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Lazard Coblentz: Pioneer Jewish Whiskeyman of Portland, Oregon

Lazard Coblentz  Values Codes I – E – L   Lazard Coblentz was born in 1852 in Lixheim, in the Lorraine region of France on the German border. The Coblentz family originally hailed from Koblentz, Germany, located on the Rhine and Moselle Rivers.   Along the way

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The Durkheimers: From Jewish Pioneers to Oregon Merchants

The Durkheimers Values Codes I – E – L – P   Kaufman Durkheimer   Kaufman Durkheimer was born in Baden, Germany in 1824. He left Germany in 1824 to escape poverty and the draft, settling in Philadelphia. In 1855, he married Caroline Steinheiser.   Along the

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Aaron Meier and Emil Frank: Founders of Meier & Frank Department Store of Portland, Oregon

Meier & Frank Department Store Values Codes I – E – L – P   Aaron Meier was born in Ellerstat, Baveria, Germany in 1831. Meier migrated to Wilsonville, Oregon, in 1855, and began selling merchandise from a pack. In 1857, he opened a store on Front Street in

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David Solis-Cohen: Pioneer Lawyer, Poet, Speaker, Merchant and Banker of Portland, Oregon

David Solis-Cohen Values Codes I – E – L – P   “The perfect blending of American and Jew.  His mother was Sephardi, his father was Ashkenazi, and he was descended from both colonial, Jewish, and immigrant stock” — William M. Kramer, z”l   David Solis-Cohen was born

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Passover Matzos Advertisement in Portland, Oregon Newspaper, 1916

Pacific Coast Biscuit Co.   Times do change! This advertisement appeared in a Jewish newspaper on March 31, 1916. The back of the advertisement lists the first 4 months of the Jewish Calendar of 5677. According to the Portland, Oregon-based Pacific Coast Biscuit Co., the swastika “meant brightness and prosperity” to

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Sigmund Aron Heilner & Family: Pioneer Jewish Merchants of Oregon

Sigmund Aron Heilner Value Codes  I – E – L – P   Sigmund Aron Heilner was born in 1834 in Urspringen, Bavaria, Germany. Heilner came to United States in 1853.   Along the way . . .  After two years in New York and Washington, D.C.,

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