Stone, Margot Nashelsky, 1921-

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Biography

Margot Nashelsky was born in Gudensberg, Germany in 1921 to Julius (1887) and Friedl (1897) Nashelsky. Her brother Dieter was born in 1920 and her brother Gunter Martin was born in 1926. The family immigrated to the United States in 1934 and opened a store in Fowler, Colorado. Margot Nashelsky met Victor Stone at a USO dance in San Francisco and married in Arizona. Julius and Friedl wanted to retire from running the store and in about 1950 Victor and Margot Narshelsky Stone moved to Fowler and took over the store which became a Ben Franklin store. Fowler is 150 miles southeast of Denver. Margot's relatives who lived in Denver helped Paul and Meta Stone relocate to Denver where the Stones bought the Capitol Hill Bookstore.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Scrapbook of Nashelsky Family in Germany

Item

Identifier: B444.02.0002.00001

Abstract

Photo scrapbook of the Nashelsky and related families in Germany.

Dates: 1890-1960

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B444, Victor and Margot Nashalsky Stone Papers / Photographs and Scrapbooks / Box 2

Victor and Margot Nashalsky Stone Papers

Collection

Identifier: B444

Abstract Meta Loewenstein was born May 10, 1891, in a small town in Germany. In 1914, she met Paul Katzenstein, but before they could be married World War I began, and Paul was taken into the German army. He served four years in the army and came home severely wounded. Paul and Meta were married in 1919. Their first son was named Otto in honor of Paul’s brother who died in the war. But he was called by his middle name Victor most of his life. When the family immigrated to the United States, their...