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...
