Reverend Jonas Hecht

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Reverend Jonas Hecht

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Death: May 27, 1899 (95-96)
Norfolk, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Mina Hecht and Henrietta Hecht
Father of Jacob Hecht; Virginia (Jennie) Lowenberg; Cecilia Lowenberg; Solomon Hecht; Eliza (Elizabeth) Jacobs and 3 others

Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
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About Reverend Jonas Hecht

Was the Hazzan at New York's Anshe Chesed and at Norfolk, Virginia's Ohef Sholom. The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook

By Kerry M. Olitzky   pg. 358 Beyond the Synagogue Gallery: Finding a Place for Women in American Judaism
By Karla GOLDMAN, Karla Goldman

Picture of gravestone in Norfolk, VA available at link below. Confirms death date http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57740667 "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR9Z-23Z : 29 January 2020), Jonas Hecht in entry for David Lowenburg, 1865.

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Reverend Jonas Hecht's Timeline

1803
1803
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1838
September 23, 1838
New York, NY, United States
1843
October 12, 1843
New York, New York, NY, United States
1844
May 24, 1844
New York, New York, United States
1847
1847
New York, Kings County, New York, United States
1849
March 1849
New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA, New York, New York, NY, United States
1864
1864
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
1865
April 30, 1865
Norfolk, VA, United States
1867
May 28, 1867
Norfolk, VA, USA
1899
May 27, 1899
Age 96
Norfolk, VA, United States