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, celebrated her confirmation at Congregation...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 20, 2025
David Akchin In 1933, eight-year-old David Akchin was admitted to the Home from Shreveport, Louisiana by his widowed father, Wolf. According to David’s son, Don, David’s mother, Hannah, died by suicide before her son’s third birthday. For five years,...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 10, 2025
Melvin, Marvin, & Max Markowitz In 1924, twins Melvin and Marvin were born in Houston to Ed Markowitz, a native of Rumania who worked as a jobber, and his wife, the former Anna Silverman. Sometime after brother Max arrived in 1929, Ed and Anna divorced, with Anna...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 6, 2025
Rose, Maxine, and Joe Bihari In 1930, Hungarian immigrants Edward Bihari and his wife, the former Ester Taub, were living in Tulsa, Oklahoma with their eight children, when Edward died. The next year, Ester admitted her three youngest children – Rose (10),...
