May Lucie Seller 1890-1967
Born Frankfurt Germany - to a Californian father and an Oregon mother, but both of Bavarian stock
Waldeck Ancestry Family tree
Photo courtesy of Deborah Andrew- thanks
1890. May Lucie Seller was born Frankfurt um Main on 3/3/1890 to Joseph Seller & Rachel Seller. Waldeck tree has her b.c.
She lived in Germany for 14 years, then in France, England, Italy, Switzerland from ~1905-1907, then Belgium & Holland from 1909
1911. May Lucie Seller married Joel Kaufmann Hecht in Frankfurt on 1/3/1911 - see m.c. on his page . This stated that her parents were Joseph Seller & Rachel ( Ray) Seller
1910. Lucie Seller, 20, arrived in the US, having left Liverpool on the Mauritania on 20/8/1910 , seemingly still German, born Germany. Had been staying wth her father F J Seller at 107 Ketenbosweg Frankfurt , intended destination San Francisco-- Ancestry shipping records
1911. Dorothy R Hecht was born to Joel & May Lucie in Germany on 31/12/1911
1915. Frederick Hecht was born to Joel & May Lucie in San Francisco on 31/12/1915
1919. She applies for a US passport for herself and her 2 children: her husband applies for a passport on the same date
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The above states that May Lucie Hecht has had a partial nervous breakdown, and desires to see her parents again after 5 years separation, these parents being American citizens but resident in Frankfurt. Her mother is given as Ray Sellers- hence the 'Ray' as the middle name of her daughter Dorothy
1920 U S Census . May F Hecht, 29, was living Van Ness Avenue, 32 San Francisco. Her husband an Investment Dealer, his birthplace California & his father's Germany, his mother's Virginia . Her birthplace was Germany: her father born California, her mother Oregon . Her daughter was born Germany, her son California
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 |
1921. She applied for another passport in Paris, where she had been since March 1920
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May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy, aged ~9 & Frederich, aged ~ 5
1930 U S Census. Joel K Hecht, 52, private Investor, is living Boston, Suffolk, Masachusetts with his wife, May L Hecht, 50. Her father was born California, her mother Oregon . His age at marriage 33, hers 21
Joel K | Heckt | Head | Married | Male | 52 | 1878 | California |
May L | Heckt | Wife | Married | Female | 40 | 1890 | Germany |
1938. Joel & Lucie were living 1200 California Street, San Francisco
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!
A Social Security Death Index was issued before 1951: her Social Security Number was 554-32-7040
1967. May Lucie Seller Hecht died San Francisco on 5/1/1967 She was buried on 9/1/1967 , has her son's, Fred's, name on it
I don’t think I met May Lucie Seller Hecht but I heard once that she was a bit of a poet (not sure how good) and I think that once I found a book of hers on the internet. I’ll have to look again.- Carolyn