by marlenetrestman | Jul 15, 2023
Weil Siblings: George, Violet, & Pincus In 1911, Leon Schwarz, on behalf of the B’nai B’rith lodge in Mobile, Alabama, petitioned the Home’s board to admit three Weil siblings: George (12), Violet (7), and Pincus (4). As Schwarz explained, both...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 13, 2023
Monk Isidore Mondshine In 1908, Esther Falk Mondshine sailed on the S.S. Lusitania from Liverpool, England to New York with her four children, destined for New Orleans. Two year later, Esther died. Her husband, Maurice, admitted their three youngest children –...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 12, 2023
Ida & Bennie Gordon Following the death of their mother during a pogrom, Ida and Bennie Gordon traveled from their home in Grodno, Poland with their father Ozer in the early 1900s and initially settled in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1910, unable to care for his...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 11, 2023
Mortimer & Ruby Simon At ages 11 and 7, Mortimer Simon and his younger sister Ruby entered the Home. They had been living in Corsicana, Texas, with their mother, the former Rachael Deutschner, after their father deserted the family. Their mother remained with...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 10, 2023
Louis Rosen In 1910, following the death of her husband, Ike, Rosa Rosen placed her sons Louis (5) and Marcus (6) in the Home. Although Rosa ran a small store in Little Rock, Arkansas, the income was insufficient to care for her sons in addition to her three other...
