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Jewish families

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 553 Collections and/or Records:

Mendel and Koona Levy Family, February 22, 1979

 File
Identifier: B111.06.0006.0017
Scope and Contents Folder contains half-page of genealogy information about Mendel Levy and Koona Hindel Levy. Mendel immigrated from Lithuania and married Koona Hindel Levy, sister of Rebbitzin Hillkowitz. The Levy family moved to Denver from Cincinnati around the turn of the century. They had four (4) children; Eli, Etta, Martha, and Julius. None married. Julius died at about 12 years old. Occupations: Eli - jewelry salesman; Etta - stenographer; Martha - librarian. The Levy parents and Etta,...
Dates: February 22, 1979

Meyer Bros., 1898

 File
Identifier: B112.03.0001.0014
Abstract

File contains a photographic copy of an original 1898 Bill of Sale to Max Meyer for Meyer Bros. Stock of Goods Wares and Merchandise. The store was located in Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Dates: 1898

Micky Miller Memoir, 2015

 File
Identifier: B339.02.0004.0005
Abstract Micky Miller wrote his memoir, which consists of 131 pages of stories and information about the Miller and Rosenbaum families, in 2015. Micky Miller tells about the Miller family and ranching; his wife Louann and her parents Charles and Louise Rosenbaum; college at the University of Denver; his interest in politics and his service on finance committees for national and Colorado candidates; and extended family. He also discusses his legal and real estate careers, including representing the...
Dates: 2015

Miezinger Family

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Identifier: B111.07.0007.0008
Abstract

Walter Mielziner moved to Denver in 1953 and collected information about his family hisory in 1998.

Dates: 1879-2008

Milstien / Shames Family Tree

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Identifier: B111.07.0007.0014
Abstract

The Milstein and Shames families were among the Russian Jews who attempted to farm in Cotopaxi, Colorado in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1879-2008

Miriam Rachofsky Kobey and Grandchildren, circa 1905

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Identifier: B100.03.0001.0003.00002
Abstract Miriam Rachofsky Kobey and her grandchildren (from left to right, Rebecca, Miriam holding Silas, Philip, and Leon) pose in front of an ivy-covered trellis in Aspen, Colorado. Immigrants Abraham and Miriam (Mary) Kobey began their life in Colorado in Central City. The devout couple became vegetarians for a time while living there because kosher meat transported from Denver often arrived spoiled. After they moved to Denver, Abraham worked as a rabbi and sofer, or scribe, and Miriam became a...
Dates: circa 1905

Mirror and Decorations in the Nathan Miller Family Home, 1980 October

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Identifier: B063.02.0002.00024
Abstract

Mirror in the Nathan Miller family home in Leadville, Colorado. A number of decorations and children's artwork are pictured at the bottom and sides of the mirror.

Dates: 1980 October

Miscellaneous Photographs, 1941, circa 1980

 File
Identifier: B392.01.0003.0008
Abstract

Two unidentified photographs: (1) Older women, looks like it may be Gerald’s mother, in Talkeetna Alaska and (2) black and white photo of three men with fish in front of a store, man in center looks like Gerald.

Dates: 1941, circa 1980

Moishe and Ruchel Zinn Family

 Collection
Identifier: B440
Abstract Marlene Zinn Connors was born to the Zinn/Rosenfield family in Denver in 1947. She attended college in Washington, DC, lived in New Haven, and had a career in New York City. With her husband, Jim Connors, left New York in 1992 to travel. The couple traveled to over 65 countries and 50 states. They then settled in the center of Washington, DC where Marlene resumed her social justice involvement. Discovering her Great Great Grandfather Moishe, led to a decade of researching her Zinn family...
Dates: 2022

Montage of Elias Cohen and Family of Aspen, Colorado, circa 1905

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0005.00009
Abstract

Composite of the Elias Cohen family of Aspen including a formal portrait of Elias Cohen (bottom left); a formal portrait of his wife and two daughters (bottom right); and formal portraits of his in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinberg (top). Elias Cohen was a resident of Aspen by 1891, a mine supervisor in, and manager of David Hyman's properties. It was Cohen who suggested the use of deep-sea divers to repair broken mine-pump shafts.

Dates: circa 1905