by marlenetrestman | Oct 9, 2024
Hyman & Harry Stein Dora Saluitsky Stein, a native of Bialystok in today’s Poland, admitted her sons Hyman (12) and Harry (7) to the Home from Dallas, Texas in 1920. Sailing from Bremen, Germany, she and Hyman (then Chaim) had emigrated to the United States...
by marlenetrestman | Oct 7, 2024
Simon, Ida, & Hannah Kleindorf In 1898, Samuel Kleindorf, a merchant tailor on Common street in New Orleans, admitted three of his children to the Home following the death of his wife, the former Dora Manasses. Samuel, a native of Russia, had arrived in New...
by marlenetrestman | Oct 5, 2024
Pearl, Leo, and Yetta Metzner In May 1902, Salome Carillion Metzner admitted her three youngest surviving children — Pearl (8), Leo (6), and Yetta (3) — to the Home, representing one of several multi-generational admissions from the same family. Salome was...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 27, 2024
Sara & Helen Gold After marrying in New Orleans in 1912, fur trader Benjamin Gold and the former Mattie Herzog moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where they were raising their two daughters, Sara and Helen. In 1918, just five months after Helen’s birth, Mattie died...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 21, 2024
Marie, David, & Jack Testa In 1920, Macedonian natives Peter (Perez/Paris) Testa and his wife the former Pearl (Palomba) Alexander, were living in Houston, Texas with their four children: Ralph (15), Marie (5), David (3), and Jack (1). In April, Pearl died. By...
