 jewish community jewish community ray thu 12022010 1057   biloxi s jewish history contents   time line september 1853   frederick a renoir  sold for 50 to the  congregation of the hebrew society of nola  a tract of land on the west side of reynoir street it was to be used as a  jewish cemetery  trustees for the jewish cemetery were  leopold klopman  18101873 and  adolph s marks  17911867 of new orleans and  samuel friedlander  18131886 of biloxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 6 p 518    april 1885 the barataria canning company was chartered to operate in the state of mississippi on april 4 1885 the incorporators were simon gumble 18321909 isidore heidenheim 18521918 william h lengsfield 18511925 isidore hechinger 18571927 and harry edwards 18601929 harrison county mississippi chancery court chattel deed book 20 p 462    september 1915 on 8 september jewish retailers  picard  gillen and mrs harry cahn  closed thier respective businesses for rosh hashanah the jewish new year the daily herald september 8 1915 p 4  september 1918 ip rau chairman of the drive being made in harrison county to aid jewish people suffering in the european war zone  stated that contributions are coming in satsfactorily and give indications that harrison county will subscribe the amount expected from it the daily herald september 24 1918 p 1  december 1925  rabbi alfred s moses of mobile who was at the gulport naval station in ww i met with biloxi jews to organize the jewish coast society   phillip levine  pres  ib rau  vicepres and miss sophie schwartz  sec the daily herald december 2 1925 p 2  october 1929 biloxi s jewish families observed rosh hashana beginning 4 october the following merchants closed their stores the next day hartstein company oasis gabriel jewelery morrison s economy store phillip w levine columbia tea and coffee company and handleman s these businesses will also close on the day of atonement which is eight days later the daily herald october 4 1919  august 1942 morris hyman of the b nai brith lodge of nola and dr david fichman representing the touro synagogue of nola loaned the jewish enlisted men stationed at keesler field a torah containing the five books of moses the daily herald august 10 1942 p 10  may 1943fred grossman of nyc arrived in biloxi to commence his duties as director of the jewish welfare board and associate director of the beach uso  mr grossman was a garduate of the college of the city of new york mrs grossman and children richard age 5 years and joanna age 10 months will come to biloxi when suitable quarters are found the daily herald may 17 1943 p 7  april 1944 over 800 jewish servicemen officers and their families celebrated the passover seder at keesler field in april chaplain sidney ballon assited by sgt abraham mashioff conducted the service the daily herald april 11 1944 p 7  april 1945staff sergeant miriam zauberman of the israeli defense army air force  was the  first waf from a foreign country to enroll in  t he school of electronic  as keesler afb the daily herald april 5 1945 p 9    september 1947 since keesler field had no jewish chaplin in order to celebrate the jewish new year and yom kippur in september 1947 jewish soldiers stationed at keesler field had the option of traveling to the orthodox synagogue at mobile 557 conti street and observing religious services with rabbi bernard gelbart or to the reform government street temple with rabbi samuel gup also at mobile alabama the daily herald september 13 1947 p 8    august 1953 a chapter of b nai b rith was organized on the mississippe coast in august 1953 with david rosenblum as it first president a charter night dinner dance was held at the broadwater beach hotel in midaugust with label a katz 19181975 of new orleans as the guest speaker the daily herald august 15 1953 p 2  march 1954 b nai b rith lodge no 1957 met in the east clubroom of the broadwater beach hotel and welcomed two new members aaron scherme of edgewater park and chaplain philip pincus of kafb president david rosenblum appointed abe herman as the organiztions represented to the biloxi uso committee the daily herald march 16 1954 p 6    december 1957sol frank 18891957  owner of several stores including a clothing store at biloxi  died december 8 1957 in san antonio texas ralph hirsch manager of the local store attended the funeral  the daily herald december 10 1957 p 2    august 1958 dedication of the beth israel community center on the corner of camellia and southern avenue in the greater biloxi subdivision occurred on august 31 1958 it was the first synagogue and community center on the mississippi gulf coast officers of the congregation were abraham h silver 19191997 president rubin goldin 18931989 vp gerald piltz treasurer and bernard horn sec trustees were george altbach 19021986 james rosenblum zondel katz and earl friedman 19081966   the daily herald august 30 1958 p 8    december 1974 on december 2nd  arthur weinberger  18961974  biloxi merchant and the proprietor of art s levis on howard avenue was distracted by willie reddix in order that larry catfish jones reddix s companion on that day could sneak up behind mr weinberger and kill him with repeated blows from a wrench  reddix and jones then took money and clothes from the store and fled the daily herald december 3 1974 p a2 and december 4 1974 p a2  august 2005 hurrcane katrina destroys original biloxi synagogue  may 2009 completed new beth israel synagogue and community center at 12277 three rivers road in gulfport  references  the biloxi daily herald   of religious interest   september 12 1900 the biloxi daily herald   jewish new year   december 21 1903 the biloxi daily herald   shebuoth   may 19 1904 the biloxi daily herald   personal   may 23 1907 the daily herald   jewish passover   april 16 1910 the daily herald   jewish new year will be ushered in this evening   october 1 1913 the daily herald   stone county   october 13 1916 the daily herald   jewish services at the elks club by rabbi moses   july 20 1918 the daily herald   25 jewish sailors dr moses guests   september 7 1918 the daily herald   chairman ib rau pleased with contributions for jewish relief   september 24 1918 the daily herald   collecting for jewish relief   september 25 1918 the daily herald   dr and mrs moses return to biloxi   september 25 1918 the daily herald   jewish welfare board may send man home   january 6 1919 the daily herald   moses elected rabbi   february 10 1919 the daily herald   bay st louis postmaster visits biloxi   march 29 1920 the daily herald   meeting being arranged  for the jewish coast society     december 2 1925 p 2 the daily herald   jewish feast   march 6 1944 p 7 the daily herald   jewish purim festival observed at keesler   march 9 1944 p 7  the daily herald   jewish soldiers observed passover seder at field   april 11 1944 p 7 the daily herald   israel waf is   keesler student   april 5 1945 p 9 the daily herald   plan jewish holy days  keesler field     april 11 1947 p 8 the daily herald    coast b nai brith charter night sunday   august 15 1953 p 2 the daily herald   plan dedication of synagogue in biloxi sunday   august 30 1958 p 8  the daily herald   arthur weinberger   december 3 1974  the daily herald   young biloxi man charged in murder of store owner   december 4 1974  the daily herald      the sun herald   beth israel is tightknit family   july 17 2010 p a9  the sun herald      the sun herald      the timespicayune   new saenger theater is vast beyond belief and incredibly beautiful   february 5 1927 the timespicayune   theater is seen as realization of years of work   february 5 1927 the timespicayune   society   december 20 1930 the timespicayune   julian h saenger stricken dies on way to hospital   february 7 1932  biography of biloxi s jewish community  harry bennett  harry cahn  18691910  abe frey  1910  earl b friedman   19081966  rose f friedman  19091990  samuel friedlander  18121886  i daniel gehr  18951959  moody grishman  19132008  henry gumble  18691950  isidore hechinger  18571927  isidore heidenheim  18571918  ralph hersh  19131985  vivian hersh  19171996  morris jacobs maurice moise levy  18401913  samuel levy  18641935  victor levy  18531935  phillip w levine  18891940  william henry lengsfield  18511925  nellie solomon  d 591940  arthur j mix  19231996  alfred g moses  18781930  bernard picard  18531896  samuel picard  18831964  abraham rosenberg  1940  david rosenblum  19121957  louis rosenthal  18511942  julian h saenger  18731932  henry i singer  18691920  adrian weill  19031971  arthur weinberger  18961974  william weinberger  18931976  rosa d weissenburger  18291910  harry bennett   harry bennett  19021967 age 65 years was murdered in front of the east entrance of the gallery apartments 4900 southern avenue in the early morning of saturday december 16 1967 at the bennett murder scene police counted eight bullet holes in the body and eight 32 caliber cartridges from an automatic weapon within 20 feet of mr bennett s body the fbi had identified mr bennett as a gambler and bookmaker mr bennett was in federal court on december 14th and december 15th 1967 where he was one of eight defendants under indictment on charges for conspiracy and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering the accused were charged with transporting a juice joint an electrical device for crooked dice gamesfrom tulsa oklahoma to harrison county mississippi and also used the us postal system in a check cashing agency harry bennett was born at opelousas louisiana to bernard bennett  an englishman and fanny bohrer  18811981 a native of austria he was survived by ora cormier bennett 19141990 his wife two sons robert bennett 19402014 and bernard j bennett 19252000 two brothers noah bennett m gertrude bernstein biloxi and arnold jerome bennett 19182016 m teal freedman 19232004 nola four sisters miss evelyn bennett covington louisiana ruth bennett 19082006 m nathan katz 18991974 lillian bennett 19122005 m sydney e morais 19091992 and miss sadie bennett 19001984 all of nola his mother mrs bernard bennett nola and four grandchildren in august 1924 harry became engaged to rebecca bernstein 19051939 the russian born daughter of solomon bernstein 18771942 and pauline bremer bernstein 18801935 also russian immigrants they had a son bernard j bennett 19252000 the timespicayune august 24 1924 p 11 bradfordo keefe funeral home of biloxi with rabbi mb eisenstat officiating directed the funeral of mr bennett internment was in southern memorial park mrs bennett expired at biloxi mississippi on may 10 1990 she was born october 11 1914 references the daily herald bulletriddled body of harry bennett found december 16 1967 p 1 the daily herald bennett rites december 18 1967 p 2 the sun herald ora c bennett may 12 1990 the timespicayune social and personal august 24 1924 the timespicayune bernard j bennett september 25 2000 p 4 the timespicayune lillian bennett morais december 14 2005  harry cahn harry cahn  18691910 was born at greenville washington county mississippi the son of bonhomme cahn 18311885 and julia hirsch 18461908 natives of lorraine france his siblings were selig cahn 18681936 m yetta cahn josephine cahn 18711943 m leon bloch julius cahn 18731943 m florence baer joseph cahn 18761936 henry cahn 18771936 mose cahn 18791936 m bertha goldberg and barney cahn 18801936 in october 1903  harry cahn married hettye levy  18801952 the daughter of judge samuel levy 18541932 and brunette levy 18521936 of 335 slidell street at algiers louisiana  the biloxi daily herald october 19 1903 p 8    cahn singer in september 1903  harry cahn and henry ivan singer  18681938 opened their dry goods and mercantile store in biloxi it was situated on west howard avenue in the bolton building opposite the dukate theatre  the biloxi daily herald october 7 1903 p 8   in october 1901 p j gillen and bert c gillen contractors from birmingham alabama began erecting the bolton building at 138 west howard avenue for dr walter t bolton dr bolton had his offices and residence here until about 1920 when the family relocated to west beach and porter avenue by may 1902 the gillens had returned to alabama the biloxi daily herald november 28 1901 p 8 march 20 1902 p 8 and may 9 1902 p 8 the original facade of the bolton building has long disappeared from the streetscape of west howard avenue mrs wt bolton after she became a widow sold the structure to phillip w levine a russian jewish immigrant in january 1924 for 15000 through the years the building has been utilized a woolsworth variety store a hardware store and other commercial enterprises the daily herald february 16 1940 p 1 and harrison co mississippi land trust deed bk 35 p 187 and bk 55 p 445 in may 1981 the bolton building known as 759 vieux marche at this was acquired by biloxi attorneys lyle m page 30 fred manino 30 ronald g peresich 30 and paul j delcambre jr 10 from nathaniel b rosenberg and a charles rosenberg mr delcambre sold his 10 interest to the other principals in january 1989 2nd jd land deed bk 114 235 and 2nd jd land deed bk 205 p 483 they advertised as follows  cahn singer dry goods notions clothing furnishings goods hats and shoes    the biloxi daily herald october 7 1903 p 8    singer sells in may 1909 hi singer sold his interest in cahn singer to harry cahn his partner cahn continued in the mercantile business in the bolton building and was shortly joined by julius cahn his brother and former proprietor of a gentlemen s store on dryades street at new orleans the daily herald may 15 1909 p 4 and may 17 1909 p 4 mr singer would marry dorothy hebard 18981991 and have three children henry i singer jr 19182008 m audrey talbot 19152012 robert linfield singer 19211997 m alice hart phillips 18981991 and dorothy f singer leaving biloxi he would establish himself in business at shreveport louisiana and in 1928 retired to baton rouge where he died on august 9 1938 most of this family is interned in the roselawn cemetery in baton rouge louisiana the morning advocate august 10 1938 p 7 and 1930 east baton rouge parish louisiana federal census r792 p 6b ed 24 harry cahn expired at his residence 437 east howard avenue at biloxi on august 29 1910 he had been in poor health for about a year mr cahn s corporal remains were sent to new orleans for interment in the hebrew rest cemetery no 2 the daily herald august 29 1910 p 8 in 1911 after the death of her spouse mrs harry cahn hired t sparkes vignes 18851942 to manage her biloxi dry goods store mr vignes was a native of new roads pointe coupee parish louisiana he was educated at the poydras academy in new roads lsu and soule s business college in the crescent city sparks and emma hebert 18891939 his wife came from nola to biloxi where thomas sparks vignes jr was born in 1909 the daily herald april 3 1942 p 1  sells out and relocates sparks vignes resigned from his position with hattie levy cahn in august 1914 he joined with henry i singer at this time to open a new dry goods business in the mckee building at west howard avenue and delauney street they called their business the specialty store sparkes vignes acquired the business interest of mr singer in 1919 the daily herald august 5 1914 p 1 and april 4 1942 p 1 in the winter of 1916 hettye cahn who had been in biloxi since 1904 and in the mercantile business which was situated in the bolton building on west howard decided to retire permanently in late january 1916 she sold all of her merchandise to the samuel brothers of gretna louisiana mrs cahn left biloxi in midfebruary 1916 for new orleans to reside with judge and mrs levy her parents hettye cahn had many friends in biloxi who regretted her decision to leave she planned to visit her sister in new york  the daily herald february 3 1916 p 4 and february 19 1916 p 2    hettye levy cahn expired at new orleans on october 17 1952 her burial was in hebrew rest cemetery no 2 at new orleans the timespicayune october 18 1952 p 2  references  the morning advocate baton rouge   funeral service to be held today for henry i singer   august 10 1938 the biloxi daily herald   among herald s advertisers   june 6 1903 the biloxi daily herald   among herald s advertisers   october 7 1903 the biloxi daily herald   cahn singer  advertisement     october 7 1903 the biloxi daily herald   cahnlevy   october 19 1903 the biloxi daily herald   cahn singer  advertisement     january 2 1905 the biloxi daily herald   cahn singer dissolve partnership   may 15 1909 the biloxi daily herald   city news   may 17 1909 the biloxi daily herald   personals   may 28 1909 the daily herald   harry cahn   august 29 1910 the daily herald   mrs harry cahn  advertisement     april 3 1914 the daily herald   vignes and singer to open store in mckee building on howard   august 5 1914 the daily herald   bolton building front work plan   september 24 1914 p 8 the daily herald   mrs cahn retired from business   february 3 1916 the daily herald   mrs cahn goes to new orleans to reside   february 19 1916 the daily herald   sparks vignes merchant of biloxi dies   april 3 1942 the daily picayune    mrs julia hirsch cahn   may 13 1908 the times picayune    selig cahn   january 19 1936 the times picayune    mose cahn   july 5 1936 the times picayune    julius cahn   march 27 1943 the times picayune    hettye levy cahn   october 18 1952  abraham frey abraham abe frey was born december 25 1910 at louisville kentucky came to winona mississippi to work in retail sales with an uncle stationed at camp shelby mississippi but discharged from military duty because of a punctured ear drum found himself as an artist south mississippi living march 2012 pp 2931  references  south mississippi living    young at art   march 2012  samuel friedlander    the daily picayune march 26 1886 p 4   samuel friedlander 18131886 was born in wurtemburg germany and educated in heidelberg he arrived in the united states in 1840 and settled in mississippi where he was active in commercial ventures in 1850 mr friedlander relocated to new orleans and established himself as a commission s merchants his business acumen allowed him to accumulate a large fortune in the next thirty years he was  the daily picayune march 26 1886 p 4   he resided at new orleans at 197 girod street with his lena friedlander 18191881 his oberndorf germany born spouse samuel and lena were the parents of eight childrenthree son and five daughters the following are known  henry friedlander  18481902 emma friedlander 18541927  nathan friedlander  18561880 m mariam friedman ida i friedlander 18581900 m benjamin hart 18421900 sophia freidlander 18601882 married william winter and julius friedlander  18621925 m ophe kendall  biloxi house in january 1851 the daniel goos 18151917 family sold their biloxi residence at present day 138 magnolia street to samuel friedlander of new orleans and moved to ocean springs the selling price at this time was 5000 it would appear the biloxi home was built by mr goos and sold to mr friedlander basis for this postulation is the doubling of the property value and that kendall brick was used in its construction the kendall brickyard existed from 18491854 at back bay now d iberville harrison county ms land deed bk 5 pp 480481 on february 27 1850 the goos family had acquired their biloxi residence from louise alexandrine leocade hatrel fourchy 18121886 and alexandre fourchy 17871854 of new orleans for 2500 mr fourchy was a lawyer and native of france the creole cottage now situated here is known as mary mahoney s old french house an utilized as a restaurant harrison county ms land deed bk 5 p 256 and 1850 orleans parish louisiana federal census m432235 p 139  biloxi s jewish cemetery in september  frederick a renoir  sold for 50 to the  congregation of the hebrew society of nola  a tract of land on the west side of reynoir street it was to be used as a  jewish cemetery  trustees for the jewish cemetery were  leopold klopman  18101873 and  adolph s marks  17911867 of new orleans and  samuel friedlander  18131886 of biloxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 6 p 518  death and estate lena friedlander died at her girod street home on september 28 1881 like her husband she samuel friedlander expired at nola on march 25 1886 his heirs a midapril 1888 auction at new orleans of mr friedlander s property resulted in about 5000 in sales for his estate in biloxi all of his furniture and household belongings in the friedlander home on the corner of magnolia street and water street were sold on april 30 th   the biloxi herald april 14 1888 p 8 and april 28 1888 p 8    references  the biloxi herald   city news   april 14 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   april 28 1888 the daily city item   factors and traders insurance company   november 8 1878 the daily picayune   died  mrs samuel friedlander     september 29 1881 the daily picayune   samuel friedlander   march 26 1886 the daily picayune   the great sale today   april 16 1887 the   city news   april 28 1888 the   city news   april 28 1888  earl b friedman earl benjamin friedman  19081966 was born september 5 1908 the son of jacob simon friedman 18781937 and mamie klein 18871973 in the 1940s he married rose frohlich  19091990 the daughter of koppell frohlich and fanni sporheim their children were jeffrey kent friedman b 1944 m barbara lynn robins in july 1965 and dr ann r lorentson in october 1992 both in houston texas and shirley marlene friedman m gary martin ericksen in harrison county mississippi in july 1970 before he enlisted in the us army in february 1943 earl b friedman had made his livelihood in the port arthur texas area southeast of houston texas as a floorman and floor manager of stores he finished high school at port artur and had graduated from columbia university during wwii earl served in the eto with the tank destroyers the friedman family relocated from texas to biloxi mississippi in 1946 and settled at 2230 west beach boulevard at biloxi mr friedman operated morrison s mens shop until 1950 when he commenced kent s men s store in the old folkes building on the se c of west howard avenue and reynoir street when the building was damaged by fire on christmas eve 1964 earl b friedman did not reopen  the daily herald april 14 1966 p 1   rose f friedman was a member of the biloxi school board from 19671975 she also served on the board of directors of the mississippi gulf coast chapter of the american red cross selective service board and the biloxi american revolution bicentennial commission both she and earl b friedman were renown for their philanthropic civic and volunteer activities mrs friedman was a charter member of the temple beth israel congregation and first president of the sisterhood of beth israel  the sun herald march 22 1990 p c2   earl b friedman expired at biloxi mississippi on april 14 1966 rose frohlich friedman passed on march 21 1990 their corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi  references  the daily herald     earl b  friedman stricken dies today   april 14 1966 the sun herald   mrs rose f friedman   march 22 1990 the sun herald      i daniel gehr i daniel gehr   18951959 was born at alexandria louisiana on july 19 1895 to gustave carl gehr 18581945 a german immigrant grocer and sarah rosenthal 18681945 i daniel gehr was a contractor at alexandria in 1917 and arrived at biloxi mississippi before 1930 he was a graduate of tulane university in 1930 mr gehr resided on west water street as a tenant of mrs cousins and remained single in 1954 he was domiciled in the earle hotel avelez and had an office in the old people s bank building 1900 rapides parish louisiana federal census t623577 p 16b ed 124 and 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census r1146 p 12b ed 3 at biloxi in the 1940s i daniel gehr designed homes in bay terrace and planned the biloxi cash store of peter cerinich 18941951 and alena sekul cerinich 19082002 on west howard avenue and seal avenue in 1941  i daniel gehr  supervised the construction of the warehouse fabricating buiulding loft and drafting buildings general offices and work sheds for the westergard boat works on back bay he was credited with planning the 1959 negro high school nicholls the west end elementary school and its 1959 addition and an addition to the perkins negro school john t collins 19041985 biloxi architect took over mr gehr s school projects after his july 1959 demise the daily herald april 27 1940 p 3 april 29 1940 p 2 september 20 1941 p 3 and july 22 1959 p 2 i daniel gehr expired at biloxi mississippi on july 22 1959 his corporal remains were interred in the jewish cemetery at pineville rapides parish louisiana he was survivied by two sisters bella gehr 18901983 m eugene levy rose gehr 18871975 m harry simon and miles carl gehr 19041993 a brother all lived in alexandria louisiana the daily herald july 22 1959 p 2  references  the daily herald   modern plant built by biloxi port commission   september 20 1941  moody grishman moody grishman 19132008 was born at houston texas on october 20 1913 his parents were benjamin grishman and annie grishman he married elizabeth cowan 19142002 on march 20 1942 she was the daughter of decatur douglas dd cowan 18501929 and mary hermina jonte 1819 the daughter of joseph h jonte 18441935 and mary harriett delmas 18481906 of pascagoula mississippi the history of jackson co mississippi 1989 p 174 moody grishman and elizabeth cowan met in the romantic vieux carre at new orleans where she had gone to complete her training as a nurse anesthetist her prior education had been at mississippi city high school and perkinston junior college shortly after their wedding the young couple relocated to the mississippi coast where moody established moody s tradewinds restaurant at mississippi city the september 1947 hurricane destroyed his business which led his entree into real estate and insurance at biloxi here four grishman children were reared melanie hermina grishman m nedro g parker and herman j flax david benjamin grishman m kay ellen kulman naomi grishman and milton charles grishman m roberta jean avila the sun herald march 22 2002 p a7 and january 8 2008 p a4 hurricane camille in 1969 led moody grishman to focus his resources on real estate brokerage opportunities and abandon insurance as proprietor of moody grishman agency incorporated he earned the respect of his clients and the community for his integrity and service mr grishman seved as president of the mississippi association of realtors in 19671968 named realtor emeritus by the national association of realtors for his fifty years of service served as president of the biloxiocean springs board of realtors from 19561961 and served on the biloxi planning commission from 19661977 the sun herald january 8 2008 p a4 moody and elizabeth c grishman were fouding members of the congregation beth israel where mrs grishman served as president of the sisterhood moody served on the first building committee and was later selected as president of the congregation the sun herald march 22 2002 p a7 and january 8 2008 p a4  references  the history of jackson county mississippi  cowan family   jackson county genealogical society pascagoula mississippi1989  the sun herald   elizabeth cowan grishman   march 22 2002 the sun herald   moody grishman   january 8 2008 the sun herald   grishman leaves legacy of synagogue green beer   january 8 2008  isidore heidenheim isidore heidenheim  18571918 was born at new orleans louisiana on december 2 1857 to moses heidenheim 18251907 and babette fertel 18301900 his parents were immigrants from hessedenmark in 1847 and 1849 respectively moses heidenheim made his livelihood in the 10 th ward at new orleans as a retain dry goods merchant by 1900 moses and babette had relocated to jackson avenue and he continued in the sale of notions here he and babette reared a large family carolina carrie heidenheim 18511913 m cerf sampson 18391900 josephine heidenheim 18531929 m heymann celestine heidenheim 18551932 isidore heidenheim 18571918 august heidenheim 18601914 m sarah marks simon heidenheim 18641934 daniel heidenheim 1865pre 1870 emmanuel heidenheim 18661927 and sarah selma heidenheim 18711916 m emmanuel levy 18611900  home and family isidore heidenheim married anna eve riego 18741931 in harrison county mississippi in august 1907 she was a school teacher and the daughter of pedro riego 18461895 a spanish immigrant and anna c ortiz 18481922 of new orleans miss riego was reared on spain street in the crescent city where her family made and classified tobacco and cigars harrison co mississippi mrb 19 p 174  the biloxi daily herald august 15 1907 p 1    politics isidore heidenheim was elected to biloxi s city government from along the gulf ca 1895  barataria canning company jewish principals the barataria canning company was chartered to operate in the state of mississippi on april 4 1885 the incorporators were simon gumble 18321909 isidore heidenheim 18521918 william h lengsfield 18511925 isidore hechinger 18571927 and harry edwards 18601929 harrison county mississippi chancery court chattel deed book 20 p 462    in april 1915 the charter of the company was amended as the capital stock was set at 100000 and preferred stock at 125000 7 dividend paid to preferred stock holders at this time daniel j gay 18701949 was president and lazaro j lopez 18771918 the secretarytreasurer of the barataria canning company harrison county mississippi chancery court chattel deed book 15 p 181     the initial incorporators of the barataria canning company were primarily jewish businessmen from new orleans louisiana  simon gumble  18341909 was a cotton factor and broker in the crescent city operating as s gumble company his office was situated at 192 gravier street and his home address was 264 prytania street simon had married sophia lengsfield 18621916 they were the parents of  horace gumble  18651916  florence gumble  18671916 m isidore hechinger 18571927  henry e gumble  18691950  cora gumble  18721930 m simon moses  ophelia gumble  18731916 m edward i godchaux 18671926  beulah gumble  18791916 m eli joseph  joseph gumble  1882  lester gumble  18821916 and elsie gumble  18841900 simon gumble had been born in april 1834 in bavaria and immigrated to the united states in 1848 by 1860 he was a merchant at livonia pointe coupee parish louisiana and holding real estate valued at 9000 relocating to new orleans he married sophia lengsfield in in 1895 charles l dyer wrote along the gulf for the l n railroad while at biloxi mississippi he wrote the following about the barataria canning company    this company was organized about ten years ago by new orleans parties the officers being hr gogreve president i hechinger vicepresident h bentz treasurer i heidenheim secretary and h edwards manager of these only the two later gentlemen reside in biloxi mr edwards having the active management of the operating department of the business while mr heidenheim has charge of the office in addition to that of already stated of secretary to this company biloxi is indebted for many ideas regarding the profitable upbuilding of the canning industry the barataria canning company makes a specialty of shipping raw oysters in lots to suit to all parts of the united states and also handle large quantities of picked shrimp they are also packers of oysters and shrimp putting up many brands which are favorably known throughout the country and portions of europe one of those brands of pickled shrimp known as ready lunch is a departure from the old methods of canning shrimps dry these being put in a liquid of delicious flavor and making them very popular both for table use and for picnics lunch parties etc another brand called pride of the gulf put up dry in the muslin bag has a large sale also these being used primarily for salads mayonnaise etc the pickled shrimps are prepared by a process entirely their own in addition to this the company cans special and private brands of oysters during the busy season this factory employs about 400 hands 200 of which are employed upon the boats handling the raw products while 200are kept busy in the factory many of these people are brought from baltimore and are returned to their homes at the close of the season should they wish it at the expense of the company the barataria company however has built a large house capable of accommodating 35 families or 175 persons when the workmen wish to remain in biloxi between seasons they are given rooms rent free many families as a matter of course avail themselves of their privilege the barataria canning company were the first to introduce shell culture for the propagation of oysters in this part of the country and have been successful in their venture which affords fresh stock for raw trade this company has an oyster plant under cultivation in this manner of about 100000 barrels and it is from this plant that the major portion of their supplies are drawn in the oyster department of this business alone this factory has a capacity for handling 800 to 1000 barrels per day and as their pay roll runs from 3000 to 4000 a week during the greater portion of the year some idea of the magnitude of the business done may be obtained as well as from the picture of the plant taken by our artist    1891 new factory the  barataria canning company completed their new plant on point cadet in july  it was 37500 feet in area 750 long and 50 feet wide which included living quarters for fifty families the facilit had a shrimp house boiler house and coal shed labor quarters shucking house and packing room the factory at this time had about 600 employees with 400 working directly in the cannery and 200 on the water the plant hoist had the capacity to lift 2000 barrels of oysters each day the company board consisted of hr gogreve president isidore heidenheim vicepresident and secretary h bentz treasurer august heidenheim and h aron h edwards jr was plant superintendent the biloxi herald july 11 1891 p 4  1891 fire the engine room of the barataria canning company burned in early september 1891 damage was estimated at 1000 and the plant was disabled for a few days  the biloxi herald september 12 1891 p 4    baltimore labor in late october 1892 harry edwards and wkm dukate of lopez dunbar s sons company left biloxi for baltimore they were seeking migrant workers for the coming canning season edwards and dukate anticipated some three hundred workers to return with them  the biloxi herald october 22 1892 p 4    1902 this is one of the largest industries on the gulf coast and its product has a worldwide reputation the company s plant is 200x1500 feet the buildings covering 30000 feet of ground space this company employs 400 to 500 people and have ample room for every business purpose they are large shippers of raw oysters and pickled shrimp their oyster capacity being 150000 cans per day the following are the brands of oysters they pack and ship barataria favorite eureka excelsior and the pride of the gulf shrimp the product of this company is handled by the principal jobbing firms of the united states and they guarantee all of their goods to be equal to any in every way   the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  1902 pp 2122  1906 coast concrete construction company the coast concrete construction company was incorporated in june 1906 by i heidenheim pres gm tappan the biloxi daily herlad june 23 1906 p 2    figs wanted in july 1906 the barataria canning company had the following biloxi merchants acquiring figs for their summer canning operation e glennan js wentzell tony raymond wh gilder walter gillen henry diaz and john skinner peter lepre was their buyer in north biloxi  the biloxi daily herald july 4 1906 p 4    1910 in midjune 1910 henry r gogreve 18531910 vicepresident of the barataria canning company expired at new orleans isidore heidenheim 18521918 left biloxi to attended his unreal which was held in the crescent city on june 18 1910  the daily herald june 17 1910 p 8    1912 seafood company of biloxi isidore heidenheim resigned as manager of the barataria canning company in september 1912 he planned to remain in biloxi and as a manufacturer s agent commercial adjuster and realty and insurance agent with henry e gumbel 18691950 of new orleans as president edward glennan 18541933 vice president and louis goldman 18831920 attorney both of biloxi isidore heidenheim founded the sea food company of biloxi in may 1913 mr heidenheim served as manger and secretary of the new cannery which was located on the point of biloxi  the daily herald september 19 1912 p 1 and may 26 1913 p 1    henry champlin almost immediately after the resignation of mr heidenheim henry c champlin was hired as the accounting manager of the packing company mr champlin had the daily herald    izard at handsboro  the daily herald october 16 1912 p 8    1913 in july 1913 the barataria canning company advertised for figs they offered to pay the highest market price   the daily herald july 31913 p 8    1914 louisiana labor in july 1914 the barataria canning company made a radical change in the migrant labor practices of biloxi by bringing in a small group of louisiana strawberry pickers primarily of french ancestry to labor in their plant on point cadet seasonal workers were normally brought to biloxi from the baltimore area the newcomers were domiciled in the barataria factory camps  the daily herald july 25 1914 p 2    references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men    barataria canning company   the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published in 1895  journals the biloxi herald   court notes   january 11 1890 the biloxi herald   circuit court   may 31 1890 the biloxi herald   warning   june 7 1890 the biloxi herald   barataria canning co   july 11 1891 the biloxi herald   new officers   february 18 1896 the biloxi herald   chancery summons no 799   december 5 1896 the biloxi daily herald   ott bothers win   february 9 1904 the biloxi daily herald   heidenheimriego   august 15 1907 the daily herald   second cannery for alabama    the daily herald   barataria company desires no law suit   november 15 1910 the daily herald   the new administration of the city of biloxi   january 4 1911 the daily herald   heidenheim resigns as manager of the barataria canning company   september 19 1912 the daily herald   henry champlin at the barataria   october 16 1912 the daily herald   orleanian dies  august heidenheim   prominent in insurance field   february 26 1914 the daily herald   known in biloxi  joseph e generelly    december 9 1914 the daily herald   biloxi loses well known canner   october 28 1918 the daily herald   funeral  anna c riego  held this morning   august 9 1922 the daily picayune   personal and general notes   april 4 1889  hersh ralph hersh  19131985 owned and operated the sol frank company a clothing and shoe store on west howard avenue he married vivian 19171996 and they resided at 146 iberville in biloxi mississippi with their children iris hersh b 1943 m mr stansfield and seth hersh b 1945 ralph hersh was born february 19 1913 and vivian hersh may 26 1917 vivian hersh was credit manager for the sol frank company and later worked for mary mahoney s old french restaurant ralph hersh expired at biloxi on february 29 1985 while vivian lived until july 10 1996 they both worshiped at temple beth israel and their corporal remains were interred in the south memorial park cemetery in biloxi mississippi  the sun herald july 11 1996 p c2   iris hersh graduated from biloxi high school in may 1961 and matriculated to trinity university at san antonio texas her business career with the exception of a year with the pan american oil company in texas was in government service after eighteen months with the fbi iris attended the foreign service institute at washington dc in february 1967 after graduation in july 1967 she was assigned to the american embassy in paraguay she married mr stansfield and they later resided in springfield virginia no further information  the daily herald july 15 1967 p 10   seth hersh also attended biloxi high school and in 1970 graduated from the university of alabama in petroleum engineeering where he was president of the engineering school seth was employed with the atlantic richfield company in djakarta indonesia in the early 1970s here he acquired an extensive holding of rare indonesian textiles from the late 19th century to the 1940s and marketed it as batikat after his career in the petroleum industry closed seth relocated to the greater new york city region and became involved with largescale database and website design working with ghiek and insight out of chaos no further information  references  the daily herald   sol frank   december 8 1957 the daily herald   new secretary for embassy in paraguay   july 15 1967 the sun herald   vivian hersh   julu 11 1996 the sun herald      phillip w levine phillip william levine 18891940 came to the united states from east prussia now a part of russia arriving at nyc in june 1900 from hamburg germany he married jeanette alexander 18921940 at nola in august 1912 they were the parents of arthur levine 19131940 norman levine 19171985 m imogene clifton 19302006 freeda b levine 19192002 m erwin crabtree 19141986 louis levine 19201975 leonard levine 19201981 and bellman levine 19251972 phillip w levine came to biloxi about 1912 as a peddler and by 1917 had settled at 123 washington avenue and was in the junk business arthur levine his eldest son was born in the crescent city by the fall of 1919 mr levine had two shoe stores operating on the mississippi gulf coast at biloxi and gulfport his slogan was  we do not believe in profiteering   levine s entrepreneurship continued unabated as by february 1930 he had stores at biloxi bay st louis poplarville and magee mississippi the magee store was his latest addition as he acquired the stock of the df hilburn general merchandising store ernest henley 19081984 of his biloxi store was sent to magee to manage that enterprise  the daily herald february 16 1940 p 1 october 3 1919 p 2 and february 5 1930 p 2    bolton building in october 1901 p j gillen and bert c gillen contractors from birmingham alabama began erecting the bolton building at 138 west howard avenue for dr walter t bolton dr bolton had his offices and residence here until about 1920 when the family relocated to west beach and porter avenue by may 1902 the gillens had returned to alabama the biloxi daily herald november 28 1901 p 8 march 20 1902 p 8 and may 9 1902 p 8 the original facade of the bolton building has long disappeared from the streetscape of west howard avenue mrs wt bolton after she became a widow sold the structure to phillip w levine a russian jewish immigrant in january 1924 for 15000 through the years the building has been utilized a woolsworth variety store a hardware store and other commercial enterprises the daily herald february 16 1940 p 1 and harrison co mississippi land trust deed bk 35 p 187 and bk 55 p 445 in may 1981 the bolton building known as 759 vieux marche at this was acquired by biloxi attorneys lyle m page 30 fred manino 30 ronald g peresich 30 and paul j delcambre jr 10 from nathaniel b rosenberg and a charles rosenberg mr delcambre sold his 10 interest to the other principals in january 1989 2 nd jd land deed bk 114 235 and 2 nd jd land deed bk 205 p 483 phillip w levine also acquired commercial real estate in biloxi and gulfport at one time he was a partner in the hotel biloxi ownership eventually the levine proprietorship had retail stores at pascagoula moss point woodville centerville greenwood and hammond and independence in louisiana at the time of his demise on february 15 1940 mr levine was in business in bay st louis and was involved with fur and pecan enterprises rabbi alfred moses of mobile alabama held services for mr levine and magnolia lodge of masons also conducted graveside services in 6th addition at the biloxi cemetery  the daily herald february 16 1940 p 1    references  the daily herald   phillip w levine  advertisement     october 3 1919 the daily herald   levine buys magee store   february 5 1930 the daily herald   levine succumbs to short illness   february 16 1940  maurice m levy maurice moise levy 18401913 was born at nancy france on june 2 1840 he came to america in 1865 settling at louisville kentucky relocating to nola mr levy worked as clerk and in june 1888 married zelia lopezsilva 18591926 a louisiana native maurice and zelia were the parents of four daughters dephine levy 18901926 m emmanuel steeg 18821926 clely levy 18921926 alice lervin levy 18941926 m marx cohen 18941926 and louise levy 18991926   the daily picayune may 5 1913 p 6 and 1910 harrison co mississippi t624740 p 3a ed 35  red star storebiloxi as early as march 1900 maurice m levy began advertising the red star store in the biloxi daily herald  it appears that the levy family came to biloxi in early 1900 and opened their red star store on west howard avenue next to dukate s theatre he was the agent for the new home sewing machine by the fall of 1903 its stock had grown to include clothing furnishing goods and a complete line of dry goods during the brief yellow fever scare in the summer of 1905 mr levy sold mosquito bars ranging in price from 50 cents to 398  the biloxi daily herald september 7 1905 p 1    relocation maurice m levy moved his store location at biloxi in january 1910 it is assumed that the red star store went from its site on west howard avenue next to dukate s theatre to its new home on west howard and delaunay street there was more floor space at this locale this building may have been the tucei building which was occupied by the morgan furniture company in may 1913  the daily herald january 24 1910 p 8 and may 5 1913 p 4    close out sale in january 1911 maurice m levy s health began to fail and he advertised to sell his business including the entire stock shelving and silent show cases at a bargain for a quick sale the levys retired to the crescent city with their children and settled at 2707 carondelet street  demise maurice m levy passed on may 4 1913 at nola he was remembered at biloxi as an active member of the commercial club and a mason mrs levy lived to september 22 1926 and died at her home on carondelet street their corporal remains were interred in the dispersed of judah cemetery at new orleans  the daily herald may 5 1913 p 5 the daily picayune may 5 1913 and the times picayune september 23 1926 p 2    references  the biloxi daily herald   the red star store   march 31 1900 the biloxi daily herald   among herald advertisers   october 6 1903 the biloxi daily herald   the red star store   september 7 1905 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs of interest   january 24 1910 the daily herald   a good business opportunity   january 25 1911 the daily herald   former biloxi merchant dies   may 5 1913 the daily picayune   maurice m levy   may 5 1913 the times picayune     zelia  levy   september 23 1926  samuel levy samuel sam levy 18641935 was born at nola in october 1864 he married theresa levy 18651941 also a native of the crescent city in february 1887 in april 1903 sam was employed as a salesman with kahn weil company of new orleans and came to biloxi to take orders and make sales  the biloxi daily herald april 22 1903 p 8  children carrie levy 18891973 m jake marks leo levy 18891965 lazar levy 18921976 and selma levy laser 18971976  references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 22 1903  victor levy victor levy married pauline rosenthal 18531935 a native of paris france father gates rosenthal former world chess champion children albert levy wolfe levy leon levy alex levy josephine levy green and bertha levy m dr leon block buried orthodox cemetery at nola services by rabbi goldberg  references  the daily herald   mrs victor levy dies   february 28 1935 the daily herald   leon levy   july 4 1976     austin h moritz and john r moritz in late march 1949 austin h moritz 19171991 and john r moritz 19212008 two brothers born in rural nebraska established austin sa ladies infanys boys and girls apparel store at 212 west howard avenue austin moritz had managed the rosenblum store for the past 2 12 years john moritz had established tot s and teen s at 212 west howard in 1948 and this store was remodeled and opened as austin s on march 31 1949 the daily herald march 29 1949 p 8  references  the daily herald   new store  austin s  to open thursday    march 29 1949 the daily herald      rabbi alfred g moses alfred g moses 18781930 was a rabbi located at mobile alabama with congregation shaari shumayim he served the jewish community of the mississippi gulf coast for many years  references  the daily herald   stone county   october 13 1916 the daily herald   jewish services at the elks club by rabbi moses   july 20 1918 the daily herald   25 jewish sailors dr moses guests   september 7 1918 the daily herald   collecting for jewish relief   september 25 1918 the daily herald   dr and mrs moses return to biloxi   september 25 1918 the daily herald   jewish welfare board may send man home   january 6 1919 the daily herald   moses elected rabbi   february 10 1919 the daily herald   bay st louis postmaster visits biloxi   march 29 1920  bernard picard bernard picard 18531896 was born in the alsacelorraine region of northeastern france he immigrated to louisiana and in march 1878 at new orleans bernard married sarah levy 18591927 she was born may 25 1859 at new orleans the daughter of moses levy 18091897 and henriette oury 18281907 both french immigrants the bernard picard family came to biloxi circa 1889 here mr picard opened his first store  picard s cheap cash store  vending clothing for men women and children as well as hats and notions  the biloxi herald december 21 1889 p 4   by 1892 mr bernard had named his mercantile enterprise  the mammoth store   in april 1892 mr picard planned a three month business venture to europe he had aspirations of acquiring items and goods that would be of utility and interest to his biloxi clientele mrs picard would operate the biloxi business in his absence the biloxi herald april 23 1892 p 8  1893gulf hills   the felix rodrigues place in march 1893  felix rodriguez  18421897 sold his two acres in present day gulf hills to sarah picard  18591927 and relocated to new orleans where he passed on january 15 1897 after her husband passed mrs picard conveyed this tract to in march 1904 to eugene lonlier jackson county mississippi land deed bk 15 p 18 and deed bk 27 pp 588589  1894 fire the october fire of 1894 resulted in the complete destruction of the picard store and merchandise bless tucei allowed the picards to utilize onehalf of his large store space on west howard until they rebuilt on their former store site mr s picard had left for nola to acquire new stock for the temporary quarters the biloxi herald october 20 1894 p 8 in 1895 sam picard opened another dry goods store at gulfport and was alternating his time between the two cities the gulfport store opened in early october 1895 picard by this time had established picard s emporium a dry goods store located in the eistetter building on howard avenue at magnolia street  the biloxi herald december 14 1895 p 8    entrepreneur bernard picard was aggressive and active in investing his profits in other business venturesa branch of the american building loan and tontine savings association of memphis opened at biloxi in 1890 sam picard was president and on the board of directors of the biloxi branch serving with him on the board were al pilsbury sec treas antoine bellande 18291918 peter dejean and e delamarre john l henley was the attorney and thomas h gleason served as vicepresident  the biloxi herald june 21 1890 p 4   in march 1896 just before his demise bernard picard was a charter member of the people s bank of biloxi mr picard expired on may 23 1896 of stomach cancer at his 128 main street residence his remains were interred at new orleans  the biloxi herald may 23 1896 p 8    picard s emporium picard s emporium a dry goods store was located in the eistetter building on howard avenue at magnolia  128 main street the picard family established their biloxi residence on the east side of main street between front street beach boulevard and water street injanuary 1894 at this time sarah l picard acquired from john wesley treloar 18461897 and marie josephine devaille treloar 18521928 the daughter of aristede devaille and adele aline quere 18141900 a lot and improvements with thirtyseven feet on main street and running east to grand jack alley or elmer street which today is called dukate street the consideration was 1400 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 29 p 558 in november 1894 mrs picard acquired from the treloar family another lot and improvements on main street south of her january 1894 acquisition this tract had seventythree feet on main street and ran east to elmer street it would become known as 128 main street and the picard residence mrs picard s paid 2500 for this property harrison co mississippi land deed bk 32 p 28  picard house  128 main street biloxi mississippi courtesy of larry cosper and kathleen scholtes cosper  new house from the difference in the 1893 and 1898 sanborn maps of this area of biloxi it appears that a new house was erected at 128 main street during this time interval  sarah l picardretirement and demise sarah levy picard managed the picard commercial enterprises until her retirement in august 1918 for thirty years the picard family business had been considered one of biloxi s most profitable she died at the french hospital at new orleans on march 7 1927 mrs picard was lauded for excellence in commere by the biloxi press as  the mercantile business in biloxi known as one of the most profitable of the howard avenue enterprises   her corporal remians were interred in the gates of prayer cemetery no 2 on joseph street at new orleans with those of her spouse the daily herald march 8 1927 p 1  sarah s will on january 8 1927 sarah levy picard executed her will at biloxi mississippi as follows to julius m picard fernandez 19161983 a grandson 6000 to be kept in trust until his 24 th year to reine picard and ruby picard her home and a small cottage in biloxi known as 128 and 124 main street respectively to gertrude picard newman and ruby picard her jewelry to granddaughters freda a schwartz and hermine levy each 200 to purchase jewelry to bernard m picard a grandson 200 to reine picard all furnishings fixtures linens draperies silverware constituting the furnishings of my home in biloxi the remainder of my estate is to be divided equally between sam picard my executor gertrude newman blanche levy and sophie schwartz at the time of her demise mrs picard possessed eight tracts of land primarily in biloxi she also owned seven shares of the biloxi b loans co five shares of reliance homestead association of new orleans and one share of bethlehem steel harrison co mississippi chancery court will bk 6 p 23  picard children bernard and sarah levy picard were the parents of seven children reine picard 18791943 sophie picard 18811979 m kassel schwartz 18621921 gertrude picard 18851949 m jacob jack newman and blanche picard 18871975 m simon e levy 1882pre1927 were born in louisiana their only son samuel picard 18831964 m minnie meyer 18831974 was born in france it appears that the picards resided in france for several years before returning to louisiana by february 1885 two daughters florence flossie picard 18911916 m dr julius raymond fernandez of nola and thibodeaux louisiana and ruby picard 18931984 were born in biloxi a niece of french birth sarah black 18781900 resided with the picards in 1900 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t623808 p 5a ed 30  reine or rene picard reine picard  18791943 was born at new orleans on march 16 1879 she expired at thibodeaux louisiana in late august 1943 while under the care of dr julius m fernandez 19161983 her nephew at this time her siblings were situated as follows sam picard and sophie p schwartz were at birmingham alabama mr jack newman and mrs sol levy were domiciled at philadelphia and ruby picard was at biloxi managing the gulf view inn on east beach  the daily herald august 25 1943 p 8    sophia picard sophia p sophie schwartz  18811979 a new orleans native was the daughter of bernard picard 18531896 and sarah levy picard 18591927 she married kassel schwartz 18621921 of st martinville louisiana on march 10 1903 at her mother s 128 main street residence dr max heller of new orleans officiated after a wedding trip to pensacola and other florida points the newly weds resided at st martinville were mr schwartz was a leading merchant  the biloxi daily herald march 11 1903 p 6   kassel schwartz was born october 18 1862 at jarostan austria he immigrated to the united states in 1880 and had settled on main street in st martinville st martin parish louisiana in 1888 where he made his livelihood as a retail dry goods merchant two children freda schwartz 19071981 m hyman rosenberg 19031988 and bernard schwartz 19111930 were born of this union kassel schwartz passed at st martinville on august 19 19211920 st martin parish louisiana t625631 p 2b ed 60  biloxi after the death of her spouse at st martinville sophie p schwartz returned to biloxi mississippi in march 1923 she acquired for 8500 from mary e watt the widow of john c watt d1922 a retired presbyterian minister the everettblessey house once popularly called the fabacher house and known today as chateau blessey harco ms land deed bk 41 p 694 the everettblessey house is located at 1012 west beach boulevard on a 39 acre lot 68 feet by 250 feet which is situated east of the biloxi lighthouse in section 32 t7sr9w this lot was originally part of the nm benachi tract nicolas marino benachi was the greek consul at new orleans his summer home which was destroyed by hurricane camille was located a few lots east of the robinsonmaloney house also known as the dantzler house in march 21 1925 sophie picard schwartz sold her home which fronted on the mississippi sound to lawrence b fabacher for 13500 harco ms land deed bk32 pp 727728 this event was chronicled in biloxi s local journals as  mrs sp schwartz who has been making her home at 948 west beach this week closed a deal whereby lawrence fabacher of new orleans becomes the owner and he and his families have moved back to biloxi to reside this is an eight room modern home which will be improved by mr fabacher and is located in one of the best residential sections of biloxi  the daily herald march 11 1925 p 3   walter j blessey iv and katherine tarzana blessey his spouse purchase the everittblessey house in june 1987 the structure was damaged by hurricane katrina in august 2005 in december 2007 walter and catherine t blessey announced that they would be opening a bed and breakfast in their newly remodeled home in the summer of 2008 the blesseys now have three suites to let   harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 185 p 392 and the sun herald december 16 2007 p g1    gadsden alabama it appears that mrs schwartz relocated from biloxi to gadsden alabama to reside with bernard schwartz her son who was employed as bookkeeper and assistant manager with the hersbergloveman company the largest department store in that city freda schwartz her daughter and the spouse of hyman rosenburg also lived at gadsden with their baby daughter mrs sophie schwart returned to biloxi circa 1929 to live indefinitely after 1934 it appears that sophia p schwartz left biloxi again for gadsden alabama where freda schwartz rosenberg 19071981 her daughter was domiciled with her family freda had married hyman rosenberg 19031988 a pennsylvania native of jewish russian parentage hyman was a salesman in a shoe store he and freda had one child born at gadsden alabama before 1930 called jeanne rosenberg 19291930 kay ellen rosenberg b 1934 another daughter was born at gadsden alabama circa june 18 1934 sophie s son bernard schwartz 19111930 was also in the rosenberg household in 1930 working as a salesman for a mercantile store 1930 etowah co alabama federal census r16 p 1a ed 7 and the daily herald june 25 1934 p 6  demise sophia picard schwartz appears to have passed at gadsden alabama in december 1979 hyman and freda rosenberg also died at gadsden alabama  sam picard   sam picard was born august 25 1883 in france the only child of samuel picard and sarah levy born out of the country the 1900 federal census indicates that he entered america in 1885 at biloxi in 1900 sarah block 18781900 a niece of mrs sarah picard was domiciled in their home on main street 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t623808 p 5a ed 30 in his youth sam picard attended miss austin s school with sophie picard his sister the children of the lopez bradford gorenflo harkness champlin carraway and desporte families were also in attendance in 1905 in real estate business as biloxi as sam picard company and situated at 155 west howard avenue  the biloxi herald september 7 1905 p 1   by september 1899 sam picard was a student at mississippi a m in starkville mississippi the biloxi daily herald september 9 1899 p 8  gertrude picard gertrude picard  18851949 was born on february 17 1885 at new orleans she attended biloxi high school and won a scholarship to elizabeth college at charlotte north carolina gertrude left biloxi in september 1903 to commence her university studies she graduated from elizabeth college in may 1905 completing the ab course miss picard returned to biloxi and is known to have worked in december 1909 as a reporter for the daily herald  gertrude reported on biloxi society and personal happenings  the biloxi daily herald september 15 1903 p 6 may 3 1905 p 5 and the daily herald december 2 1909 p 8   gertrude picard married jacob jack newman and they had two sons julian newman and ralph newman she passed on at philadelphia pennsylvania on january 3 1949  the daily herald january 3 1949 p 7    blanche picard blanche picard  18871975 a native of new orleans graduated from biloxi high school in may 1904 and elizabeth college charlotte north carolina she married solomon edward sollie levy  18821927 a native of newborn georgia at biloxi on august 27 1908 in the presbyterian church rabbi mose bergman of new orleans performed their nuptials phil riser of demopolis alabama and florence picard sister of the bride were best man and maid of honor respectively in their wedding sollie e levy was a successful traveling salesman the couple made their home in or near st louis missouri  the biloxi daily herald may 31 1904 august 14 1908 p 1 and august 27 1908 p  1 and harrison co mississippi mrb 21 p 38  queen blanche picard1908 mardi gras blanche picard was selected as the first queen of the biloxi mardi gras which was held in march 1908 her king bienville i was john carraway 18731931 mr carraway came to biloxi in 1893 he was born at jackson mississippi the son of john c carraway 18431901 and arcola carraway 18481933 natives of the magnolia state in 1900 he and mae litel carroway 18781930 his spouse a native of albany wisconsin were domiciled on front street at biloxi where he made his livelihood as cashier for the bank of biloxi mr carraway matriculated to the university of mississippi at biloxi he was active in the elk odd fellow woodman of the world and masonic lodge john was the first president of the byc his parents and tennie carraway moreland 18801905 his texan born cousin were also domiciled on front street at this time  the biloxi daily herald  1902 p 51 1900 harrison county mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1a ed 31 and the biloxi daily herald july 29 1907 p 2   family blanche picard married solomon edward sollie levy 18821927 sollie e levy was born at newborn alabama at biloxi on august 27 1908 in the presbyterian church rabbi moses bergman of new orleans performed their nuptials phil riser of demopolis alabama and florence picard sister of the bride were best man and maid of honor respectively in their wedding sollie e levy was a successful traveling salesman the newlyweds home was at or near st louis missouri  the biloxi herald august 14 1908 p 1 and august 27 1908 p  1 and harrison co mississippi mrb 21 p 38  world war i sollie e levy went to officers training at fort logan h root at north little rock arkansas in may 1917  the daily herald  related that    mrs s e levy of this city will go to new orleans to visit her mother mrs s picard before going to little rock to join her husband at camp fort logan h root   the daily herald   may 31 1917 p 3   in july 1918 he was stationed at waco texas   at this time sol e levy also lost a brother h levy a resident of uniontown alabama  the daily herald july 18 1918 p 3    philadephia  the philadelphia jewish exponent march 21 1975 p 60  hermine levy greenberg montefiore cemetery at jenkintown pennsylvania   florence picard florence flossie picard  18911916 was born in june 1891 at biloxi mississippi she attended biloxi high school and the university of mississippi flossie picard taught school at biloxi before she married dr julius raymond fernandez 18901963 of new orleans dr fernandez had also attended ole miss and was a 1913 graduate of tulane university their nuptials occurred on december 7 1915 at the home of her mother at 128 main street rabbi moses of mobile officiated at the ceremony the couple lived in the crescent city where dr fernandez was an associate of dr bell he became an accomplished ent specialist  the daily herald december 8 1915 p 8 and january 7 1949 p 2   flossie p fernandez expired at hotel dieu on november 17 1916 in the crescent city she had given birth to a son julius m fernandez 19161983 on november 16 1916 mrs fernandez s funeral was held at the home of mrs j mcdermott at 4901 daneel place her corporal remains were interred in the jewish cemetery at new orleans next to those of bernard picard her father  the daily herald november 18 1916 p 1 and the new orleans states november 16 1916 p 10   dr jr fernandez married agnes eulalie pedeaux 18901976 and relocated to edgard st john the baptist parish louisiana he had several children with her julius m fernandez his son with florence picard became a doctor and lived at franklin st mary parish louisiana ralph fernandez his son with agnes e pedeaux also became a physician and was a resident of lafayette louisiana dr julius r fernandez was elected to the louisiana house of representatives and served three terms from 19401953 he had also been a police juror and coroner when he lived in jefferson parish louisiana dr jr fernandez expired at edgard louisiana on december 31 1963  the timespicayune january 2 1964 p 6    biloxi clinic on january 10 1949 dr julius m fernandez opened a medical clinic at biloxi in the picard buuilding a twostory structure on east beach and kuhn street dr fernandez like his father was a tulane graduate class of 1940 he had practiced medicine in lafayette lousiana before coming to biloxi miss ruby picard his aunt and a registered nurse worked in the clinic  the daily herald january 7 1949 p 2 and january 10 1949 p 2    ruby picard ruby picard was born in june 1893 at biloxi mississippi she became a nurse after training at the jewish hospital at philadelphia pennsylvania in july 1926 miss picard was appointed a nurse superintendent at the french hotel in new orleans sheexpired at biloxi on november 29 1984 the daily herald july 2 1926 p 2 and december 2 1984 p a2  hard timespicard homes sold the great depression of the 1930s resulted in the loss of the picard family homes at 124 and 128 main street the smaller dwelling 124 main street was lost by default when ruby picard et al failed to pay notes on a mortgage valued at 1818 in november 1935 eustis mcmanus special commissioner vended this property to the homeowner s loan corporation for 1600 it was acquired by kos j jackson and jessie m jackson in march 1938 for 2000 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 207 p 307 bk 207 p 571 and bk 219 p 597 the picard family residence 128 main street was also lost ruby picard reine picard gertrude picard newman and sam picard defaulted on their loan made in october 1934 and aj mclaurin trustee sold the picard home to the homeowner s loan corporation in june 1936 for 4400 they in turn conveyed the property to dr william d hooper 18871949 a north carolina native and chiropractor and alva witt hooper 18941949 his spouse for 3750 in july 1938 mrs hooper was born to the reverend robert f witt 18531920 and emma r witt 18611920 in mississippi probably claiborne county harrison co mississippi land deed of trust bk 89 p 469 and land deed bk 210 p 269 and bk 221 p 204 and 1930 pike co mississippi federal census r 1162 p 10b ed 14 and lauderdale co mississippi t625882 p 2a ed 45 the picard home remained in the hooper s possession until william j collins and george j collins acquired it from basil f witt 18881975 lynn e witt 18931953 and ava lee witt ansardi 18901985 the heirs of alva witt hooper in december 1953 for 12500 dr hooper had died at biloxi on october 28 1949 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 376 p 503 leo l joe scholtes noted photographer and local historian acquired the picard home from the collins in 19 he demolished the old edifice as it was in illrepair mr scholtes erected a brick home on this site harrison co mississippi land deed bk p  rfefernces  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey the city of biloxi biloxi mississippi1976 p 119 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 10277   sam picard executor of the estate of sarah picard v julius m picard fernandez et al  september 1927 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 14242   homeowner s loan corporation v ruby picard et al  september 1935 harrison county mississippi chancery court will book 6   will of sarah picard  january 1927 journals the biloxi herald   picard s cheap cash store   december 21 1889 the biloxi herald   city council   april 12 1890 the biloxi herald   local happenings   june 21 1890 the biloxi herald   picard s cheap cash store   july 19 1890 the biloxi herald   local happenings   april 23 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   october 20 1894 the biloxi herald   picard s emporium   december 14 1895 the biloxi herald   charter of incorporation of the people s bank of biloxi   march 21 1896 the biloxi herald   mrs austin s school   april 25 1896 the biloxi herald   death of bernard picard   may 23 1896 the biloxi herald   latest city news   june 13 1896 the biloxi herald   local and personal   september 9 1896 the biloxi daily herald   schwartzpicard   march 11 1899 the biloxi daily herald   schwartzpicard   march 11 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 15 1903 the biloxi daily herald   commencement exercises   may 31 1904 the biloxi daily herald   city paragraphs   may 3 1905 the biloxi daily herald   sam picard company   september 7 1905 the biloxi daily herald   among the candidates   july 29 1907 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi first carnival a success beyond expectations   march 4 1908 the biloxi daily herald   story of the big parade   march 4 1908 the biloxi daily herald   city news   august 14 1908 the biloxi daily herald   levypicard   august 27 1908 the daily herald   biloxi society and personal items   december 2 1909 the daily herald   biloxi society and personal items   june 3 1910 the daily herald   gulfport news paragraphs   july 1 1911 the daily herald   biloxi society and personal items   april 23 1914 the daily herald   mr  lazar  schwartz dead   december 3 1915 the daily herald   picardfernandez nuptials are held   december 8 1915 the daily herald   mrs fernandez dies in new orleans   november 18 1916 the daily herald   mrs levy leaves  may 31 1917 the daily herald   picard gillen   march 24 1916 the daily herald   capt sol levy in biloxi   july 18 1918 the daily herald   picard son   august 9 1918 the daily herald   local news paragraphs   august 16 1918 the daily herald   schartz home sold   march 11 1925 the daily herald   mrs s picard passes away   march 18 1927 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   may 24 1929 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   june 25 1934 the daily herald   miss rene picard dies   august 25 1943 the sun herald   b bs back in businessboutique lodging making a comeback   december 16 2007 p g1 the biloxi herald   death of bernard picard   may 23 1896 the biloxi daily herald   schwartzpicard   march 11 1903 the daily herald   mr  lazar  schwartz dead   december 3 1915 the daily herald   mrs levy leaves  may 31 1917 the daily herald   schwartz home sold   march 11 1925 the daily herald   mrs s picard passes away   march 18 1927 the daily herald     ruby picard  superintendent at french hospital   july 2 1926 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   may 24 1929 the daily herald   miss rene picard dies   august 25 1943 the daily herald   mrs  gertrude picard  newman dies    the daily herald   jm fernandez to open biloxi clinic in picard building   january 7 1949 the daily herald    dr jm fernandez  photo  the daily herald   miss ruby picard   december 2 1984 p a2  daily picayune   mardi gras at biloxi   march 4 1908 the new orleansstate   florence fernandez   november 18 1916 the times picayune   sarah levy picard   march 9 1927 the times picayune   exlegislator funeral today   january 2 1964  abraham rosenberg abraham rosenberg 18701940 was born at nola the son of benjamin rosenberg 18331917 and rachel woolf 18441911 in 1851 benjamin arrived in new york city from his native preusnitz russian poland after a short tenure in san francisco he came to nola via the isthmus of panama in the crescent city he sold shoes on poydras street until 1865 benjamin rosenberg then went into the wholesale shoe business as b rosenberg sons at 215 decatur street and erected one of the first southern shoe factories the rex shoe factory at bienville and burgundy before becoming a reformed jew he supported the chelbra thilim orthodox congregation at nola and donated the money for its brick synagogue at 822 lafayette street circa 1863 benjamin rosenberg married rachel woolf an english lady they were domiciled at 805 pine street and reared the following children adele rosenberg 18641917 m arthur abrams and samuel rubin edward rosenberg 18671912 m hattye goetz ephraim rosenberg 18681942 benjamin rosenberg 18701970 m claretta mayer 18801985 nathan rosenberg 18741916 m josephine coleman and lydia rosenberg 18751940 m samuel cahn abraham rosenberg married claretta mayer 18801985 a native of louisville kentucky she was the daughter of nathan mayer 18371907 an 1843 german immigrant and frances godchaux 18471926 a native of kentucky children nathaniel b rosenberg 19081991 and abraham charles rosenberg 19101985 abraham rosenberg died intestate on december 9 1940 near montgomery alabama on a train while returning from a business affair at martinsville indiana on december 9 1940  references  harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 17996   mrs claretta mayer rosenberg v the heirs of abraham rosenberg deceased  september1941  deed bk 243 p 531  orleans parish louisiana civil district court cause no 237870  the succession of abraham rosenberg  december 1941 the times picayune   from peddler to wholesalerbenj rosenberg is dead aged 83   november 12 1917 the times picayune   make charitable bequests 70 funeral is today   november 22 1917 the times picayune   a rosenberg 70 funeral is today   december 11 1940 the times picayune   100yearsold woman  claretta mayer rosenberg  still maintains her zest for life   january 14 1980  rosenblum   hillel rosenblum hillel or hile rosenblum  18751948 was born september 15 1875 at minsk russia he arrived at new york city on january 10 1906 declaration of intention no 24 southern districtsouth mississippioctober 17 1917  charles rosemblum charles rosenblum 19021963 was born in germany the son of hillel rosenblum 18751948 and leah rosenblum his parents immigrated to the united states in 1906 coming from minsk russia via belgium to ellis island the elder rosenblum was an itinerant jewish peddler who lived at mchenry mississippi and pascagoula mississippi in addition to charles there were four other sons and two daughters after his business career was over hillel retired to new orleans charles rosenblum married rachel rosemblum 19061930 a native of england and 1906 immigrant they had two sons sidney rosenblum b 1927 and alvin rosenblum sidney rosenblum attended the gulf coast military academy from 1939 to 1944 charles rosenblum lived at hammond louisiana where he was a merchant and operated rosenblum s department store at 314 east thomas street the building is now rented by the rosenblum family to the parish government and serves as the hammond branch of the tangipahoa parish library system sidney rosenblumdecember1997 prior to locating at biloxi mississippi the charles rosenblum family lived in alabama and at picayune mississippi in 1930 he was the proprietor of a dry goods store in picayune 1930 pearl river co mississippi federal census r1159 p 3b ed 7  fabacher house  the fabacher home at 1012 west beach in biloxi was acquired by charles rosenblum from lawrence fabacher on june 4 1941 mr rosenblum paid 10000 for the home in january 1942 he sold it to margaret k colby for 11600 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 240 pp 247248 and bk 246 p 204205 at biloxi charles rosenblum was in the jewelry business and other commercial ventures with his younger brother david rosenblum a well known merchant in that city charles rosenblum expired on february 23 1963 at hammond louisiana sidney rosenblumdecember1997  david rosenblum    david s in september 1947 david rosenblum acquired the guarantee shoe store from james oatis coleman 18861961 mr coleman had married mary lawrence 18941953 the daughter of joseph v lawrence 19671952 and tucei mr lawrence had hired his soninlaw after his return from ww i with the aef in europe coleman acquired the business circa 1935 mr rosenblum owned 18 stores in four southern states the daily herald september 29 1947 p 5  david s building the david s building on west howard avenue had a 2000 face lift in january 1949 a new modern front raised the display window three feet and made deeper improving visiblity and display room by 50 the daily herald january 5 1949 p 2  references   the daily herald rosenblum buys guarantee store september 29 1947 the daily herald david s at biloxi to have new front january 5 1949  louis rosenthal louis rosenthal 18511942 was born in prussia he immigrated to the united states in 1853  family louis rosenthal married brunette levy 18681956 at new orleans on february 19 1888 they were the parents of seven children and six sons survived to adulthood seligman t rosenthal 18891973 leon rosenthal 18901920 m fannie heymann aaron rosenthal 18931917 jacob rosenthal 18951972 marcus rosenthal 19021970 and ezra rosenthal 19041994  the biloxi blizzard louis rosenthal commenced the biloxi blizzard in february 1893 from comments about his newspaper in the biloxi herald  it appears that it s early months were difficult and there were times when the biloxi blizzard was not published  the biloxi herald  a competitor wrote in april 1894 that after a suspension of several months the biloxi blizzard made an appearance on april 1 st l rosenthal appears on the masthead as editor and proprietor it is neatly printed as a seven column newspaper  the biloxi blizzard advertised in 1893 as follows  the blizzard published every wednesday by the biloxi publishing company louis rosenthal editor and manager subscription 150 per year  th glenn 1893 advertisement    sale louis rosenthal sold the biloxi blizzard to austin m dahlgren 18561906 collector of the port in late january 1895 the conveyance occurred without consultation from monsieurs edward glennan 18541933 and charles redding 18571926 these gentlemen owned the physical assets of rosenthal s late journal the biloxi herald january 26 1895 p 8  the mandeville wave the rosenthal family left biloxi for mandeville louisiana before 1900 here louis found employment with the mandeville wave  a small journal as a journalist  references  charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published in 1895 th glenn  the mexican gulf coast on mobile bay mississippi sound illustrated  grahamdelchamps mobile alabama1893  the biloxi herald   local happenings   february 4 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   april 7 1894 the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 26 1895 the biloxi herald   local happenings   may 25 1895 the biloxi herald   local happenings  the biloxi daily herald   city news   march 3 1903  julian h saenger  18731932  julian henri saenger  18731932 was born in norfolk virginia to rabbi israel saenger 18411900 an 1866 immigrant from germany and mrs saenger d pre1900 also a german immigrant julian graduated from johns hopkins university at baltimore maryland after completing their pharmacy school before 1900 the saenger family relocated from macon georgia to shreveport louisiana where he was a retail pharmacist and proprietor of the saenger drug company with abe d saenger 18761932 his brother 1900 caddo parish louisiana federal census t623560 p 4b ed 40  the saenger brothers  in 1911 julian h saenger joined with levi maurice ash  18801971 who had married florence saenger ash 18861932 his sister and abraham   abe d saenger  his brother to organized the saenger amusement company they opened their first movie house in shreveport also in 1911 in 1917 the company had built the strand theatre at new orleans and in november 1926 with their two hundred movies houses in fifty southern cities in eleven southern states and central america and cuba saenger theatres inc was integrated into publix theaters corporation the premier american movie house proprietor whose crown jewel was the seven million dollar paramont theater on broadway the two and onehalf million dollar saenger theatre opened in the crescent city on february 4 1927 it was designed by emile weil julian h saenger married marjorie kent weston at gretna louisiana in december 1930 they were domiciled at 831 bourbon street julian was stricken by a heart attack on february 6 1932 he expired in an ambulance rushing him to a new orleans hospital  the times picayune december 20 1930 p 20 and february 6 1932 p 1    biloxi s saenger theatre   1929    references  the timespicayune   new saenger theater is vast beyond belief and incredibly beautiful   february 5 1927 the timespicayune   theater is seen as realization of years of work   february 5 1927 the timespicayune   society   december 20 1930 the timespicayune   julian h saenger stricken dies on way to hospital   february 7 1932  henry i singer henry ivan singer 18681930 was born at rodney jefferson county mississippi in october 1868 to george singer 18201880 and margret singer 18291880 german immigrants george singer was from saxony while margret singer was a native of wurttemberg henry had two brothers albert singer and william singer 18621880 and 18591880 henry i singer left rodney mississippi after 1900 to join harry cahn at biloxi mississippi at rodney he had been a merchandise salesman and associated with daniel e moran 18791900 and henry l mackie 18791900 1900 jefferson county mississippi t623812 p 1b ed 89  family henry i singer remained a bachelor until at the age of fortynine when he married dorothy hebard 18991930 on october 25 1917 in harrison county mississippi  references  the advocate  baton rouge louisiana   robert l singer   july 31 1997 the biloxi daily herald   charter of incorporation of the harrison county bank   june 10 1905 the daily herald      the daily herald   the specialty store  advertisement     june 14 1917  sol stein sol stein 18551921 an 1873 german immigrant came to biloxi before 1920 to manage the new park hotel on reynoir street north of the saenger theatre he and spouse emma e stein 18761921 a missouri native of swiss parentage had one son sol stein ii during ww i young sol stein served seventeen months in the us army in france with the new york engineers he returned to new york after the conflict to continue his livelihood in sales in new york and new england   1920 harrison co mississippi federal census t626876 p 28a ed 41 and the daily herald may 17 1921 p 2  sol and emma e stein had left the new park hotel and biloxi in the winter of 1921 they spent it at st petersburg florida and returned to biloxi in may 1921 to visit friends initially they had decided to relocate to nola but by june 1921 they were back in the hotel business at point chautauqua south of buffalo new york  the daily herald may 12 1921 p 4 and june 16 1921 p 3    references  the daily herald   sol stein in biloxi   may 17 1919 the daily herald   here on visit   may 12 1921 the daily herald   located in new york   june 16 1921  adrian weill adrian weill 19031971 was born august 18 1903 in osthaffen lorraine france the son of leon weill 18701903 and hermine weill leon weill had come to the united states in 1886 by 1900 he was the proprietor of a general merchandising store in ascension parish louisiana it appears that he returned circa 1902 to alsacelorraine married and had two sons adrian weill and roger weill 19021988 the weill brothers immigrated to america in 1920 settling near lutcher st james parish louisiana with jonas weill 18771963 their uncle and a retail merchant jonas weill had immigrated to louisiana in 18961900 ascension parish la federal census t623 557 p 4a ed 8 and 1920 st james parish la federal census r815 p 19a ed 10 in 1930 adrian weill relocated to biloxi mississippi and opened a retail shoe store on lameuse street shortly he acquired the building that his leased space was situated which led to his life long vocation of acquiring and selling rental property adrian initiated the first drivein restaurant ferdinand s at biloxi which was located on west beach he also constructed biloxi s first shopping center weill s shopping center also on west beach  the daily herald february 22 1971 p 1   before 1943 adrian weill met and married jeannette l dees 19162002 who was born northeast of mobile at repton conecuh county alabama donna mae long dees mcmillan 18981930 her mother once served as postmaster of repton alabama adrian and jeannette d weill were the parents of adrian michael mike weill 19431976 jolene w manuel aultman donna lynn w minton green ludlow 19532012 and jacqueline w glascow bernstein d pre 2002  the sun he  5a ed 17  weill enterprises   avelez hotel company the avelez hotel company was chartered in june 1946 by adrian weill 19031971 uriah s joachim 18881977 richard r guice and albert sydney johnston jr harrison county ms charter bk 93 p 162  riviera hotel wilhelmina billie sewell roberts sherrill morse 18861982 vended the riviera hotel at biloxi to the avelez hotel company in december 1955 the old resort on the east side of lameuse street and beach boulevard had survived many hurricanes in its long history during the september storm of 1947 the storm surge at biloxi was measured at thirteen feet in the vicinity of the riviera hotel hurricane camille of august 1969 severely damage the structure and its derelict remains were removed and the lot sold the board of directors of the avelez hotel held a special meeting on march 18 1970 and unanimously vote to sell their old montrossriviera hotel lot two days later the avelez hotel corporation for 260000 conveyed the lot to the housing authority of biloxi harrison county ms land deed bk 403 p 171 and 2 nd jd harrison county ms land deed bk 8 p 473  ocean springs tract in december 1986 jacqueline w bernstein jolene w aultman and donna w green conservators and daughters of jeanette dees weill sold the former allman tract to loris c bridges jxco ms land deed bk 649 p 454 and bk 875 p 475 and p 478  references  the daily herald   adrian weill taken by death  february 22 1971 the sun herald   adrian michael weill   april 18 1976 p a2 the sun herald   biloxian found dead outside apartments   april 18 1976 p a2 the sun herald   jeanette dees weill   april 21 2002 p a8 the sun herald   donna lynn weill   april 22 2012 p a13 the timespicayune   adrian weill s funeral is set   february 23 1971 p 3  arthur weinberger and william weinberger arthur art weinberger 18961974 was born on may 11 1896 at chicago illinois to adolph weinberger 1868pre 1910 an 1876 hungarian immigrant and chicago variety store merchant and lena rottenberg 18721930 an 1885 hungarian immigrant adolph had married and been a widower before he married lena rottenberger circa 1892 his children with his first wife were henry weinberger b 1885 george a weinberger b 1888 rae weinberger 18901975 m joseph shanberg 18821920 and louis weinberger b 1891 adolph and lena r weinberger were the parents of william weinberger 18931976 arthur weinberger 18961974 m amy rush 19071991 emil g weinberger 18991986 and richard weinberger 190719821900 cook co illinois federal census r 258 p 14b ed 330 1910 and cook co illinois federal census t624262 p 7b ed 871 during wwi both art and william weinberger served in the us army art was a clerk at butler brothers in chicago before joining the us army in september 1917 he was discharged january 13 1919 by 1920 art and william weinberger were domiciled at savannah georgia where they retail clothes salesmen at savannah georgia by 1930 both men were in chicago where art was head of the household with his mother and brothers william emil george and george a weinberger jr residing at 207 winthrop art listed his occupation as an out of business merchant 1920 chatham co georgia federal censusu t625241 p 2a ed 74 and 1930 cook co illinois federal census r494 p 2a ed 1881  biloxi in september 1949 art and amy weinberger acquired lot 5block 2 of the bienville subdivision on biloxi s west beach boulevard from lc hicks he later moved to the gulf towers near the buena vista hotel harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 325 p 24  sw c west howard avenue and reynoir street in august 1952 art weinberger took a sublease from genevieve lynn dyer on a building situated on the sw c of west howard avenue and reynoir street the consideration was 4000 and mrs victor b pringle was the lessor here he ronald weinberger his stepson and william weinberger 18931976 his brother operated and managed several businesses art s army store william s sportswear allan s mens store and the howard clothing company harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 357 pp 418419  murder on december 2 1974 art weinberger the proprietor of art s levis    on howard avenue was distracted by john willie durengo reddix b 1954 in order that larry catfish jones b 1954 reddix s companion on that day could sneak up behind mr weinberger and kill him by striking him repeatedly with blows from a wrench reddix and jones then took money and clothes from the weinberger store and fled larry jones was convicted of murder and incarcerated at parchman prison and of march 2012 is continuing to serve a life sentence for this heinous crime the daily herald december 3 1974 pa 2 december 4 1974 p a2 and december 16 1974 p a2 the corporal remains of art weinberger were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi he was survivied by amy rush weinberger mrs donald friedman a daughter of chicago and ronald winters a son at atlanta georgia art had been a charter member of sunkist country club a 32nd degree mason and shriner and has formerly owned chain stores in the midwest the daily herald december 3 1974 p a2 william weingerger 18931976 was born on june 6 1893 at chicago illinois he was a veteran of wwi and settled at biloxi mississippi where he was a merchant operating as william s sportswear and howard clothing company he also resided at gulf towers and died at biloxi mississipp in may 1976 mr weinberger s corporal remains were also interred in the southern memorial park cemetery the daily herald may 1976 p 2  references  the daily herald   arthur weinberger   december 3 1974  the daily herald   young biloxi man charged in murder of store owner   december 4 1974  the daily herald   third man arrested in biloxi murder   december 16 1974  the daily herald   william weinberger   may 1976  the timespicayune   release of death row inmate halted   january 30 1983  rosa d weissenburger rosa d weissenburger  18291910 nee doller was born at landau germany she married charles e weissenburger probably alsatian who died before 1880 they were the parents of rose weissenburger 18521910 m charles e latten 18511880 and caroline weiseenburger 18591880 1880 orleans parish louisiana federal census r 462 p 3 ed 52 7th ward before 1888 mrs weissenburger opened in biloxi mississippi a ladies clothing store on pass christian road now howard avenue near delauney street she had an eccletic stock of millinery ladies fancy goods and notions in september 1888 rosa weissenburger advertised as follows  rosa weissenberger dealer in millinery notions ladies fancy goods pass christian street near delauney  the biloxi daily herald september 29 1888 p 8 in march 1891 mrs weissenburger returned to biloxi from a buying trip with the latest styles in ladie s and children s bonnets and hats she also had acquired the latest in ribbons trimmings embroderies and notions the biloxi daily herald march 14 1891 p 4 rosa weissenburger expired at 5950 magazine street in the crescent city on december 17 1910 she had been living with rose w latten her daughter gertrude arendt 18891910 a realtive and alden latten 18841910 her grandson and a medical doctor the daily picayune december 18 1910 p 8 and 1910 orleans parish louisiana federal census t624524 p 11b ed 219  references  the biloxi herald   local news   june 23 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   march 14 1891 the daily picayune    weissenburger   december 18 1910 2429 views  