by marlenetrestman | Mar 10, 2025
Lillian Hofstetter When Lillian was two, her mother died. She shuttled between two aunts in New Orleans while her father traveled frequently for his job as a ship steward. In 1927, at age 6, Lillian was admitted to the Home. After attending Newman School for the lower...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 10, 2025
Rose Sohmers Rose Sohmers was admitted to the Home in December 1926 at the age of 23 months by her father, Felix, a cabinetmaker. What happened to her mother, the former Rosie Felsenstein, is today unrecorded. As told to her by Home Nurse Anna Levine...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 10, 2025
Rose & Emanuel Sherman Living in New Orleans with their family, siblings Rose and Emanuel Sherman were the two youngest of seven children. Their mother died from appendicitis when Rose was one year and four days old. In 1925, shortly after their mother’s...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 9, 2025
Freda, “Junior,” Beatrice, and Joe Hyde “My mother was dying of cancer, and my father went off somewhere and they didn’t even know where he was. Left us in a house in San Antonio, Texas. We happened to have wealthy relatives, the Bennetts. And...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 9, 2025
Celia, Max, Sadie, & Yetta Redman In 1924, Meyer Redman, a peddler, his wife, Rosie, and their six children were living in Houston. Meyer, Rosie, and all but one of the children were natives of Poland. While traveling by automobile to sell his merchandise, Meyer...
