Montana

Henry Jacobs: the First Elected Mayor of Butte, Montana, 1879-1880

  Henry Jacobs Values Codes I – E – L – P   Henry Jacobs was born in 1835, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.   Along the way . . . Henry Jacobs came to America with his family in 1844, at 9 years of age. In 1866, after roaming the

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Earle N. Genzberger: Civic Leader of Butte, Montana

Earle N. Genzberger Values Codes I – E – L   Earle Genzberger was born in Helena, Montana, in 1891. Genzberger earned his law degree from the University of Michigan.   Butte, Montana In 1912, Genzberger began working as an attorney in Butte. Genzberger served as Treasurer of Krao

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Gustav Weinstock: Successful Jewish Merchant of Butte, Montana

Gustav Weinstock Values Codes I – E – L   Gustav Weinstock was born in Germany in 1887. In 1889, his parents, Phillip and Bertha Weinstock, brought their five children to Minneapolis. There, Phillip left his family and continued West to Butte, Montana.   Butte, Montana Once

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Isaac A. Heilbronner: Second Generation Merchandiser & Miner of Butte, Montana

Isaac A. Heilbronner Values Codes I – E – L   Isaac Heilbronner was born in 1875 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents were Henry and Hanrietta Heilbronner, later of Butte, Montana.   Butte, Montana Isaac Heilbronner left school to start his business career as a

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Jacob Schiffman: Jewish Pioneer with a Sweet Tooth of Butte, Montana

Jacob Schiffman Values Codes I – E – L   Jacob Schiffman was born in Zodludek, Russia, in 1868. In 1884, Schiffman came to America at the age of 16. In 1885, he traveled West, where he settled in Butte, Montana.   Butte, Montana Schiffman worked for a store

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William Gallick: Jewish Pioneer Wholesale Liquor Distributor of Butte, Montana

William Gallick Values Codes I – E – L   William Gallick was born in 1830, in Germany.   Along the way . . . In 1850, William Gallick came to New York at the age of 20. In 1852, he moved in New Haven, Connecticut.  

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