Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Lily Chaitow (1902 - 1980)

Lily Chaitow is the wife of Jack Steckoll, the son of Nochum Aaron Steckoll, known as Aaron, the brother-in-law of Rachel Levin, my 2x great aunt. Levin family HERE. Steckoll family HERE.

Parents: Charles Chaitow (1876 - 1933) and Bertha Cernovsky (Sirnovsky) (1880 - 1941)

Born: 1902 in Ludze, Latvia

Siblings
  • Max Chaitow (1904 - 1989) married Irene Finestone (1904 - 1993) in Johannesburg, South Africa on 20 September 1930
  • Boris Reuben Chaitow (1909 - 1995) married 1) Elizabeth Ruth Rice (1916 - 1981) in Berkhamsted, England on 10 November 1940; 2) Madelaine A Garrett in London, England in (April - June) 1953

Married:
Jack Steckoll in Johannesburg, South Africa on 7 July 1925. They were divorced in Durban, South Africa on 26 August 1952

Jack and Lily's marriage certificate. They were married on 7 July 1925 in Johannesburg, but both of them lived in Pilgrim's Rest

Children
  • Genesta Steckoll (1926 - 1998)
  • Gerald Mervyn Steckoll (1930 - 2011)
  • Myra Steckoll (1931 - 1993)

Travel
1952
Lily travelling on the Athlone Castle from South Africa to Southampton, England arriving there on 28 May 1952

Death
6 April 1980 in Johannesburg, South Africa age 78. She was cremated on 9 April 1980 and her ashes interred in the Braamfontein cemetery there