Miriam Rachofsky Kobey and Grandchildren[CR]Hannah Shwayder Berry

Miriam Rachofsky Kobey and Grandchildren[CR]Hannah Shwayder Berry

Colorado --Aspen (Colo.)

Kobey family --Kobey, Miriam Rachofsky,--1840-1921 --Kobey, Leon,--1902-1982 --Kobey, Philip,--1900-1982 --Weiner, Rebecca Kobey,--1889-1996 --Kobey, Silas M.,--1904-1991

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 highly respected midwife, often performing her services free for poor women. The parents of the children are Harris and Leah Sheffel Kobey.

''Grandma Kobey, Becky - Phil - Lee and Si in Aspen'' handwritten on photograph by Dorothy ''Dokes'' Kobey Berry. On the matting below photograph: ''Mrs. B. B. Chase, 910 - 16th St., Denver, Colo.'' Typed caption by Ted Harsham with identifying information provided by Dorothy ''Dokes'' Kobey Berry: ''Miriam Rachofsky Kobey and grandchildren Aspen, Colorado - about 1905. Miriam holding Silas, Rebecca, Philip, and Leon, children of Harris and Leah Sheffel Kobey. Albumen print, mounted on paper, photographer unknown. In the collection of Dorothy ''Dokes'' Kobey Berry, Denver, Colorado from the papers of her father, Harris Kobey. Handwriting on the photo in the hand of Dokes Berry.''

Harsham, Ted E.

circa 1905

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