by marlenetrestman | Jan 27, 2025
Sam Milkis Sam Milkis, who was born in New York, was admitted to the Home from Memphis, Tennessee in 1916 at age 10. In the Home, Sam was a member of the Boy Scout Troop. At Isidore Newman Manual Training School, Sam distinguished himself as the senior class’s...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 26, 2025
Bertha, Abe, & Sarah Rosenthal In June 1913, Pauline “Fanny” Ettinger Rosenthal died while giving birth to a fourth child in Galveston, Texas. The baby also did not survive. They were buried in Galveston’s Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery. The next...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 25, 2025
Ida & Jacob Hirsch Four-year-old Ida (originally Etta) Hirsch and her younger brother, Jacob (2), entered the Home in June 1909 from Nashville, Tennessee. According to the registry, their mother was confined to an “asylum for insanity” and their...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 22, 2025
Lillian, Celia, & Harry Goldberg In May 1911, Loeb Goldberg admitted his three children, Lillian (5), Celia (4), and Harry (3), to the Home from Dallas, Texas. Lillian, who served as a Big Sister in the Home’s Golden City program of self government, was...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 22, 2025
Libbie Epstein Libbie Epstein (age 8) was admitted to the Home in October 1912 with her sister, Annie (6), from Waco, Texas, by their father, Gerson. The sisters were discharged in January 1920. Libbie Epstein, 16 years old, May 23, 1919. Courtesy JCRS. Libbie,...
