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Kobey family

 Family

Biography

Miriam Rachofsky married Samuel Abraham Kobesky in Poland and they immigrated to Manchester, England around 1871 with children Rachel, Betsy, Mark, and David. Their sons Harris and Ben were born in Manchester and the last name was shortened to Kobey. Their daughter Rachel Kobey married Isaac Shwayder, who had also migrated to Manchester from Eastern Europe. The Kobey family immigrated to New Jersey in about 1881, where Dora and Isaac were born, and then moved to Denver, Colorado in 1888. Miriam Kobey was a highly respected midwife and Samuel Abraham was rabbi of Congregation Agrudas Achim, located near the Platte River. Harris Kobey married Leah Sheffel and they honeymooned in Aspen, Colorado in 1898. They settled in Aspen and Ben Kobey and his famiy also moved to Aspen. The Kobey brothers owned stores in Aspen, including the Kobey Shoe and Clothing Store. The seven children of Harris and Leah Kobey lived with they uncle, Ben Kobey, after Leah died and Harris Kobey left for the East Coast. Ben Kobey moved his family to Denver and opened another Kobey store. Harris and Leah Kobey's daughter Dorothy "Dokes" Kobey was born in Aspen in 1905 and attended the University of Denver. Dokes Kobey married Nathan Berry, who worked at her uncle Ben's store in Denver. Hannah Shwayder, Dokes Kobey's cousin, had married Nathan's older brother Harry Berry.

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Dorothy (Dokes) Kobey Berry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B100
Abstract Dorothy "Dokes" Berry (nee Kobey) was born in Aspen, Colorado in 1905 to Harris and Leah Sheffel Kobey. During Berry's childhood Aspen's primary industry was mining and very few Jewish families lived in the town. Her father and his brothers were businessmen who owned and operated apparel stores in Aspen, including the Kobey Shoe and Clothing Company. After she graduated from Aspen High School, Dorothy Kobey taught at a county school in Cow Creek, Colorado, outside Steamboat Springs. She...
Dates: 1880-2005

Exterior of Kobey Shoe and Clothing Company, 1910

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0017.00033
Abstract

Exterior of the Kobey Shoe and Clothing Company in Aspen, Colorado. Two unidentified people are standing in front of the entrance to the store and there are several advertisements in the windows.

Dates: 1910

Family of Harris & Leah Sheffel Kobey, circa 1903

 Item
Identifier: B100.03.0001.0003.00003
Abstract

The Sheffel Kobey family poses for a group portrait in the yard of a house in Aspen, Colorado. Back row, left to right: Leah Sheffel Kobey, Harris Kobey (holding Leon), and the housekeeper. Philip and Rebecca Kobey stand in front.

Dates: circa 1903

Family of Harris & Leah Sheffel Kobey, circa 1903

 Item
Identifier: B100.03.0001.0003.00004
Abstract

The Sheffel Kobey family poses for a group portrait in the yard of a house in Aspen, Colorado. Back row, left to right: Leah Sheffel Kobey, Harris Kobey (holding Leon), and the housekeeper. Philip and Rebecca Kobey stand in front.

Dates: circa 1903

Family Trees and Charts, Between 1970-2007

 File
Identifier: B433.01.0001.0001
Abstract

File contains trees and charts of the four families, Moses Rachovsky, Ancestors of Jessie L Shwayder Harsham, Shwayder Relationship Diagram, Descendants of Abraham and Miriam Rachovsky Kobey (prepared by Judy Kunreuther, descendant of Harry and Hannah Shwayder Berry), and family sources.

Dates: Between 1970-2007

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2012

Harris and Leah Sheffel Kobey, circa 1899

 Item
Identifier: B100.03.0001.0003.00012
Abstract

Individual photographs of Harris Kobey and Leah Sheffel Kobey posing for formal portraits, possibly wedding photographs, circa 1899. Harris Kobey is dressed in a suit with a bow tie, and Leah Kobey wears a lace head scarf and flowers at her neckline.

Dates: circa 1899

Home of Harris and Leah Sheffel Kobey, circa 1915

 Item
Identifier: B100.03.0001.0003.00015
Abstract

Exterior view of the house of Harris and Leah Sheffel Kobey, 200 West Main Street in Aspen, Colorado, circa 1915. The Victorian house has a tree in front and a fence around the house, and there is snow on the ground. The house was later completely destroyed by fire.

Dates: circa 1915

Interior of Kobey Shoe and Clothing Company, 1911

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0017.00034
Abstract

Interior of the Kobey Shoe and Clothing Company in Aspen, Colorado. Left to right: Mrs. Ben Kobey (Hattie), Mark Kobey, Albert Kobey, Homer Von Loon, and John Parsons stand in the store.

Dates: 1911

It Pays to Advertise - Aspen High Senior Class School Play, 1923 April 18

 Item
Identifier: B100.03.0001.0003.00005
Abstract

Actors in the Aspen High School senior class play ''It Pays to Advertise'' pose for a group portrait at the Isis Theater in Aspen, Colorado on April 18, 1923. Among the players were Dorothy Kobey as Conessa de Beaurain, Silas Kobey as Ambrose Peale, and Nathan Kobey as Cyrus Martin.

Dates: 1923 April 18

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Archival Object 35
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Subject
Aspen (Colo.) 22
Jews 21
Colorado 19
Jewish women 14
Jewish families 13