Congregation Zera Abraham (Denver, Colo.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Altman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B306
Abstract
The families who settled in the failed agricultural colony of Cotopaxi included the Shames and Altman families. A Shames daughter, Yente, was married to Joe Washer who died soon after leaving Cotopaxi. Yente later married Moshe Yosef Altman. The Altman and Prezant family members were among the incorporators of Congregation Zera Abraham. In fact, the congregation was first organized at the home of Moses Joseph and Annie Shames Altman on West Colfax Avenue in 1887. In 1907, Moses and Annie...
Dates:
1894-2005
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Altman Family Papers
Ed Grimes, circa 1910
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0016.00012
Abstract
Ed Grimes in a formal portrait taken for the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith Lodge #171 in Denver, Colorado. Ed Grimes was a colonist at Cotopaxi, Colorado and walked to Denver from Cotopaxi in 1883, a distance of about 94 miles. He later served as Congregation Zera Abraham's first president and was also active in B'nai B'rith Lodge #171.
Dates:
circa 1910
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