Alvin & Rose Helen (Jacobowitz) Jacobs (1078-1079)

Alvin & Rose Helen (Jacobovitz) Jacobs In 1906, following the death of his wife Lena, Hungary native Alex Jacobovitz admitted his son Alvin (8) and daughter Rose Helen (6) to the Home from Nashville, Tennessee. In 1914, Alex reclaimed his children to live in...

Sam Koltun (1062)

Sam Koltun In 1905, following the death of his wife Bessie, Russian-born musician Israel Koltun admitted his four children into the Home: Meyer (10), Sam (8), Sadie (5), and Sol (3). By 1914, Israel reclaimed all of his children in New Orleans. While in the Home, Sam...

Jeannette Segal (1049)

Jeannette Segal In 1904, shortly after the death of her husband Israel, Fannie Hodes Segal admitted her two sons, Barney and Eugene, to the Home from Jefferson, Texas. When baby daughter Jeanette reached 18 months, Fannie placed her in the Home with her brothers. In...

Lena & Max Tobias (1043-1044)

Lena & Max Tobias As recorded in the board’s minutes, William Tobias, who was dying of consumption and divorced, applied for the admission of his children. In March 1905, with the endorsement of San Antonio’s B’nai B’rith Edar Lodge 211,...

Max, Fannye, and Ruby Block (1020, 2021, & 1138)

Max, Fannye, and Ruby Block In 1904, while living in Nashville, Tennessee, divorced Russian immigrant Cecile Lusky Block admitted her 7-year-old son Max and 5-year-old daughter Fannye to the Home. Five years later, Cecile admitted her youngest child Ruby, who was...