by marlenetrestman | Mar 22, 2025
Sam Freedman Eleven-year-old Sam Freedman entered the Home in 1928 from Houston, Texas. His father, Morris, who was separated from Sam’s mother, the former Polly Rosenblum, had been hospitalized for tuberculosis. Although Sam had three brothers, they were too...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 18, 2025
Sonia, Frances, & Harry Kovner In 1928, Lena Goodman Kovner was living with her three children in Shreveport, Louisiana. Whether her husband, Abe, had left or had died, was not discussed. All the children knew is that Lena, a seamstress, could not make ends meet...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 14, 2025
Ellis, Van & Carol Hart In early 1926, H. Van Eaton Hart, a merchant, and his wife, the former Lillie Oppenheim, were living in Beaumont, Texas with their four sons when H. Van Eaton died of pneumonia. Unable to care for her sons alone, Lillie moved the family to...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 11, 2025
Eugene, Milton, Dollie, & Julius Fruchtgarten In 1927, Adolph Fruchtgarten of New Orleans admitted his four children, Eugene (10), Milton (8), Dollie (5), and Julius (3), to the Home. What happened to Adolph’s wife, the former Henrietta Hyman, is unrecorded...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 11, 2025
Sam Levitan In 1927, following the death of his wife, Tillie, New Orleans salesman Herman Levitan admitted his two-year-old son, Sam, to the Home. Sam’s earliest memories of the Home were walking around in his crib while being surrounded by admiring young girls....
