by marlenetrestman | Jul 16, 2025
Anna Berenson Mayer In 1929, Superintendent Harry Ginsburg hired 22-year-old Anna Berenson to supervise girls in the Home. The daughter of Polish native Morris Berenson and the former Sarah Robinovich (Rabinowicz)., Anna grew up with her three younger sisters in...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 11, 2025
Joe, Grace, & Alvin (“Pat”) Samuels In December 1928, Rabbi Ephraim Frisch of San Antonio’s Temple Bethel wrote to Home Superintendent Ed Lashman. Rabbi Frisch set forth the “special case” of three children whose father, Morris...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 7, 2025
Louis and Robert (Harold) Albert In May 1927, Louis Albert was almost 10 years old when his mother, Hattie Horn Albert, gave birth to his brother, Harold. According to the death certificate, Hattie died three hours after delivery. In September 1928, Dr. Sydney Albert,...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 5, 2025
David & Israel Ladner In 1928, following the death of his wife, the former Agnes Berger, Austrian native Harry Ladner admitted his two sons — David (8) and Israel Edward (“Pinky”) (5) — to the Home from Port Arthur, Texas. Older sisters...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 4, 2025
Bettie, Etta, Rachel & Minnie Markson In the 1890s, Russian immigrants Louis Markson and his wife, the former Sarah Cohen, were living in Nashville, Tennessee, where they ran a grocery store. By the 1900 census, Sarah was a widow who continued to run the store...
