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Harriet Ashim Choynski recollections and family history, 1917.
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Harriet Ashim Choynski recollections and family history, 1917Creator/Contributor:
Choynksi, Harriet Ashim, 1843-1925, creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC Vertical File.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
Three-page typescript letter sent from Harriett Ashim Choynski to a Mrs. Neumann in 1917 describing the history of the Ashim
family in San Francisco. The letter describes the arrival of California pioneer Morris B. Ashim in San Francisco in 1850,
his journey to San Francisco from Louisville, Kentucky via Saint Louis, Missouri, and the early experiences of the Ashim family
in San Francisco. The letter also describes some of the other early Jewish pioneer families in San Francisco and early activities
of the city's Jewish community.
Date:
1917 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChoynksi, Harriet Ashim -- Archives
Choynksi, Harriet Ashim -- 1843-1925 -- Correspondence
Choynski, Isidore Nathan -- 1835-1899
Ashim Morris B
Ashim family
Choynksi family
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
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Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number: WJHC Vertical File.
Harriet Ashim Choynski recollections and family history, BANC MSS 2010/572, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Harriet Ashim (1843-1925) was the daughter of California pioneers Morris B. and Rachel Ashim. She married Isidore Nathan Choynski,
prominent San Francisco antiquarian bookseller. Harriet was born in London, spent her early childhood in Louisville, Kentucky,
and came to San Francisco in 1850 with her family.
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