Weil, Clara S. Goldsmith Bowman, 1860-1925
Biography
The Goldsmith brothers Henry and Abraham, and their wives, sisters Clara and Rosa Straus Goodstein came to Denver, Kansas Territory in 1859. The next year, Clara Goldsmith was the first Jewish girl born in Denver. Her mother Clara Goldsmith died when she was born and her father Henry, uncle Abraham and aunt Rosa moved to Pueblo, Colorado. She was briefly kidnapped by the Ute Indians, but was traded back for a bolt of calico, flour, and pork rinds. Lena, the daughter of Abraham and Rosa Goldsmith married Morris Herzstein. Levi Herzstein, the younger brother of Morris, was killed by outlaw Jack Black Ketchum in 1896. Clara Goldsmith, married Samuel Bowman November 1878. After Samuel Bowman died, she married Nathan Weil and they moved to Octate, New Mexico in 1897. Nathan Weil was born in Paris and at the age of 14 he ran away and joined Texas cowboys. In 1915, their daughter Edith married Isidor Bernheim. The couple divorced and Edith married Bernard David in 1930.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1, 2003-2015
The booklets are the product of the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society's Jewish Pioneer Oral History Video Archive Project, conducted in partnership with the Department of History and the Center for Regional Studies at the University of New Mexico. The booklets are composed of recollections of the family members. There is also an exhibition catalog from "Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico, 1821-1917" held at the Museum of New Mexico in 2003.
Clara Goldsmith, circa 1880
Clara Goldsmith Bowman Weil, circa 1920
Studio portrait of Clara Goldsmith Bowman Weil as an older woman with her hair pinned up and wearing a lacy dress.
Edith Weil on a Horse, circa 1908
Edith Weil sits on a horse in front of her family home in New Mexico. Her parents, Nathan and Clara S. Weil, sit on the porch in the background with their younger daughter Pauline standing between them.
Goldsmith Family Papers
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
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.
Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico Collection
The booklets are the product of the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society's Jewish Pioneer Oral History Video Archive Project, conducted in partnership with the Department of History and the Center for Regional Studies at the University of New Mexico. The booklets are composed of recollections of the family members. The "Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico" (2003) is an exhibit catalogue from an exhibit at the Museum of New Mexico.
Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico: The Goldsmith Family, 2004
The booklet is the product of the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society's Jewish Pioneer Oral History Video Archive Project, conducted in partnership with the Department of History and the Center for Regional Studies at the University of New Mexico. The booklet is composed of recollections of Dorothy Shipman, Clara Goldsmith Weil was born in Denver. Kansas Territory in 1860, married Nathan Weil in Pueblo, and then the family moved to New Mexico.
Pioneering Jewish Women Exhibit, 2009
File folder contains exhibit plan and item level records for the "Pioneering Jewish Women of Colorado".
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