by marlenetrestman | Aug 1, 2024
Florence & Kermit Heilbron For several years after the death of his wife, Josephine, Morris Heilbron and their children, Florence and Kermit, lived with his widowed mother in New Orleans. In 1920, however, Morris admitted Florence (8) and Kermit (10) to the Home....
by marlenetrestman | Jul 24, 2024
Mashinka Siblings: Sadye, Fannie, Sol, Bessie, Pearl, & Esther In October 1919, Maurice (Morris) Mashinka, a shoemaker, and his wife, the former Annie Medovnich, were raising their seven children in Houston, Texas, when Annie died. Four months later, Morris, a...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 16, 2024
Earl & Mildred Foreman In December 1919, after spending time in a Catholic orphanage, five-year-old Earl Abraham Foreman was admitted to the Home with his six-year-old sister Mildred Julia from Memphis, Tennessee. Their parents, Frank Foreman and the former...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 13, 2024
Reva & Ronia Levine Twelve-year-old Reva Levine arrived at the Home with her 10-year-old sister, Ronia, in April 1919 from Fort Worth, Texas. Reva soon established herself as a leader in the Home, winning election as an officer of the Golden City sisterhood. At...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 12, 2024
Weinberg Siblings: Edith, Leon, Rebecca, and Bessie In February 1919, within a week after the death of his wife, the former Mary Richter, William Weinberg admitted his four children to the Home: Edith (11), Leon (10), Rebecca (6), and Bessie (4). William, a native of...
