by marlenetrestman | Mar 18, 2023
Jennie and Charles Hymans Born to Samuel and Caroline Hirsch Hymans in Gonzales and Goliad, Texas, respectively, siblings Jennie (age 4) and Charles (age 7) were admitted to the Home in November 1865. The circumstances of the children’s admission went...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 13, 2023
Benjamin (Pergamon) Bergman According to family, Sarah Pliner Pergamon died in 1899 in Galveston, Texas, just six weeks after giving birth to her fifth child, Benjamin Samuel. Sarah’s husband Cecil (also known as Hyman) placed Benjamin and his three youngest...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 9, 2023
Ben S. Weil Born in Powderly, Alabama, 9-year-old Ben Weil was admitted to the Home with his older sister Fanny in November 1899. They were the last children admitted to the Home during the nineteenth century. At the time of admission, the children were living in...
by marlenetrestman | Feb 16, 2023
Jacob & Libbie (Batkowsky) Butler In 1899, following the death of his wife, the former Minnie Sanders, Louis Batkowsky admitted his three youngest children (Jacob, 5, Libbie, 7, and Leo 9) to the Home with the endorsement of Houston’s B’nai...
by marlenetrestman | Feb 7, 2023
Beatrice & Ruth Mayer By 1899, the Home’s annual Chanukah party included an elaborate program, featuring music, oratory, and calisthenic performances by the children.* The opening prayer that year was delivered by 12-year-old Beatrice Mayer. Beatrice had...
