Ginsberg, Dora, 1873-1936

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Portrait of a young Devra Ginsberg. Photograph has been cut into a circle.

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Dora and Max Ginsberg pose together in front of an evergreen tree at their home in Denver, Colorado.

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Dora and Max Ginsberg pose with their grandchildren Peryle Hayutin and Irving Hayutin in front of the Hayutin home in Denver, Colorado.

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Dora Ginsberg standing on the sidewalk in front of a house.

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Formal portrait of Dora Ginsberg in a dress and jacket. She was born in Russia as Devra Solomon Ginsberg and died in Denver, Colorado in May 1937. Her husband changed his name to her last name when they came to the United States circa 1896. She came to Denver before her husband and daughter because of her poor health. The family lived in Denver at 2911 W. Colfax Avenue in a combined home and shop for Dora Ginsberg, who was a Sheitel macher, to make Sheitels (wigs).

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Dora and Max Ginsburg sit on the steps of 1544 Irving surrounded by their grandchildren, Peryle, Irving, and Arthur Hayutin.

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Morris and Anna (Ginsberg) Hayutin sitting in the front seat in the car, Soloman Hayutin is the other man in the car, and Dora and Max Ginsberg sit on the back seat. The car is parked in front of the Balanced Rock in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Morris Hayutin's niece, Freda Hayutin (child) is also seated in the car. Members of the Hayutin family arrived in Denver in the 1890s.

Abstract Peryle Hayutin Beck (1914-2006) recalls her family history, including the Ginsbergs' and Hayutins' origins in the Russian Empire; their arrival in America in the late 19th century; the loss of several relatives in World War I; her family's ties to the Lower East Side Jewish community in New York City and Memphis, Tennessee; the arrival of Dora Ginsberg, her paternal grandmother, in Denver, Colorado for health reasons; and the extended family's gradual move from New York to Denver. She also...