by marlenetrestman | Oct 26, 2024
Jacob, Louis, & Esther Turansky In 1909, shortly after the birth of his son Jacob, Isaac Turansky left the family’s home in the Russian town of Mglin in search of a better life and settled in Galveston, Texas. Two years later, after Isaac had saved enough...
by marlenetrestman | Oct 13, 2024
Leon Kaplan In 1917, 10-year-old Leon Hirsch Kaplan was admitted from Corsicana, Texas. While in the Home, Leon played in the brass quartet and celebrated his confirmation in the orphanage synagogue along with thirteen other youngsters. In 1923, with the board’s...
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...
