by marlenetrestman | Aug 24, 2023
Mendelsohn Siblings: Louise, Pauline, Max, and Murdock Following the death of their mother, the former Rebecca Cohen, from tuberculosis in 1911, the Mendelsohn siblings, Louise, Pauline (Polly), Max, and Murdock, were admitted to the Home by their father, Joseph, a...
by marlenetrestman | Aug 23, 2023
Loeb & Jacob Sabel In May 1890, The Montgomery (AL) Advertiser reported the “Sad Case” of immigrant shoemaker Eli Sabel, his wife Hannah Schultz, and their five children. After Eli deserted the family, Hannah was committed to Alabama’s Bryce...
by marlenetrestman | Aug 18, 2023
Pulitzer Siblings: Jacob, Morris, Samuel, & Emanuel Simon Pulitzer and his wife, the former Clara Klingsberg, settled in White Castle, Louisiana, where he owned a store and they started their family of twelve children, one of whom died as a baby. As Samuel, the...
by marlenetrestman | Aug 12, 2023
Vort Siblings: Jennie, Mollie, Esther, & Abe In 1912, following the death of his wife Rebecca in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Russian (Mustovo) immigrant Morris Vort admitted his four children to the Home: Esther (10), Abe (8), Jennie (6), and Mollie (4). During the...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 26, 2023
Leroy & Josephine Swartzkopf In 1911, after moving his family from St. Louis to San Antonio for a job with Halff & Bros. wholesale dry goods, Lee Swartzkopf died of a heart attack during a family picnic. With the support of Rabbi Samuel Marks of San...
