Spector (Spektor) Khatskel (Chatzkel) Meerovich (15 December 1888, Teplik, Vinnytsia Region — 1957, Riga) — harness-maker.

Until 1910, Khatskel Spector worked together with his father, also a harness-maker, in the town of Teplik. Until 1920, he worked as a harness-maker in Monastyryshche. From 1920 to 1930, he was a self-employed craftsman (harness-maker) in Teplik.

From 1930 to 1938, he was a member of the collective farm “Freigein” in Odesa Region. From 1938 to 1946, he worked as a buffet attendant at Canteen No. 4 of the public catering trust in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR.

In 1946, he moved to Riga. From 1948 to 1951, he worked as a shop assistant at the Riga Fruit and Canning Factory. From 1951, he worked as a street vendor at Canteen No. 2 of the Riga Trust of Canteens, Restaurants, and Cafés.

He married Tuba Spector (née Weigman) (1888, Uman District, Vinnytsia Region). Their children were Donya Margolina (née Spector) (1912, Vinnytsia Region), Naum Spector (1914, Vinnytsia Region), Tsilya Spector (1917, Vinnytsia Region), Lev Spector (1920, Vinnytsia Region), and Maria Rukh (née Spector) (1927, Odesa).

His daughter Tsilya left for Poland in 1944 as the wife of a Polish citizen and in 1957 emigrated from Poland to Israel.

Family:

Tuba Spector (née Weigman) (1888, Uman District, Vinnytsia Region) — wife
Donya Margolina (née Spector) (1912, Vinnytsia Region) — daughter
Naum Spector (1914, Vinnytsia Region) — son
Tsilya Spector (1917, Vinnytsia Region) — daughter
Lev Spector (1920, Vinnytsia Region) — son
Maria Rukh (née Spector) (1927, Odesa) — daughter
Meyer Spector (— 1931) — father
Eta Spector (— 1931) — mother