Frances, Andrew, & Raymond Kahn

In November 1934, widower Jacob Kahn admitted his three children to the Home: Andrew (10), Frances (12), and Raymond (13) Kahn. Jacob’s wife, Mattie, had died in 1927. While Jacob struggled to find work, the children had been living in Baton Rouge with Jacob’s parents, who could not afford to maintain the arrangement. The Home was an attractive alternative because Jacob’s mother, Carrie Cohen Kahn, and his aunt, Blanche Cohen Scoble, had lived in the Home as children four decades earlier.

While in the Home, all three siblings celebrated their confirmations at Touro Synagogue. Raymond and Frances also took part in performances at Isidore Newman School and the Home. In 1936, Raymond played the role of a U.S. Marine in the school’s operetta, “Belle of Barcelona.” In January 1940, he and Frances took part in the cast of “Toinette’s Philippe” for the Home’s anniversary.

Frances had earlier left Newman School before graduating and instead attended Rabouin Trade School for Girls.

In September 1940, Raymond and Frances were discharged to their father, who had relocated to Louisville, Kentucky. 

Less than one year later, Raymond died at age 20 after a two-week illness. He was buried in Baton Rouge’s Jewish Cemetery.

Frances later married John Norbert Herty, Sr., and lived in Baton Rouge where they raised a son. She died in 2001 and was buried in Baton Rouge’s Azalea Rest Cemetery. 

Andrew remained in the Home until 1942 when he was discharged into father’s care, now back in Baton Rouge. The Home’s records report that Andrew was destined for Duncan Field in San Antonio, Texas, where was to become a “Ground Mechanic Learner.”

He later married Betty Lou Verrett and worked as a printer for Capital City Press. Andrew died in 1991 and was buried in Baton Rouge.