Simcha Chayt's Kin - the Chaits - and Their Descendants
Introduction
by Leslie Spaiser with special thanks
to Sylvia (Chait) Fleischer - a
grandchild of Fetter Benny), for providing most
of the information on this page.
The entire Chayt-Chait clan can first be traced to (my great-grandfather) Avrum (Aba). Avrum was married twice and some of his children and their descendants emigrated to the U.S.A at different times and by different routes. This gave rise to the differently spelled anglicized surnames - CHAYT versus CHAIT. Note that while some of the other surnames and even first names appear in different spellings at different places, this due only to information being from different sources. I do not know which is correct so I have left them as is.
Simcha was the son of Esther Chayt and Avrum (Aba) Chayt who had already had a family by a previous wife (name unknown). His kin were a half-brother , Benjamin (Fetter Benny) and a (non-identical) twin brother Herschel. Simcha and his family, emigrated via Paris France where they were given the surname spelled as CHAYT. --- Also see : The Chait - Chayt Connection .
Benjamin, married Leah (Mima Leah) and bore children Aaron, Harry, Willie, David Abe, and Faygel. Benjamin emigrated to the U.S.A in about 1910 and Leah followed with her children before World War II. Upon arrival in the USA, they were given the surname CHAIT.
Herschel (Fetter Herschel) married Freda and had children Anna (Chanka) and Abraham ("Abe the prankster"). Herschel and his wife and five of his daughters remained in Russia. Their fate is unknown, but children Anna and Abe emigrated to the U.S.A. Upon arrival, like the children of Fetter Benny, they were given the surname CHAIT.
This section contains information we have about the CHAIT cousins - all of whom remained close to each other and with the CHAYT family as well - once they were all reunited in the U.S.A. You can also trace the lineage of the CHAIT families by using The Interactive Chayt -Chait Family Tree .
The Children of Fetter Herschel (Simcha's Twin Brother)
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The three people sitting are: Fetter Herschel, his sister, Mima Shaindle and his wife Mima Freda. Standing behind them are Herschel's and Freda's two daughters. |
Sylvia (Chait) Fleischer Recalls :
Fetter Herschel, Simcha's twin brother married Mima Freda. She was a sister of Ethel Chayt's mother. They stayed in Russia, their fate unknown. They had six daughters, Anna, Paula, Nadia, Rosa, Fanny, and Betty; and one son, Abe. Their daughter Anna (Chanka) and their son Abe (the prankster) came to the U.S.A. The others remained in Russia, and probably some are still surviving!
Anna married Leon Matros (a Latvian). They had two sons, Abe and Benny, and one daughter, Esther. Anna died of cancer about 1960. Leon died 1985. Abe married Molly. They have three children. Benny was married more than once. He has five children. Esther married Jack. They have two children. Abe married Ida. They have two children. Sylvia and Nathan. Abe died many years before Ida. Sylvia married Sidney Fleisher. They had a son Marc and a daughter Karen. Nathan married Anita.
Manya Hoffman Wasserman -- her mother nee Chayt. First cousin to Simon Chayt. Manya was born in Lisinka, Russia. She and her brother Harry arrived in the U.S.A. July 1923, leaving a half-sister and mother behind. They settled in Coney Island with their Aunt Ckhassi Chayt Hoffman. Manya's mother and Aunt were two sisters who married two brothers. Manya married David Wasserman and had three children, Eleanor (Ellie) who married Ed Layton and had three children (two girls and one boy), Estelle and Jerry.
Harry Hoffman married Beatrice and had three children, Arlene, Brother and Jack. Beatrice died at age 50 soon after bearing Jack who is now 32. Arlene died in the fall of 1985 short of her 50th birthday and Brother died July 1986 short of age 50. Harry remarried to Ray. They live in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
Benjamin, (Feter Benny) -- Avrum Aba's oldest son married Leah (Mima Leah). Their children were Aaron, Harry, Willie, David Abe, and Faygel.
Benjamin emigrated to the U.S. about 1910 and Leah followed with her children before World War I I.
Shaindle, (Mima Shaindle) -- Avrum Aba's daughter married Munich. They had a son Yitzchak, history unknown, and Sarah, known as Bobka, which is an endearing name short for Babale. She married Lyeva known as Joe. They had two sons. One son, name unknown, was killed by the Cossacks. When they hid under the bed, the blade got him. Moonkie (or Max Schaifet as we knew him), and his mother emigrated to the U.S. in September 1923 in the rush to beat the quota deadline. Coincidentally the same day Clara and her children landed in New York on the Paris. The SS Paris docked at Pier 57 French Line and they at Pier 58 Cunard Line. They sailed on the Leviathan of the Cunard Line. Joe became very successful during the Prohibition Days. They had their own home in Brooklyn. Their son Maxie married Rose and had two sons. The oldest was Edward, the younger son name unknown. Max was the owner of a Bar until his death in the late 1970's in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The
Children of Benjamin and Leah, Older Half-brother of Simcha Chayt
Also see : The Chait - Chayt Connection
Faygel, Benjamin and Leah's daughter, married Ziska Dinep. They had three children, Harry, Sarah, and Al. Sarah, known as Sally, married Herman Nerenberg in the early 1930's. They have two children. Always kept to themselves. Harry Dinep married Lillie. They had two children. Martin and Addle, raised in Brooklyn (Bensonhurst). Martin studied medicine in Switzerland and became a practicing surgeon in Hartford, Conn. He married Kathy in Switzerland and have three daughters. Adele married Seymour Remz of Port Jefferson, N.Y. They now live in California and have two sons and one daughter. Harry died July, 1986. Al Dinep, the youngest, lost his wife soon after the loss of their only son. He has moved to Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. He married Eva Mendelowitz Besen, May, 1986.
Aaron -- married Pauline. He died of cancer a year or two after they were married. (no children)
Harry -- married Idie. They had two children, Mitzi and Irving. Harry was a successful shoe manufacturer in New York. Moved to California where they currently reside.
Willie -- married Fanny. He was a barber, also a gambler. They had two daughters, Gertrude and Jean. They had a son Benjamin who died at the age of 3.
They lived in Peekskill, New York. Willie and Fanny have died. Gertrude now lives in Fort Meyers, Florida, and Jean is still in Peekskill or Mt. Kisco, New York.
Abraham, known as (Abe der Klurer), married Fanny. They had two daughters and one son. Lillian, Gertrude and Dave. They live in Philadelphia. Abe died long ago. Fanny died in 1985 in her 90's. Lillian married Benny Wolfberg. They had a son Joseph and twin daughters. Benny died of Alzheimer's Disease in 1985. Gertrude is a widow for many years. She has two married daughters. Dave is married and has two daughters.
David, (Doodle), Fetter Benny's youngest son married Eva. They had two children, Martin and Harriet. Dave was a widower long before he died.
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