by marlenetrestman | Jan 5, 2026
Lucille, Marguerite, and Cecil Pierce, and James and Charles Whitehead At the time of her death in 1935, Fannie Salmon Whitehead had been living in Mobile, Alabama with her five children. She was divorced from William Pierce, the father of her older children, Lucille...
by marlenetrestman | Dec 29, 2025
Lilyan and Hannah Golden In 1931, William Golden, an upholsterer from Austria, was living in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his wife, the former Zora Murray, and their daughters, Lilyan and Hannah, when Zora died. For four years, while William struggled to find work during the...
by marlenetrestman | Dec 27, 2025
Annabelle, Sol, Moses, & Joseph Cypress In 1893, Simon Cypress married Kate Zivitz in Birmingham, Alabama, where they raised a family and Simon was part-owner of a general merchandise store, Cypress & Gilday. Simon died in 1901. Four years later, on the...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 29, 2025
Carrie & Blanche Cohen In 1885, sisters Carrie (9) and Blanche (8) Cohen were admitted to the Home from New Orleans. According to the Home’s records, both parents, Louis Cohen and the former Marianna Rothschild, were living, but Louis’s whereabouts...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 24, 2025
Jacqueline Behr In 1933, a few years after the death of his wife, the former Jeanne Schwob, Edmond Behr admitted his 10-year-old daughter, Jaqueline, into the Home. Jeanne and Edmond were natives of France. In the Home, Jacqueline celebrated her confirmation at...
