It's a long story, but I need to make contact with a direct family member of Max Bedacht, one of the founders of the American Communist Party. All four children and quite likely their spouses are now dead... Grandchildren are probably who I am tracking, but even if you are a great grandchild or great-great grandchild of Max Bedacht, please do get in touch and I will clue you in on my rather unusual query. If you're surfing the web doing geneology and hit this page -- BINGO!!! -- I'm building the family tree backwards, trying to find a living relative. Drop me a line and let's talk.
Max (b. Oct. 13, 1883 - d. July 4, 1972) & Elizabeth Bedacht (b. Nov. 6, 1892 - d. June 1974) [family portrait, 1934]
Daughters:
1. Elsie Bedacht Feinstein (b. April 18, 1913 - d. Feb. 3, 2001), wife of Leo Feinstein
Children:
A. George "Georgy" Feinstein (b. March 18, 1936).
B. Elizabeth "Betty" Feinstein (b. October 30, 1946)
2. Edith "Edie" Bedacht Weisdorf (b. September 27, 1914 - d. July 5, 1996), wife of Joseph "Joe" Weisdorf
Children:
A. Maxine Weisdorf Rose (b. November 4, 1935), wife of Richard Rose
Children:
a. Richard "Dicky" Rose (b. October 6, 1955)
b. Nancy Rose (b. November 27, 1956)
c. Dwayne Rose (b. Feb 195?) - apparently still living
d. and a 4th sibling
B. Carol Weisdorf (b. June 29, 1942)
3. Ethel Bedacht Schachter Coplin (b. January 28, 1917 - d. July 30, 2005), wife of Solomon "Sol" Coplin
Children:
A. Jeanne Coplin Peck (b. January 16, 1946)
B. William "Billy" Coplin (b. May 16, 1949 - d. April 22, 1960 of hepatitis)
Son:
1. Max Bedacht, Jr. (b. October 8, 1918 - d. March 1975), husband of Dorothy "Dottie" Feeney Bedacht of Boston.
Children:
A. Max "Maxie" Bedacht III (b. February 15, 1946) - still living
B. Wendy Bedacht (b. December 16, 1955)
