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...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 4, 2023
Sam Rosenthal In 1908, 5-year-old Simon (later Sam) Rosenthal was admitted to the Home by his father Charles with his siblings Bessie and Louie. By 1918, the children returned to their father in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where Sam soon began work in a dry goods...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 30, 2023
Feilschmidt Siblings: Willie, Joseph, Stephanie, Louise, and Hugo In 1902, Leopold Feilschmidt and his wife, the former Regina Barbak, immigrated to the United States from Austria with their young children Willie and Stephanie. After settling in Dallas, Texas, where...
