My Father; George Kechter, Born in Walter,Russia on Nov. 17, 1902. His Father was Jakob Kechter; born around 1875, died in Walter probably 1908. Married to Katherina Butherus; born Febr. 9, 1877 in Walter. Came to the USA in the fall of l909, with her two children George 7 yrs. and Amalia (Mollie) 2 yrs. They went to Michigan where Katherina married Jacob Amend a widower with 5 children. They had three more children. The family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska about 1911. Mollie was killed in an auto/train accident in 1930, she was unmarried. George married Elizabeth Blum and had three daughters of which I am the middle. I have knowledge of the original Kechters that came to Walter in 1767 from Waldenbuch, Germany. According to the Volga census of 1798, they were the only Kechter family living in the Volga region at that time. All of the Kechters from Walter have to be related to that family. They had three sons and five daughters.
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