Gratz
adored her nieces and nephews and thought, “children are very good society.
” She was particularly close to her
sister Rachel's six children and considered them her,
“favorite toys.”
In 1823, when Rachel died in childbirth, Gratz
resigned from the Female Association's board and brought
the children home to live with her. In 1825, the children's
father, Solomon Moses, bought a house across the street
from the Gratz family home and took the older children
back to live with him. Nevertheless Gratz continued to
help raise the children, and became a second mother to
her nieces and nephews.
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