Appel, Rose Spiesberger, 1881-1943
Person
Biography
Rose Spiesberger was born on June 15, 1881 in Keokuk, Iowa and died in Denver on August 13, 1943. She married Walter Michael Appel on July 6, 1910 in Omaha, Nebraska. Walter Appel became an attorney and founded a major law firm with a childhood friend, Ira Rothberger. The couple had three children: Walter Jr., Dorothy, and Robert S. Appel.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Appel Family and Clothing Store Papers
Collection
Identifier: B108
Abstract
Simon Appel was born in Hungary in 1830 and died in Denver in 1912. He immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1848, becoming a successful tailor. Simon Appel married Hanna Greenwald in 1851. Their son David Edward Appel, born in Philadelphia in 1853, went to Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1871 and moved to Denver that same year.David Appel had worked for his father to learn the tailoring trade and began “The Clothing House” when he moved to Denver. Simon and his eldest son Jacob came to Denver...
Dates:
1881-1967