by marlenetrestman | Sep 1, 2023
Louise Volmer Louise Volmer arrived at the Home at age 3 in 1911 when her parents, Rabbi Leon Volmer and Tresa Kaufman Volmer, assumed the positions of superintendent and matron. Louise was the first child of a Home superintendent to grow up in the Home. Although she...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 1, 2023
Annie & Bernard Schneider Russian immigrant Morris Schneider lived with his wife, Fannie, and his children, Lena, Bernard, and Annie, in Nashville, Tennessee, where he worked as a barber. In 1914, following Fannie’s death, Morris admitted ten-year-old...
by marlenetrestman | Aug 29, 2023
Dora, Bessie, and Jack Margolin In 1905, Harry Margolin journeyed from Kiev to Brownsville in Brooklyn, New York. By 1907, he had earned enough money from carpentry jobs for his wife, the former Rebecca Goldschmidt, and their young daughter, Dora, to join him. Two...
by marlenetrestman | Aug 28, 2023
Jennie, Dora, & Rosalee Gordon Nathan and Yetta Nobedrick immigrated from Chodorkov, Russia with their young daughters Jennie (Czerne), Dora (Dobe), and Rosalee (Marie) in 1900. Unable or unwilling to pronounce the surname, immigration officials gave the family...
by marlenetrestman | Aug 28, 2023
Jacob (Dubinski) Dubin By the time of the 1910 census, Henry Dubinski, a peddler, and his wife Rachel, had moved from Houston to San Antonio with their four children. Just five months later, Henry died. Rachel, with the support of San Antonio’s B’nai...
