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EARLY PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO RESIDENTS

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These names are taken from local histories, diaries, early newspapers and other sources EXCEPT vital records. If you find the name of your ancestor here, please jot down the Book and Page number in the right hand column and then CLICK HERE for details on the source.

Name

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Pabst family

bought Windstar area ranch from Jurick family

Book 60 Page 352

Pabst, Harold

Aspen mayor and newspaperman, son was Nick

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Pabst, Nick

Aspen Times editor 1972-1974

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Pabst, Shorty

on Aspen city council

Book 60 Page 448

Paddock, Mr. (Rev.)

Worked w/Miss Whitman in getting 1st school in Aspen started

Book 62 Page 98

Paepcke, Elizabeth

wife of Walter, bot Hannibal Brown's house, bn 28 Aug 1902 in Baltimore, dtr of university professor, owned Perry Park ranch between Colo Spgs and Denver in 1936 from Bob Lamont, photo

Book 60 Page 30, 31, 63, 103, 549-559

Paepcke, Elizabeth

wife of Walter, bot Hannibal Brown's house

Book 60 Page 30, 31, 63

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Paepcke, Walter

President of Container Corporation of America, responsible for Aspen's later boom, bot Hotel Jerome, Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co, Chicago industrialist, President of Container Corporation of America, responsible for Aspen's later boom

Book 58 Page 24
Book 60 Page 30, 31, 114, 447
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Page, Joe

Arrived Aspen 1879

Book 62 Page 68

Page, Mr. (Officer)

1885 Aspen policeman

Book 62 Page 87

Paige, EL

ran Tom's Market grocery in Aspen

Book 60 Page 113, 700

Palmer, CE

Bought Mollie Gibson mine group in 1892

Book 62 Page 144

Palmer, Laura

Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool

Book 62 Page 32

Paps, Harold

Aspen resident

Book 60 Page 165

Paricich, Mate

Death Date: 1904DEC19 Nationality: AUSTRIAN  Occupation: MINER Age at death: 19  Marital Status: S County: PIT Mine name: COALBASIN Cause of death/comments: FALL OF ROCK

CO State Archives

Parker, AM

1892 Aspen resident

Book 62 Page 159

Parker, Mary

wife of Hannibal Brown

Book 60 Page 35-79

Parker, Olyn (Mrs)

moved to Janeway in 1948

Book 63 Page 92

Parlin, Hans

1882 Aspen resident involved in lot-jumping

Book 62 Page 77, 84

Parmeter, George

Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887

Book 62 Page 88

Parmeter, Henry

Early prospector, came to Aspen area in 1879

Book 62 Page 64

Parry, Mr.

disc coal seam near Coalbasin ca 1881

Book 63 Page 106

Parson, Buckshot

Aspen resident, ran the pharmacy

Book 60 Page 406, 663

Parson, James

Aspen resident, owned the drugstore

Book 60 Page 296

Parsons, JI

Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

Parsons, John I

uncle of Sina Eliza Parsons Pepper, brick mason, bn Muncie KS, wife Kate, no kids, also sister named Jane bn in Muncie

Book 60 Page 502-503

Parsons, Sina May

mar Wm E Pepper  and then Roy Curry, dtr Sina May Pepper, bro was John I Parsons

Book 60 Page 502

Paterson, Billy

Early Aspen miner

Book 62 Page 67

Pattee, AM

1892 Aspen resident

Book 62 Page 158

Pattison, Mary Ella

gr-aunt to Louiva Wilcox, came to Aspen ca 1890, mar Edgar Stallard

Book 60 Page 479-484

Patz, Henrietta

Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

Pearce brothers

Early Aspen saloonkeeper

Book 62 Page 66

Pearce, Bessie

photo in Aspen in 1930s

Book 60 Page 348

Pearce, BT

1898 Aspen Liquor dealer

Book 60 Page 9

Pearce, CH

Member Elks Club in Aspen who visited Leadville Ice Carnival on 15 February 1896

Book 1 Page 361

Pearce, Edward D "Spud"

b Aspen, miner, d 1933, mar Ethel Smith, son Fred

Book 60 Page 344-345

Pearce, Ethel Smith

bn 10 June 1910 in Aspen, dtr of Tony and Mary Smith (Kastelic), mar Edward D Pearce, son Fred, 2nd husband Elbert McCabe, 2nd son Jim, photo

Book 60 Page 344-345

Pearce, Fred "Fritz"

Aspen resident, son of Edward Pearce and Ethel Smith Pearce, b 20 Feb 1928 in Aspen, photo, his grandmother Pearce was born in Gold Hill (Boulder Canyon) in late 1870s.

Book 60 Page 344-345

Pearce, Grandmother

Aspen resident

Book 60 Page 46

Pearce, JT

1881 Aspen treasurer

Book 62 Page 99

Pearce, Mr.

Aspen building contractor

Book 62 Page 156, 157

Pearce, RC

1892 Aspen resident

Book 62 Page 158

Pearce, Richard Wadge

related to Fred Pearce, photo

Book 60 Page 347

Pearce, RT

Built Aspen City Jail

Book 62 Page 94

Pearson, James

Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887

Book 62 Page 88

Pecjak, Carl

Aspen student

Book 60 Page 519

Pecjak, Matt

1883-1943, miner, father of Matthew, worked at Midnight Mine

Book 60 Page 382

Pecjak, Matthew

son of Matt, bn in Aspen, his family was from Austria, mar Nasie Natal in 1940, d 1971

Book 60 Page 382-384

Peck, Alice Rachael

from Gunnison, mar Tom Sardy, moved to Aspen in 1938 from Monte Vista, photo, taught in Ouray, bn in OH, dtr of J Francis and Osa Peck, her father was from South Tyrol Austria, dtr Sylvia and son TJ

Book 60 Page 417-422

Peck, John T

had ranch 2 miles north of Aspen, Ida Chatfield was said to have been seen there

Book 24 Page 351

Book 62 Page 88

Peckjak, Nasie Natal

bn 30 Mar 1916 on her ranch at Woody Creek, parents Victor Natal and Valerie Betemps, photo, brothers Arthur, Stanley, Pierina(half sister), Rosina (killed in car wreck at age 23), mar Matthew Pecjak in 1940, had 1 dtr who died at age 1 day, moved to Carbondale about 1971

Book 60 Page 380-384

Pender, Bill

Aspen miner, owned Della S mine

Book 62 Page 50

Pennock, Antone

Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887

Book 62 Page 88

Pepper, Sina May "Pepper"

bn 14 Jan 1925 in Grand Junction, dtr of Sina Eliza Parsons and William E Pepper.  Moved to Aspen in 1938 from Los Angeles, mar George "Buttons" Tekoucich in 1945, photo, her gr-uncle was George I Parsons, 3 dtrs Linda, Suzy Joe, and Jorgeann, she had another dtr Laurie Lee from her 1st marriage who died of cerebral palsy at age 11

Book 60 Page 501-504

Perk, Tony

Aspen resident

Book 60 Page 322

Perko, Tony

1882-1955, worked in Pueblo smelters for awhile, Aspen resident

Book 60 Page 690

Perry brothers

Early Aspen settlers (2 of them)

Book 62 Page 68

Perry, BJ

Early Aspen coroner

Book 62 Page 94

Perry, Bob

husb of Ruth Brown Perry, mar 1940

Book 60 Page 124

Perry, Dr.

Early Aspen miner

Book 62 Page 47, 57, 111, 113

Perry, George

Of Conundrum Gulch, killed in Avalanche

Book 62 Page 68

Perry, Mrs L

visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival

Book 1 Page 364

Perry, Ruth Brown

dtr of Ruth McNutt Brown and David RC Brown, mar Bob Perry, had 7 kids

Book 60 Page 124

Peterson, Alma Holmstrom

mar Andrew Riley Peterson in Aspen in 1900, dtr Pearl Peterson, bn Leadville of Swedish parents

Book 60 Page 115

Peterson, Andrew Riley

b Sweden, came to Aspen in 1900, mar Alma Holmstrom in Aspen in 1909, dtrs Opal and Pearl Peterson, sons Riley and Elmer

Book 60 Page 115

Peterson, Edward

Aspen miner

Book 62 Page 178

Peterson, Elmer

son of Andrew Riley Peterson, lives in Denver

Book 60 Page 116

Peterson, George

Aspen resident, photo

Book 62 Page 175-177

Peterson, LG

1892 Aspen resident

Book 62 Page 158

Peterson, Miss Pearl

Society and local news editor for Aspen Times

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Peterson, Opal

dtr of Andrew Riley Peterson, sold home to Aspen for Marolt Museum and moved to Boulder, mar Mr. Marolt

Book 60 Page 116

Peterson, Opal

Sister of Pearl, worked for Aspen Times

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Peterson, Pearl

wife of Albert Bishop, b 17 Sept 1918 in Aspen, dtr of Andrew (Riley) Peterson and Alma Holmstrom, worked at Aspen Times, photo

Book 60 Page 115

Peterson, Peter

1892 Aspen resident

Book 62 Page 158

Peterson, Riley

son  of Andrew Riley Peterson, died 1986, worked on flume gang near Aspen

Book 60 Page 116, 335, 336

Peterson, Tony

worked on flume gang near Aspen

Book 60 Page 335

Petter, Mrs Sophie

visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival

Book 1 Page 364

Pfaeffer & Brooks

Aspen engineers or surveyors

Book 62 Page 66

Pfaeffer, Herman

Early member Aspen Glee Club

Book 62 Page 68

Pfeifer, Freidl

opened ski school in Aspen in 1945, came from Sun Valley to Aspen to see about starting a ski resort

Book 60 Page 32, 554

Pfeiffer, Mr.

Helped put out Aspen fire

Book 62 Page 116

Pfister, Art

Aspen area resident, bot the Roberts ranch on Maroon Creek

Book 60 Page 415, 435

Phelan, Miss

Killed in 1891 train wreck at Aspen Junction

Book 62 Page 144

Phillipi, MR

Death Date: 1899DEC30 Nationality: AMERICAN  Occupation: MINER Age at death: 45  Marital Status: M  Surving children: 4  County: PIT Mine name: PLACITA Cause of death: STRUCK BY PIT CAR

CO State Archives

Phillips, Concer H

mar Ellamae Huffine,

Book 60 Page 385-388

Phillips, Eddie Doe

his father was an Aspen miner

Book 60 Page 316

Phillips, George

Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887

Book 62 Page 88

Phillips, Mr.

Aspen miner, photo in Della S mine

Book 62 Page 57

Phillips, Phoebe (Miss)

One of 13 women to stay in Aspen winter of 1880-81

Book 62 Page 33, 66

Phillips, Thomas

Aspen miner

Book 62 Page 178

Piatigorsky, Arthur

in Aspen

Book 60 Page 558
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Pierce, F.D.

Publisher of New Castle Non Pareil

Book 65 – Pitkin County Page

Pierson, HW

had store in Aspen

Book 24 Page 351

Pierson, NW

Received Mining/Land Patent in Pitkin Co

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

Pinger, Charles

Aspen storekeeper murdered 9 Jan 1892, murderer never caught

Book 62 Page 107, 109

Pitkin, Frederick W. (Governor)

2nd Governor of Colorado elected in 1878, died in Pueblo 12/18/1886, bur in Riverside Cem, namesake of Pitkin County, Born in CT in 1837, grad of Wesleyan Univ and an Albany NY law school.  Came to CO in 1874

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Plasic, Mr.

owned Mehle's saloon in Aspen, had 12 kids including Nellie, 6 of them died in flu epidemic of 1918, also a miner

Book 60 Page 218-219

Plasic, Nellie

b ca 1901 in Aspen, her dad was a miner, 12 kids in her family, 6 of her siblings died in flu epidemic of 1918

Book 60 Page 218-224

Plumb & Shepard

Aspen smelter

Book 62 Page 115

Plumb, Porter

Early Aspen city attorney

Book 62 Page 104

Plummer, TA

Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887

Book 62 Page 88

Podbosick, John

PODBOSICK, JOHN  Death Date: 1898JUL12 Nationality:   Occupation: MINER Yrs Mine Exp: Age at death:   Marital Status:   Surving children:   County: PIT Company name:   Mine name: UNION Cause of death/comments: FALL DOWN TRAMWAY

CO State Archives

Podbosick, John

Death Date: 1898JUL12 Occupation: MINER County: PIT Mine name: UNION Cause of death/comments: FALL DOWN TRAMWAY

CO State Archives

Pokrandt, Jim

General manager of Aspen Daily News

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Pollard, John

Death Date: 1888AUG24 County: PIT Mine name: GOLCONDA Cause of death/comments: BURST OF ORE CHUTE

CO State Archives

Popish, Chido

Aspen resident

Book 60 Page 108

Popish, Fred

mar Jennie McKenzie, dtr Katie, bn Pfeichurch Germany, son of Theresa Mayerfelds and ? Popish, family moved to Leadville about 1893, his father was a miner, had 3 younger sisters

Book 60 Page 429-434

Popish, Jennie Vedic

bn Aspen 29 March 1905, dtr of Anton Vedic and Antonia Gregorich, photo, mar Primosh Popish in 1922, Lillian, Joe, Louis, Ed and 1 more kid

Book 60 Page 389-400

Popish, Joe

bn in Aspen 11 Jul 1924, son of Primosh Popish and Jennie Vedic, photo

Book 60 Page 405-409

Popish, Katie

photo, bn 13 Sep 1914 in Buttermilk area near Aspen, dtr of Jennie McKenzie and Fred Popish, says she isn't related to the other Aspen Popish bunch, mar John Skiff at age 20 in Glenwood Spgs, had 1 son and 1 dtr

Book 60 Page 429-434

Popish, Lillian

mar 1st Srechko Delost, son Michael, mar 2nd Walter Dalton, dtr of Primosh Popish and Jennie Vedic, bn 24 Nov 1927, photo

Book 60 Page 392-400

Popish, Louis

son of Primosh Popish and Jennie Vedic Popish

Book 60 Page 406, 464

Popish, Martin

son of Primosh Popish and Jennie Vedic Popish

Book 60 Page 406

Popish, Primosh

from Yugo, immig at age 22, had 2 bros and 1 sis, mar Mary Zupancis, baby Bernie, wife died and he mar Jennie Vedic in 1922 and had 5 more kids, Ed, Joe, Martin, Lillian, Louis, miner at the Smuggler and Midnight mines, d 1947

Book 60 Page 391, 405-409

Popish, Primosh Bernard "Bernie"

son of Primosh Popish and Mary Zupancis, photo, bn 4 Apr 1921 in Aspen, County Coroner for 18 years

Book 60 Page 391, 401-404

Popish, Wilson

Aspen rancher near Wildcat

Book 60 Page 329

Porter, Roy

photo at Hotel Jerome

Book 60 Page 669

Potter, Mary Louise

cousin of Darcy Brown

Book 60 Page 123

Pratt, Phillip W

First prospector to Aspen in 1879, disc Spar Mine

Book 60 Page 7

Book 62 Page 25, 45, 46, 64

Prentiss, Judge

Involved with case against George Ford

Book 62 Page 112

Price & McChesney

Publisher of Aspen Tribune in 1897

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Price, Billy

1893 Aspen resident

Book 62 Page 172

Price, John M

Received 1884 Patent to Scottish Chief Lode and Arthur Lode  in Pitkin Co

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

Prince, E.F.

Early Aspen resident, played guitar

Book 62 Page 68

Prindle, Grace

bn in Aspen, her folks were from MI, mar Benjamin Vagneur

Book 60 Page 515

Punkoney, Bill

Aspen area resident, would help pull cars out of the mud

Book 60 Page 360

Purple, FE

Early clerk of Pitkin Co Court

Book 62 Page 103

Quail, Thomas

had grocery store in Aspen with Thomas Beck

Book 60 Page 103

Quinn, DP

1888 Aspen resident, died 16 Jan 1890

Book 62 Page 139, 141

Rader & Rule

had garage in Aspen and Glenwood

Book 60 Page 40

Rader, Edie

she had Silver Grill restaurant in Aspen

Book 60 Page 263

Rader, Edith Dalton

mar Rader, sister of Walter Dalton, had restaurant in Aspen

Book 60 Page 396

Ramsay, AP

1892 Aspen resident

Book 62 Page 158

Rand, Abby

Bought Snowmass Village Sun in 1978

Book 65 – Pitkin County Page

Randall, Mrs.

Aspen res, made dandelion wine

Book 60 Page 324

Ray, David "Reverend" or "Itchy"

smelly, very dirty, selfmade preacher, mar mail-order bride Ruth Roberts, had a son Bob, died in Grand Junction

Book 60 Page 629-637

Ray, Ruthie Roberts

wife of David Ray

Book 60 Page 629-637

Raymond, Charlie

1876-1936, Aspen resident

Book 60 Page 683

Redding, William

Of Castle Forks, drowned

Book 62 Page 67

Reese, John

REESE, JOHN  Death Date: 1899DEC6 Nationality: WELSH  Occupation: PARTING TENDER Yrs Mine Exp: Age at death: 27  Marital Status: M  Surving children: 1  County: PIT Company name:   Mine name: SPRING GULCH Cause of death/comments: RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS

CO State Archives

Reese, John

Death Date: 1899DEC6

Nationality: WELSH  Occupation: PARTING TENDER Age at death: 27  Marital Status: M  Surving children: 1  County: PIT Mine name: SPRING GULCH Cause of death/comments: RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS

CO State Archives

Reeves, old

Aspen train man

Book 60 Page 318

Reiffarth, Jennie

Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool

Book 62 Page 32

Reifsnider, Henry

Arrived Aspen 1879

Book 62 Page 68

Reilly, Edward W

Tried in Aspen for murder of Joseph Savage ca 1881, convicted and jailed pending removal to Canon City

Book 62 Page 73, 98

Reinie, Lina

Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool

Book 62 Page 32

Remseyer, Sylvia

mar John Maurin Jr.

Book 60 Page 542-543

Repperton, MP

Rescued dog Bruiser from 33 day burial in Conundrum Gulch avalanche in 1884

Book 62 Page 84

Rex, AH/AK

Victim of Aspen shyster, George Ford

Book 62 Page 111

Reynolds, AE

Aspen resident, had firm Gill & Reynolds

Book 62 Page 157

Reynolds, Harry

Aspen architect

Book 62 Page 94

Reynolds, Jakey

Aspen Deputy Sheriff

Book 60 Page 66

Rice, Dr.

Helped build road to Aspen over Independence Pass

Book 62 Page 93

Rice/Rise, Frank

Early Pitkin County Assessor

Book 62 Page 94, 95

Richardson, Dr.

Early Aspen visitor

Book 62 Page 26

Richie, Sis

Aspen fiddle player, dtr Vivian

Book 60 Page 462

Riland, James L

visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival

Book 1 Page 364

Riley, Barney

Aspen police officer, killed Frank Jones in 1885

Book 62 Page 135

Ringle, Ruth

Bought Aspen Times in 1945

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Ringle, Verlin

Bought Aspen Times in 1945

Book 65 - Pitkin County Page

Ripperton, MP

1892 Aspen resident

Book 62 Page 156

Riser, John M

Killed in 1883 avalanche in Queen's Gulch

Book 62 Page 121

Ritchie, Sis

Aspen resident

Book 60 Page 236

Ritchie, Walter

Chipeta postmaster in 1899

Book 63 Page 87

Ritz, Daniel

Packed wagon over Independence Pass

Book 62 Page 68

Roax, Joseph

Death Date: 1899JUL14 County: PIT Mine name: FAMOUS MILL Cause of death/comments: FELL INTO BEN & CRUSHED BY CAR

CO State Archives

Roberts, AB (Justice)

Disappeared ca 1890 from Aspen,

Book 62 Page 140

Roberts, Anita

photo, Aspen resident, b 16 Nov 1934 on Maroon Creek, dtr of Arthur Bernie Roberts and Barbara Lockwood Sterner, mar Roger Smades in 1956,

Book 60 Page 196, 435-442

Roberts, Arthur Bernie

son of Robert Roberts and Anna Sanborn, dtr Anita Roberts Smades, died at age 84, photo, sister Jennie Ferguson, also kids Ray and Keith, sold ranch to Wendy Morse in 1947, died in Denver at age 84 due to car accident

Book 60 Page 88, 435-442

Roberts, Jennie

dtr of Robert Roberts and Anna Sanborn, mar Bob Ferguson, had ranch where Buttermilk parking lot is now, had 2 kids, died at age 92, her son had Hoaglund's dairy in Aspen

Book 60 Page 438-442

Roberts, Pete

neighbor of Hildur Hoaglund Anderson, took care of her dad

Book 60 Page 88

Roberts, Robert

came to Aspen from Leadville ca 1887, brought his sawmill with him, his family from WI, mar Anna Sanborn in Leadville, grdtr Anita Roberts, 8 kids, son Arthur Bernie, dtr Jennie Roberts Ferguson

Book 60 Page 435-442

Roberts, Robert F

Received Mining/Land Patent in Pitkin Co

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

Roberts, Ruthie

wife of David Ray

Book 60 Page 629-637

Robinson, AJ (Dr.)

Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887

Book 62 Page 88

Robinson, Albert

Death Date: 1899MAR17 County: PIT

Mine name: HJ Cause of death: SLAB OF ROCK FELL

CO State Archives