by marlenetrestman | Sep 2, 2025
Sylvia & Irving Spillman Weltchek In 1941, less than eight years after her own departure from the Home, Estelle Spillman Weltchek admitted her two children (Sylvia, 4, and Irving, 6) to the same institution in which she had spent three years. Separated from her...
by marlenetrestman | Sep 1, 2025
Esther & Mollie Spillman In 1930, on the recommendation of the local B’nai Brith lodge, Katie Broundstein Spillman admitted her daughters Mollie (12) and Esther Rose (13) to the Home from Dallas, Texas. The girls had been born in Buffalo, New York, where...
by marlenetrestman | Aug 19, 2025
Serena, Woodrow, & Esther Polewada Baruch Polewada, a native of Poland, married Jennie Monetta of Ohio in 1898. In 1922, after making their way to Laflore County, Mississippi, and having six children, Baruch, a deliveryman, died. Jennie died in 1928. The Greenwood...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 30, 2025
Matrons, 1855-1868 Between 1855 and 1868, four women held the position of Matron, who was responsible the care, feeding, and clothing of the children and widows. Ann DePass served most of the first five years, while Hannah Noel served the last eight. Other than coming...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 24, 2025
Rose & Jake Levine Siblings Rose (5) and Jake (3) Levine arrived at the Home from Lafayette, Louisiana in May 1929. As reported in the registry, because they were considered carriers of diphtheria, the siblings were sent to Charity Hospital and returned to the...
