Esther Bernhardt was born in Bucharest, Romania.
Esther was the granddaughter of Mary Schwartz Lazar, buried here in this same cemetery in 1920.
Esther's brother Adolph Bernhardt was the first to come to America, in 1898, when he was 13 years old. Eventually the rest of the family followed.
Esther and her father Isador Bernhardt emigrated in 1903.
Isador went back to Romania in 1905 and brought Fanny, another daughter, back.
Esther's mother, Rebecca Lazar Bernhardt, and Bertha (Bertie), Benjamin, and Joseph, the three youngest children, came over in 1906.
Esther was one of the early suffragettes in St. Louis, and would march in the parades, even when she was pregnant, though her husband disapproved.
She was a very fine seamstress, according to her daughter Tootsie.
Esther was the granddaughter of Mary Schwartz Lazar, buried here in this same cemetery in 1920.
Esther's brother Adolph Bernhardt was the first to come to America, in 1898, when he was 13 years old. Eventually the rest of the family followed.
Esther and her father Isador Bernhardt emigrated in 1903.
Isador went back to Romania in 1905 and brought Fanny, another daughter, back.
Esther's mother, Rebecca Lazar Bernhardt, and Bertha (Bertie), Benjamin, and Joseph, the three youngest children, came over in 1906.
Esther was one of the early suffragettes in St. Louis, and would march in the parades, even when she was pregnant, though her husband disapproved.
She was a very fine seamstress, according to her daughter Tootsie.
Esther Bernhardt was born in Bucharest, Romania.
Esther was the granddaughter of Mary Schwartz Lazar, buried here in this same cemetery in 1920.
Esther's brother Adolph Bernhardt was the first to come to America, in 1898, when he was 13 years old. Eventually the rest of the family followed.
Esther and her father Isador Bernhardt emigrated in 1903.
Isador went back to Romania in 1905 and brought Fanny, another daughter, back.
Esther's mother, Rebecca Lazar Bernhardt, and Bertha (Bertie), Benjamin, and Joseph, the three youngest children, came over in 1906.
Esther was one of the early suffragettes in St. Louis, and would march in the parades, even when she was pregnant, though her husband disapproved.
She was a very fine seamstress, according to her daughter Tootsie.
Esther was the granddaughter of Mary Schwartz Lazar, buried here in this same cemetery in 1920.
Esther's brother Adolph Bernhardt was the first to come to America, in 1898, when he was 13 years old. Eventually the rest of the family followed.
Esther and her father Isador Bernhardt emigrated in 1903.
Isador went back to Romania in 1905 and brought Fanny, another daughter, back.
Esther's mother, Rebecca Lazar Bernhardt, and Bertha (Bertie), Benjamin, and Joseph, the three youngest children, came over in 1906.
Esther was one of the early suffragettes in St. Louis, and would march in the parades, even when she was pregnant, though her husband disapproved.
She was a very fine seamstress, according to her daughter Tootsie.
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