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Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Pizer and Grimes Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B219
Abstract The Grimes family came to the United States from Russia Poland in the 1880s and settled in Denver and in Salt Lake City. The Pizer family were early settlers in Nebraska, where Jacob Pizer was a successful merchant. Annette Frances Pizer was born in Hastings, Nebraska. After she married Julian Lewis, she kept a scrapbook with wedding and anniversary cards. Sam Grimes worked in both Utah and Colorado before starting a junkyard in Denver. His son Max Grimes joined him in the junkyard business,...
Dates: 1892-2000

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

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

Schayer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B239
Abstract Milton M. Schayer was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1876 to German-Jewish parents and died in Denver in 1935. In 1920 he founded the Bankers Building and Loan Association, and served as its first president and treasurer. His son Charles Milton Schayer, born in 1913, married Faye Greenberg in 1941. Milton M. Schayer was active in many civic and religious organizations. He was director of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, which designated him Denver’s “most valuable citizen” in 1925. He...
Dates: 1879-2009

Sharon Marks Elfenbein, 2021

 File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0007
Abstract

This folder contains, "An Illustrated Family History," by Sharon Marks Elfenbein: a 12 chapter, self-published, family history. Family names covered thoroughout the manuscript include: Shereshevitz, Krupinsky, Viener, Levin, and Marks.

Dates: 2021

Spivak Family Chart, 1861-1995

 File
Identifier: B250.01.0001.0010
Abstract

The Spivak family tree begins with Samuel Spivakofsky and shows his descendents through the 1980s. His son Charles David Spivak was a founder of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.

Dates: Coverage: 1861-1995

Vorenberg Family

 File
Identifier: B111.09.0009.0025
Scope and Contents

Folder contains a hand-written family tree chart, including the Vorenbergs and their relatives.

Dates: 1879-2008

Wisebart Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B319