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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:

Prezant Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B322
Abstract Chalres Prezant helped to organize the first Jewish colony and the first synagogue in Denver, CO. He came from Russia in 1880 with 13 other Jewish families straight to Denver. With his wife, Clara, they had nine children. One file folder containing two copies of ''The Prezant Family'' and personal papers. "The Prezant Family" is a history of the family compiled by Carol Friedman. Book includes photographs, correspondence, biographies and written family history beginning with Charles and...
Dates: 1991; Coverage: Late 19th - Early 20th Centuries

Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Halpern, 1959 March, circa 1920

 File
Identifier: B111.05.0005.0001
Abstract

Tribute to Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Halpern

Dates: 1959 March; Event: circa 1920

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

Roll of family geneology

 Item
Identifier: M283.02.0013.00003
Abstract

Roll of family geneology

Dates: 1894-2008

Rose Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B336
Abstract Rose Lenore Cohn Brown and her father Mose Cohn write about the Cohn and Ittleson families. Mose Cohn and his family lived in Carbondale, Colorado from 1890 to 1903. The Ittleson family moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and arrived in Kansas around 1886. In 1887, Emma Ittleson married Mose Cohn in Kansas and Rose Lenore was born in 1888. The Cohn family (originally Kimchi) emigrated from Lithuania and settled in Ravana, Kansas. Mose Cohn writes about some of his adventures in the western...
Dates: 1971

Sam and Rose Brown Cohn, circa 1971

 File
Identifier: B111.02.0002.0014
Abstract

These two volumes contain the family histories of Rose Lenore Cohn Brown and her father, who emigrated from Lithuania, Russia to Carbondale, Colorado, during the 1880s.

Dates: circa 1971

Samuel Bernstein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B291
Abstract

Russian born Samuel D. Bernstein married Lena and had, possibly, seven children: Aron, Harry, Morris, Rose, Bernie Moses, and Shirley; though the census records are confusing. Samuel worked in livestock, hides and wool. Collection contains a draft of “Our Pioneers,” and papers related to the Samuel Bernstein Family from 1980 through 2000 including a brief family tree chart.

Dates: 1980-2000

Schlesinger Family

 File
Identifier: B111.09.0009.0006
Abstract

Louise Schlesinger Anfenger (1847-1938) was the daughter of Dina and Solomon Schlesinger. She was born in Berlin, Germany and moved with her parents to Denver, CO at a young age. In 1871 she married Louis Anfenger, a successful businessman and founder of the Congregation Emanuel, National Jewish Consumptives Hospital, and the local B'nai B'rith in Denver. The couple and their eight children continued to be very involved with the Jewish community for the rest of their lives.

Dates: 1879-2008

Schloss Family Papers and World War II Artifact

 Collection
Identifier: B293
Abstract Charles Murdock Schloss received his engineering degree from the University of Colorado and joined the Lindrooth Engineering company in 1918. His son Charles (Chuck) M. Schloss joined his father at the engineering firm in 1961. He was in the army for five years in various parts of the United States. In 1984, Chuck Schloss founded the Schloss Engineering Company which specialized in water and wastewater equipment design and manufacturing. His daughter Kristy joined the firm and is now CEO and...
Dates: 1943-2008

Seide/Shattuck

 Collection
Identifier: M201
Dates: Other: 1860-1980