Tannenbaum Siblings (1393-1398)

Tannenbaum Siblings: Miriam, Zalmon, Jeannette, Rachel, Edith, and Bryna In 1901, Austrian native Joseph Tannenbaum married Russian-born Rebecca Saslavsky in Galveston, Texas, where he worked as a tailor. Rabbi Henry Cohen of Congregation B’nai Israel...

Esther, Naomi, & Reuben Cantor (1387-1388, 1469)

Esther, Naomi, and Reuben Cantor After their marriage in 1907, Max Cantor and Bessie Bredosky lived in Atlanta and then Birmingham where they had three children: Esther Lena (1909), Naomi (1913), and Reuben (1915). Shortly after Reuben’s birth, Bessie was...

Libbie & Louis Berkowitz (1382-1383)

Libbie & Louis Berkowitz Blanche Gustinsky emigrated from Kalish, Poland in 1909 with her 1-year-old daughter, Libbie. In 1911, Blanche married Joseph Berkowitz, a native of London. The following year, their son Louis was born in Dallas, Texas. Whether due to...

Morris Rosenberg (1318)

Morris Rosenberg In 1916, following the death of her husband, Hannah Rosenberg admitted her four sons – Sam (10), Morris (9), Victor (7), and Jacob (4) — to the Home from Nashville, Tennessee. Within two years, Sam returned to his mother who had married...