by marlenetrestman | Jul 5, 2025
David & Israel Ladner In 1928, following the death of his wife, the former Agnes Berger, Austrian native Harry Ladner admitted his two sons — David (8) and Israel Edward (“Pinky”) (5) — to the Home from Port Arthur, Texas. Older sisters...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 4, 2025
Bettie, Etta, Rachel & Minnie Markson In the 1890s, Russian immigrants Louis Markson and his wife, the former Sarah Cohen, were living in Nashville, Tennessee, where they ran a grocery store. By the 1900 census, Sarah was a widow who continued to run the store...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 30, 2025
Irene, Shirley, Jack, & Bettye (Sawilowsky) Sawl In 1940, following the death of her husband Harry, Celia Golden Sawilowsky placed her four children in the Home, about which she had heard good things. Seven-year-old Bettye was admitted to the Home with her three...
by marlenetrestman | May 14, 2025
Gertrude & Sidney Kreisman In February 1928, native Austrian Fannie Klein Kreisman died in Houston, Texas. A few months later, her husband, Henry, a retail merchant, admitted their children, Gertrude (11) and Sidney (8), to the Home. Sidney and Gertrude lived in...
by marlenetrestman | May 13, 2025
Jake Rifkin In 1910, Louis Rifkin traveled to the United States from Russia with his ten-year-old son, Jake, and settled in Memphis, Tennessee. Without the boy’s mother, who either remained in Russia or separated from her husband after arrival, Joseph placed...
