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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:

Oral History Interview with Silas M. Kobey, 1983 July 26

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0005.00113
Abstract

Topics include how family came Russia to Manchester England to Central City to Apsen, Colorado. Started as peddlers. Kobey family of Aspen, Colorado, ran a store in Aspen. Very religious family. Mother died in 1920 and aunt died in 1921 so family moved in with uncle. Talks about school in Aspen. Moved to Denver in 1924 with his sister, brother already there. Mining and injury from it. Also worked in a Potato Chip factory.

Dates: 1983 July 26

Photographs, 1889-2005, 1889-1928

 Series
Identifier: B100.02
Scope and Contents

This series contains four original photographs and printed copies of digitized photographs of the Kobey and related families and of Aspen, Colorado.

Dates: 1889-2005; 1889-1928

Photographs of the Kobey and Related Families, 1899-2005

 File
Identifier: B100.02.0001.0002
Abstract

This folder contains four original photographs, as well as printed copies of digital photographs from series 3 of the Dorothy "Dokes" Berry Papers. The photographs are of the Kobey and related families, the Kobey Shoe and Clothing store and the home of Harris and Leah Sheffel Kobey in Aspen, Colorado.

Dates: 1899-2005

Research, Documents, and Correspondence, 1995 - 2007

 Series
Identifier: B433.01
Abstract

This series contains research, documents, and correspondence produced in conjunction with the Shwayder and related families. A substantial amount of documents exist related to Ted and Jesse Shwayder.

Dates: 1995 - 2007

Shwayder Family Histories and Genealogical Material, 1967-2002

 Series
Identifier: B245.02
Scope and Contents The series includes 20th-century materials detailing Shwayder family history. including two copies of the book "The Tale of a Little Trunk and Other Stories" by Hannah Shwayder Berry (1977 and 2002), a transcript of an oral history by Hannah Shwayder Berry (1981), a newspaper clipping of Hannah Shwayder Berry's story The 'pied piper' of West Colfax (1967), and a booklet describing the genealogy of the Shwayder family that includes family members born as early as 1876 and as late as 1943....
Dates: 1967-2002

Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado Communities, 2014

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00014
Abstract

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

Dates: 2014

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Type
Archival Object 35
Collection 2
 
Subject
Aspen (Colo.) 22
Jews 21
Colorado 19
Jewish women 14
Jewish families 13