by marlenetrestman | Dec 21, 2022
Mendelsohn Siblings Following his wife’s death from tuberculosis while living in Nashville, Tennessee, Lithuanian immigrant Joseph Mendelsohn admitted his four children to the Home: Louise and Pauline (Polly) arrived in 1911 followed the next year by younger...
by marlenetrestman | Nov 17, 2022
Goldie and Mickey Berger Sisters Goldie and Mickey Berger entered the Home in 1916 at ages 13 and 9 and lived there until 1922 and 1925, respectively. Born in Russia, Goldie and Mickey were the youngest of four children. Their father, Isaac, traveled to America in...
by marlenetrestman | Nov 17, 2022
The Beerman Family Following his wife’s death, Abraham Beerman, an immigrant peddler, admitted the six youngest of his eight children to the Home in December 1924. Coming from West, Texas, outside of Waco, the two-day train trip to the Home provided a big...
by marlenetrestman | Nov 14, 2022
Adler Sisters In September 1867, six Adler sisters, ranging in age from infant to teen, entered the Home. Like many of the Home’s early wards, the girls’ parents, Neuman Adler, a tailor, and his wife Augusta (pictured with the three oldest girls, Jenny,...
by marlenetrestman | Nov 11, 2022
Morris Mengis Admitted from Bayou Sara, Louisiana by his widowed step-father when the Home opened in 1856, Morris Mengis (sometimes Menges) exasperated the board with his “want of subordination.” Discharged six years later at age 14 as a jeweler’s...
