Cotopaxi, Colorado: Russian Jewish Colony
Descendant's
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Shalom Descendants!
There are now about 800 names in the Colony Genealogy.
Dec. 2009: Four new colonist's family names have been found
The People
- List
of the Cotopaxi Colonists
Schradsky Family Descendants new!
Milstein -
Shuteran - Prezant Families & Descendants
new!
Milstein-Shames Descendant chart
new!
Colony Lands - Map of Colonist's Plots
- plots are identified by family name
Aug 30, 2009
My family had the pleasure again of meeting with the Makovsky family!
We met at Frieda (Shames-Makovsky-) Englard's home. Frieda is the mother of Haim, Evan, and Janet (Makovsky) Lightsome.
Also joining us along with Frieda and Haim were
Philip and Janet Lightstone,
Evan and Evi( wife) Makovsky .
Noah Makovsky ,(Evan's son) and Noah's children;
Aliza, Max and Issac.
click over any image to enlarge
Above: Yaffa, Frieda, Haim
Why didn't I take more photographs???
The time flew as we discussed the family tree. It was really too much to absorb at once!
Below, Frieda had some photos...
I think Frieda said the man's name was Red Mike. I believe this is
Michael (Yechiel) Shames and Frieda Raizel.
Frieda Shames-Makovsky-Englard's Grandparents!
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Fannie Rosea Shames A.K.A. Frieda Raisie A.K.A. Frayda Raizel A.K.A. Fannie Rosae Shames b 1856 d 1913 Document provided by the Makovsky family
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August 2009
Yaffa is doing well!
Nov 13, 2008
- special note, on Oct 22 we learned that
Yaffa Makovsky (Haim Makovsky's wife) is recovering from cancer
surgery and chemotherapy. Please keep these descendants of the
Cotopaxi Colony in your prayers. "
May 2007
Jonathan Freedman sends the following:
Below is a photograph, circa 1923, of my grandmother Hattie Shuteran Borwick and her husband Benjamin Borwick, with their five children: (from left to right) David, Charles, Florence, Estelle, and the baby Betty seated with a Teddy bear. Betty is the sole survivor of the 5 siblings. She lives in Denver, with my father, Marshall Freedman, a doctor.
July 29, 2006
Good fortune allowed us to meet a couple of more colony descendants! Marcia Snyder and Sheldon Altman visited us on September 20, 2005. We went to the "upper" colony site on the Oswald's ranch and also stopped by the cemetery in Cotopaxi. Marcia and Sheldon were able to explain some of the errors in our "Makovsky" tree.
I'll try to post some more details but for now here's a photo of Sheldon and Marcia at the "upper" colony site...looking north;
click photos to enlarge
Below, looking north with Pikes peak in the distance.
In the colonist's footsteps....
July 23, 2005
Well, I have a lot of stuff I need to get online. Haim and Evan Makovsky met with Cruz and me and we had the pleasure of meeting their mother, Haim's wife, a couple of Haim's grandchildren, and Evan's son-in-law.
Haim, his wife, grandchildren, Cruz, Steve Oswald and I visited one of the Colonist's cabin sites on the Oswald's property (Steve is Nancy's husband). We have also learned that one of the other cabin sites was just up the hill from where we live!
Below: Haim arrives at the "upper" colony site.
Above: Yaffa, Haim, and their grandchildren at the Upper site.
Building debris in the background.
Below: Land owner Steve Oswald explains things!
Above: Steve Oswald and the Makovskys.
February 19, 2005:
Milstein (Makovsky) Family Genealogy is up!!!
January, 17, 2005:
On Memorial Day, 2004, Evan and Haim Makovsky met with Nancy Oswald and my family at our house to go over the Makovsky genealogy and Cotopaxi Colony information. Haim and Evan are brothers who grew up in Pueblo, Colorado (75 miles to the east of Cotopaxi), and are descendants of the Colonists. Haim lives in Israel, while Evan resides in the Denver, CO area. We had good discussion and adjourned to the Cotopaxi School, where Charme Krauth, Colony descendant and teacher was located. Haim, Evan and Charme met at the Cotopaxi School, and while going over a handwritten genealogy scroll that Haim and Evan had, we were able to see how they (Evan, Haim, and Charme) were related - Sol Baer Millstein was her Great Great Grandfather (I think!). Great fun!
What we have:
Milstein Family Genealogy (this is old, with errors)
Photo below - Left to right: Haim Makovsky, Charme Krauth, Evan Makovsky
Next is a photo of Evan and Haim just outside the Cotopaxi Cemetery.
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