by marlenetrestman | Jun 27, 2024
Esther, Naomi, and Reuben Cantor After their marriage in 1907, Max Cantor and Bessie Bredosky lived in Atlanta and then Birmingham where they had three children: Esther Lena (1909), Naomi (1913), and Reuben (1915). Shortly after Reuben’s birth, Bessie was...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 25, 2024
Libbie & Louis Berkowitz Blanche Gustinsky emigrated from Kalish, Poland in 1909 with her 1-year-old daughter, Libbie. In 1911, Blanche married Joseph Berkowitz, a native of London. The following year, their son Louis was born in Dallas, Texas. Whether due to...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 21, 2024
Morris Rosenberg In 1916, following the death of her husband, Hannah Rosenberg admitted her four sons – Sam (10), Morris (9), Victor (7), and Jacob (4) — to the Home from Nashville, Tennessee. Within two years, Sam returned to his mother who had married...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 19, 2024
Goldie & “Mickey” Berger In 1910, widower Isaac Berger journeyed from Zarshunow, Russia to Houston, Texas, leaving behind his wife Bessie and their four children. Isaac opened a grocery store but, before he could send for his family, Bessie died. With...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 17, 2024
Isidore and Sarah Kniez Russian-born siblings, Isidore (8) and Sarah Kniez (or Kneiz) (5), were admitted to the Home in March 1916 from Mobile, Alabama by their father David following the death of their mother Eva. The application had been recommended by Leon Schwartz...
