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...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 17, 2024
Crystal Sisters: Anne, Rachel (Ray), Ida (Cryss), & Hilda Lithuanian natives Sam Crystal and his wife, the former Mollie Rose Kaplan, were living in Oklahoma City with their six daughters when Mollie died of pneumonia in February 1918. Family members report that...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 12, 2024
Esther & Rachel Carillon Twelve-year-old Esther Carillon (sometimes spelled Carillion) and her younger sister Rachel, were the first children taken into the Home’s care in June 1855, eight months before the orphanage was built. The board paid Anna DePass,...
