Jacob Hecht

Born: 12 Sep 1896 in Zelechów Wielki, Poland/Ukraine

Died: 16 Jul 1988 in Cleveland, Oh

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, 27855 Aurora Rd., Solon, OH 44139

Married: Sarah Miller; (died 1921 in Pittsburgh, PA); married Anna Sabad; born 1896 in Pa; married Esther.

Bris: 19 Sep 1896, at home - house #182 in Zelechów Wielki

Emigration: 08 May 1914, via Baltimore, Steamship: Neckar, 3rd class. Manifest #1 List# 9 Book 72. Going to Pittsburgh, PA to see brother Joseph Hecht 67 Marion St. Listed father as Joshil Hecht – Wien 20, Olennargasse 44. Occupation Jeweler, Single. Arrived with $20 in his pocket.  Link to Arrival Record

Naturalization: 26 Jun 1924, 1910233-Vol. 75, Pg. 82 Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio Witnesses: David V. Green, 2471 E. 84 St. Louis A. Fisher, 876 Lakeview Rd

Obituary: 22 Jul 1988, Cleveland Jewish News

Occupation: In the 1920's Owned a grocery store on Butler St. in Pittsburgh & lived upstairs/behind store

In the 1930s he owned the Cedar Gardens, East 97th & Cedar.  It was originally a Chinese restaurant called the Butterfly Inn.  He opened his large basement room as a nightclub and from 1934 to the 1940s, presented full floor shows with a house band led by Marion Sears. The musicians at times included Buster Harding, Andy Anderson, Francis Williams, Earle Warren, Freddie Webster, Tadd Dameron, Bull Moose Jackson and Pee Wee Jackson. From the 1940s until the late '60s, local groups played at Cedar Gardens.

More About Anna Sabad: Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Census: All Hechts on 1920 US Census starts on line 66.  Joe & Jack on 1930 US Census (starts on line 84).

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