by marlenetrestman | Jun 19, 2023
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,...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 15, 2023
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...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 7, 2023
Abe Sperling In 1898, following the death of her husband Jake Sperling, Eva Breyer Sperling admitted 11-year-old Abe and his four younger siblings (Louis, Ida, Rosa, and Meyer) to the Home from San Antonio. In January 1901, Abe returned to his mother, who had moved to...
by marlenetrestman | May 17, 2023
Lena & Bessie Kantrovich Listed by the 1900 census as natives of “Russ Poland,” Louis and Gertrude Adams Kantrovich lived in Waco, Texas, where he ran a grocery store and they raised their children – Abe, Lena, and Bessie. In 1904, Gertie died at...
by marlenetrestman | May 9, 2023
Rudy and Joe Bernstein In 1892, identical twins Rudolph and Joseph were born to Samuel and Rosa Meyer Bernstein in Garland, Louisiana. Samuel ran a grocery store on a large farm owned by Rosa’s father, Abraham Meyer. In 1896, when the boys were four years old,...
