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...
by marlenetrestman | Mar 1, 2025
Louis & Sam Peters Twins Louis and Sam Peters were the youngest of six children born to Charles H. Peters and his wife, the former Rosa Ginsburg. In 1925, within a year after Rosa died, Charles admitted ten-year-old Louis and Sam to the Home from Beaumont, Texas....
by marlenetrestman | Feb 28, 2025
Sylvia, Bernard, Albert, & Herman Fox To improve his wife’s mental health after the loss of two children to measles, Samuel Fox moved with their four surviving children from Cincinnati, Ohio to New Orleans, where he ran a tailoring business on Rampart...
by marlenetrestman | Feb 16, 2025
Beerman Siblings: Ralph, Ida, Sarah, Roy, Morris, & Mollie In 1924, following the death of his wife, the former Esther Harris, Abraham Beerman reluctantly admitted six of their eight children into the Home from West, Texas, outside of Waco. At ages 16 and 14,...
by marlenetrestman | Feb 15, 2025
Harry Saffer Twelve-year-old Harry Saffer arrived at the Home in September 1924 from Montgomery, Alabama. Although he remained in the Home for only one year, many years later he cheerfully participated in the Alumni Project, recalling that his assigned number —...
