by marlenetrestman | Dec 30, 2022
Ike Hochwald Isaac “Ike” Hochwald was living in Galveston, Texas when his mother died. Ike’s father, Rev. Israel Hochwald, a mohel, admitted his eight-year-old son into the Home in 1874. Three years later, the board discharged Ike to Lion Kahn in...
by marlenetrestman | Dec 29, 2022
Stifft Siblings In 1869, after giving birth to her seventh child, Bertha Levendorf Stifft died. Her husband, Michael Stifft, a Polish veteran of the Mexican American war, admitted his five youngest children – Henrietta, Fanny, Peritz, Nathan, and David —...
by marlenetrestman | Dec 29, 2022
Cyrus Lazarus Born in 1858 in Goldingen, now part of Latvia, Cyrus Lazarus was admitted to the Home in 1869. In 1874, the board discharged Cyrus to his brother at Camden, Arkansas, where he married Ida Marx. Cyrus died in 1934 and was buried in Jewish Rest Cemetery in...
by marlenetrestman | Dec 29, 2022
Silverstein Siblings: Jonas, Lena, Bertha, Fanny, and Caroline (This profile was revised in June 2024, with information and photos generously provided by Jonathan L. Marks, great-grandson of Lena Silverstein Weiss.) In October 1867, in New Orleans, Solomon Silverstein...
by marlenetrestman | Dec 28, 2022
Nathan Goldstein Admitted in December 1859 with his mother and two younger siblings, Polish immigrant Nathan Goldstein impressed the board with his keen mind and gratitude from an early age. When discharged with his mother in 1864 to start their own business,...
