Nelson/Shleger/Yecht Family Genealogy

 
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Avram Michel Schleger married 14-year-old Taube (then) Echt or Yecht,
sister of his first wife, Rochel, who had burned to death.--Joe Chandler

In the old country their name was Yecht (9 seconds) Bessie Robinson Loeb Bondy on YouTube

The Yechts Were Chassids

שלאגר
 שליגן
Schlager Nelson Yecht Echt Family from Lokacze, Russia, Poland, USSR, Ukraine
Deep gratitude to Joseph Chandler of Portland, Maine who made an amazing family tree that got me started
I first created this page when I could see no futher back than my great-grandmother Toby Nelson. But that was her married name. She was Toby Yecht.

Joe Chandler's Family History new!

New! Nelson Family Matrix

Cook Family
Chandler Family
Robinson Family
Cohen Family
Filler Family

Nelson Photos

Descendants of Isaac Yecht (or Echt)
(tree includes Nelsons and Chandlers and Cooks and Fillers and Robinsons)
updated 5/25/2015

Yecht/Echt Bare Bones Tree printable-6 page version

see jpg version below

Family Tree:

Descendants Avram's Father Schlager Nelson 5 generations
(tree includes Cooks)
updated 9/32/2018

Document Histories:

Avram Michel Schlager Nelson (1847-??)
and second wife Toby Yecht Schlager Nelson Sacknoff (1863-1932)
updated 2/7/2015

Their Children:

Max Nelson (1880-1947)
updated 10/23/2018 +Social Security Application

Esther Schlager Schacter Nelson Katz Kates (1881-1935)
updated 12/2/2015

Rose Schlager Nelson Robinson (1887-1962)
updated 10/24/2010 with 10/14/1925 Canadian Naturalization

Rebecca Schlager Nelson Thorner (1891-1945)
updated 11/6/2013 + 1910 Census

Etta Schlager Nelson Chase (1893-1978)
updated 9/2/2011 + 1913 Manifest + Marriage Record + Jerry & Dorothy death dates + Etta stone + Joseph 1910 Census + Dick & Dorothy Birth Records

Sarah Schlager Nelson Schwartz Cook (1900-1969)
updated 8/16/2011 + 1941 Marriage to Max Cook + Marriage Record to John Schwartz

Children of Avam Michel Schlager (1847-??)
and first wife (Toby's sister) Rochel/Rosa Yecht (died circa 1881)

Chana Schleger & Rabbi Moshe Rokeach

Ann Baumrind, daughter of Rose Rokeach
Marlynn Wertheimer Dorff daughter of Anna Barbara Buchman; daughter of Rivka Rebecca Rokeach

Bessie Nelson (1871-1919) + Abram Zvi Hirsch Kruk Cook
updated 8/29/2012

Joseph Hirsch Nelson (1876-1963) + Bessie Schiff
 updated 9/18/2018 + 1936 SS Application

Fayga Frances Shlager + Nachman Wolf Cahn Cohen Cane Kent

Rifka Nelson + Michael

This is my best attempt to show the interrelationships of the families: Yecht, Robinson, Schlager, Nelson, Chandler, Cook, and Filler.
This is, of course, based on the work of Joe Chandler.
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New! Nelson Family Matrix
Yecht ChartYecht/Echt Bare Bones Tree printable-6 page version****** Joe Chandler's Family History new!


Yecht Tree

Headstones in two Portland Cemeteries

Nelson, Robinson, Thorner Cook & Simansky stones at Smith Street Cemetery
Nelson, Robinson, Thorner Cook & Simansky stones at Smith Street Cemetery VERSION 2, Adobe Flash required
Documenting Maine Jewery Smith Street Cemetery List with Inscriptions and Photos

Thorner, Stack, Robinson, Leman, Schwartz, Cook, Chase, Nelson, Stairman, and Isenman stones at Mount Carmel Cemetery
Thorner, Stack, Robinson, Leman, Schwartz, Cook, Chase, Nelson, Stairman, and Isenman stones at Mount Carmel Cemetery V.2, JavaScript required

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