tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703243943742029918Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:00:04 +0000Information about members of the Heckscher (and Hecksher) family in America.http://theheckscherfamily.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ben Heckscher Jr.)Blogger4125en-usnoInformation about members of the Heckscher (and Hecksher) family in America.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703243943742029918.post-642744452943438947Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +00002016-02-11T11:29:07.728-05:00 "Origins of the Heckscher Family" By Frank Heckscher February 2013 The paper presented above has been prepared by our cousin Frank Heckscher in England. Frank has been tracing, studying and following the lines of the Heckscher family since the early 1990s. Without a doubt he has probably met more Heckscher's in more places than any other living member of our family. Ben Heckscher Jr. A http://theheckscherfamily.blogspot.com/2013/02/origins-of-heckscher-family.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ben Heckscher Jr.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703243943742029918.post-2933985876632059921Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:50:00 +00002014-07-23T20:54:34.960-04:00 COURTESY OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FINE ARTS LIBRARY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY John Gustave Richard Heckscher (1822-1901) Creator: Mathew B. Brady & Studio Date: ca. 1857 Medium: Carte-de-viste photograph Dimensions: 17 13/16 x 13 in. John Gustave Richard Heckscher, known as Richard Heckscher, was born in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on August 6, 1822. He was baptized and later http://theheckscherfamily.blogspot.com/2011/11/john-gustave-richard-heckscher.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ben Heckscher Jr.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703243943742029918.post-4249338471467158145Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:32:00 +00002015-03-01T12:26:36.551-05:00 Stevens Heckscher, Age 7 Date: 1882 / Medium: B&W photograph / Dimensions: 4" x 6" Provenance: Unknown origin; in the possession of Lucretia Heckscher Harrison (1903-1982) at the time of her death; by descent to her son Joseph Harrison III; his daughter Lucretia Harrison. Notes: The photograph was taken at the Scholl studio, No. 1632 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Stevens http://theheckscherfamily.blogspot.com/2011/11/stevens-heckscher.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ben Heckscher Jr.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703243943742029918.post-5139178550239458740Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:00:00 +00002014-07-23T21:45:35.387-04:00Heckscher Family documents available on-line Letters [of] Lucretia Ledyard Stevens Heckscher - Volume I For the period 1840-1875 127 pages Letters [of] Lucretia Ledyard Stevens Heckscher - Volume II For the period 1875-1907 144 pages Both volumes were transcribed and privately printed by Gustave A. Heckscher II in 1992. Lucretia Ledyard Stevens Heckscher (1830-1907) was the wife of John http://theheckscherfamily.blogspot.com/2011/12/family-documents.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ben Heckscher Jr.)