by marlenetrestman | Jan 25, 2025
Ida & Jacob Hirsch Four-year-old Ida (originally Etta) Hirsch and her younger brother, Jacob (2), entered the Home in June 1909 from Nashville, Tennessee. According to the registry, their mother was confined to an “asylum for insanity” and their...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 22, 2025
Lillian, Celia, & Harry Goldberg In May 1911, Loeb Goldberg admitted his three children, Lillian (5), Celia (4), and Harry (3), to the Home from Dallas, Texas. Lillian, who served as a Big Sister in the Home’s Golden City program of self government, was...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 22, 2025
Libbie Epstein Libbie Epstein (age 8) was admitted to the Home in October 1912 with her sister, Annie (6), from Waco, Texas, by their father, Gerson. The sisters were discharged in January 1920. Libbie Epstein, 16 years old, May 23, 1919. Courtesy JCRS. Libbie,...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 22, 2025
Daniel, Cecil, & Gwendolyn Hart In August 1923, Ada Rusa Hart, who had a history of mental illness and institutionalization, was arrested for physically attacking her husband, Daniel Hart, Sr. In December, Daniel Sr., who ran a soft drink store from his residence...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 20, 2025
Rosetta, Emanuel, and Ralph Ginsberg In October 1923, Dora Esther Brown Ginsberg was struck by a truck while crossing a street in New Orleans and was fatally injured. One month later, Dora’s widowed husband, Morris, admitted their two eldest children, Rosetta...
