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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:

Hoffman Family History

 Collection
Identifier: B326
Abstract Sinai and Dorothy Hoffman were both Russian, married there and had 14 children, 9 of whom survived to adulthood. Beginning in 1905, their children began immigrating to the United States with 19 members of the family immigrating by 1913, including spouses and a grandchild by then, the final son, his wife and two children came in 1922. The family ran a grocery store and a tire business in Denver. Collection contains a book, titled: Loyal Family Circle: A History of Sinai and Dora Hoffman and...
Dates: Other: circa 1980

Ida Hurwitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B168
Abstract Ida Hurwitz wrote family stories and other historical articles, which were published in The Jewish Digest and the Denver Post. She was a member of the prestigious Colorado Authors League and was active in the Jewish American Women Writers. One story she wrote was "We'll Go a Little to the Baths" was about mothers and children going to the baths in Idaho Springs for the summer. Some of stories were published and some are typed copies. She also did genealogical research. Relatives included the...
Dates: 1887-1986

Iliff Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M055
Scope and Contents

ITALIA scrapbook noted E.S.Iliff 1882

Dates: 1882

Isidor Rothschild Biography and Diary Transcript

 Collection
Identifier: B327
Abstract

Isidor Rothchild was a Jewish business man who worked in the grocery trade in Greeley, CO. He owned and operated the I. Rothchild Produce Company. Collection contains a biography and diary transcript from Isidor Rothschild.

Dates: Coverage: 1861-1922

Joe Sokolowski Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: M311
Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Judd (Judelovitz or Judelowitz) Family Tree, 1992 September 23

 Item
Identifier: B338.01.0001.0012
Abstract

Copy of the Judd (Judelovitz or Judelowitz) Family Tree edited by Stanley H. Judd in 1992. A newer version of this family tree can be found in Box 2 of Winograd Judd Family Papers, B266. Judd family tree included because Joe Bernstein married Estelle (Esther) Pollock, a Judd family descendant.

Dates: 1992 September 23

Lang Family

 File
Identifier: B111.06.0006.0012
Scope and Contents

Folder contains one typed page of family history written by Josephine Lang Tanzer.

Dates: 1879-2008

Lester (Bus) Gardenswartz, 1977

 File
Identifier: B111.04.0004.0002
Abstract Lester (Bus) Gardenswartz (1906-1981 SSI) was born to Morris and Mary Gardenswartz in Denver, Colorado. The family moved to Durango in 1921, where his father bought a hardware store. Bus graduated from Durango High School in 1924, then returned to Denver to attend the University of Denver. However, he soon dropped out to work for his uncle's pawn shop, called Solomon Loan Company. In 1927, Bus married Hazel Edelstein, and the couple settled in Durango where they opened a sporting goods...
Dates: 1977

Lowenstein Family Holocaust Exhibit Booklet, 2009

 Item
Identifier: B333.07.0001.0007.00001
Abstract

Bound booklet written by Henry Lowenstein to accompany an exhibit featuring the Loewenstein documents at the Denver Public Library. The booklet explains the documents in the Lowenstein Family Holocaust Papers and tells his family's story during World War II especially relating to the Holocaust.

Dates: 2009

Macy and Chapman Families Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M037
Abstract

Carole Louise Chapman Macy (Mrs. Donald Oliver Macy) (1932-2003) compiled the family histories of the Chapman and the Macy families (from whom her husband, Donald Oliver Macy, was descended). Thirteen photographs, two badges, three business cards, and photocopies of seven family narratives and photocopies of letters are housed in the archives of the University of Denver.

Dates: 1860-1987