edith Hecht 1875-1952; Elias Marcus Hecht 1879-1927; Adelheid T Hecht 1883- 1911; Helen Hecht 1888-1889 &

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 with his wife, Amelia, her brother Emanuel, 3 children., 2 servants & a coachman He was a Boot & Shoe Merchant. He born Baden?, as were his father & mother . She born Virginia, her parents both born Baden

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

1898. Her husband, Abraham E Hecht , died

1900 . U S Census .Amelia Hecht , 44, widow, was living San Francisco. . Her birthplace Maryland. & her father's Germany, her mother's Germany .

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. Amelia Hecht died in San Francisco 16/5/1904. Buried in the Home of Peace Jewish Cemetery and Emanu-El Mausoleum, Colma born Sept. 6, 1856, died May 16, 1904, She was likely living 1201 Van Ness Avenue- entry in 1905 City directory! Her sons Joel K Hecht, stockbroker, & Elias M Hecht, clerk, also there

A wealthy lady

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