by marlenetrestman | May 8, 2023
Leon Clausner In 1903, following the death of her husband, Sarah Clausner was living in Nashville, Tennessee when she admitted three of her children (Elsie, 10, Leon, 9, and Kate, 7) to the Home. In 1908, Elsie was discharged to her uncle in Spokane, Washington. The...
by marlenetrestman | May 8, 2023
Fannie Stafsky At age 10, Russian born Fannie Stafsky was admitted to the Home with younger sisters, Edna and Bessie, in 1903 from Birmingham, Alabama. As recorded in the Home registry, their mother had died and their father had deserted the family. Fannie...
by marlenetrestman | May 5, 2023
Gizella Weiss Gizella Weiss and her siblings Frank and Yolande were born in Budapest, Hungary to Jacob and Antonia Schwartz Weiss. The family made their way to Beaumont, Texas. In 1903, following Antonia’s death (reportedly the result of an “operation in...
by marlenetrestman | Apr 21, 2023
Morris, Louis, & Gussie Burka In September 1902, two months after the death of her husband Jacob in Montgomery, Alabama, Pauline Rothenberg Burka admitted the three oldest of her four children into the Home. Morris was 11, Louis was 9, and Gussie was 5 years old....
by marlenetrestman | Apr 21, 2023
Louis and Bella Fuerstenberg After Moritz Fuerstenberg died of consumption, his widow, the former Carrie Smith, ran a boarding house on Camp Street in New Orleans, where she lived with their children, Louis and Bella, until 1902. At that time, the Home admitted the...
