St. Louis Jewish Orphan's Home - 1930

Residents of the Jewish Orphan's Home in 1930
6630 Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO
(US Census. Ward 24, Enumeration District 152, Sheets 18A and 18B - as retrieved from ancestry.com)

Note: "Alternate Names" don't come from Ancestry, but are my own interpretations where I feel Ancestry indexers may have made an error. With one exception, I have not entered any of these as "Alternate Facts" at Ancestry, as I do not know the individuals, so I can't be certain, even if I am almost certain. In only one case am I positive, and that is the child Seymour Feinstein, as he was my paternal grandmother's first cousin.

Seymour wasn't exactly an orphan (yet). His mother, Dora (nee Servinsky) died in Aug 1920. About 1928, his father, Harry, remarried, and Harry lived until 1933.

I don't know if the children stopped living with their father due to the second wife, or if the reasons were financial. In 1930 the elder children were living with cousins. I'm not sure why Seymour wasn't. It's possible one of the employees of the orphanage was a relative or friend of his parents. There is still one son I haven't found in the 1930 census, and that is Willard, who would have been 19.

I post this as if I had difficulty finding Seymour, I figure maybe others having difficulty with their relatives may hit upon this page in a search and be able to use the Enumeration District and sheet information above. It also reinforces the occasional need to get creative in your searches for relatives.

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Name as indexed at Ancestry.com	Alternate Names	Age	Occupation
Arthur A Copeland		33	Superintendent
Bertha Sarener	Bertha Serence (Serenco - see comments)	41	Matron/Supervisor
Isadore Cutler		7	Inmate
Bessie Cutler		12	Inmate
Nathan Cutler		15	Inmate
Lydia Eisenberg		10	Inmate
Mildred Eisenberg		9	Inmate
Fannie Fisse	Fannie Fiore	13	Inmate
Selma Minkowitz		14	Inmate
Barbara Fink		15	Inmate
Sydney Fink		11	Inmate
Seymore Feirstein	Seymour Feinstein	15	Inmate
Joseph Faclick	Joseph Frelich	16	Inmate
Robert L Gold		9	Inmate
Violet Gruneberg		11	Inmate
Susie Gruneberg		13	Inmate
Sara Goldstein		9	Inmate
Jean Shaffer		14	Inmate
Isadore Haldsten	Isadore Goldstein	13	Inmate
Manuel Getler		3	Inmate
Harvey Getler		9	Inmate
Marvin Huber		7	Inmate
Harry Krwtansky	Harry Krutansky	7	Inmate
Hyman Krwtansky	Hyman Krutansky	12	Inmate
Wellie Krwtansky	Nollie Krutansky	13	Inmate
Ralph Liebeman	Ralph Lieberman	16	Inmate
Harland Myar		14	Inmate
Rena Mandel		15	Inmate
Selma Mandel		10	Inmate
David Ostrovsky		14	Inmate
Donnis Ostrovsky	Dennis Ostrovsky	11	Inmate
Harvey Shapero	Harvey Shapiro	6	Inmate
Ernest Shapero	Ernest Shapiro	10	Inmate
Beverly Shapero	Beverly Shapiro	8	Inmate
Charles Schantz		7	Inmate
Pearl Schantz		9	Inmate
Wilbert Schantz		16	Inmate
Bessie Tutinsky		15	Inmate
Wathar Tutinsky		17	Inmate
Joe Tutinsky		10	Inmate
Shirley Weinpson	Shirley Weinkraus	6	Inmate
Mandel G Weiss	Mandell Weiss	7	Inmate
Harvey Weiss		7	Inmate
Dera Zinnerman	Dora Zimmerman	17	Inmate
Albert Zebelman		9	Inmate
Max Zebelman		7	Inmate
Boris Zebelman		5	Inmate
Charlie Zubrack	Charlie Zebrack	15	Inmate
Martin Serence	Martin Serenco (see comments)	21	Salesman
Lester H Serence	Lester H Serenco (see comments)	16
Mirian Geist	Miriam Geist	41	Matron/Cottage Mother
Ralph Geist		10
Maurice Geist		5
Blanche Holenes	Blanche Holmes	37	Matron/Cottage Mother
Leora Mahaore	Leora Mohaine	24	Cook
Eliz A Gosey	Eliza Gosey	48	Cook
Ethel Mynes	Ethel Myers	44	Cook
Florence Cohen		31	Matron/Cottage Mother
Phyllis Cohen		5
Belle Rewa	Belle Rewo	28	Cottage Mother
Mary C Rewa	Mary C Rewo	5
Lucien Berton		21	Janitor
Viola Manring	Viola Manning	41	Laundress
Julie M Ballew	Julia M Bailor	38	Maid
Frank Barine	Frank Berine	12	Lodger
Carl Barine	Carl Berine	13	Lodger