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Isidor Straus (February 6, 1845 – April 15, 1912) was a Bavarian-born American businessman, politician and co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He also served for just over a year as a member of the United States House of Representatives , representing the state of New York . [ 2 ]
Rosalie Ida Straus (née Blün; February 6, 1849 – April 15, 1912) was a German-American homemaker and wife of Isidor Straus, U.S. Congressman and co-owner of the Macy's department store. She and her husband died during the sinking of the Titanic .
Straus Park is a small landscaped park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, at the intersection of Broadway, West End Avenue, and 106th Street. The most notable feature is a bronze 1913 statue by American artist Augustus Lukeman of a nymph gazing over a calm expanse of water in memory of Ida and Isidor Straus , husband and wife, he a United ...
His siblings were Hermine Straus Kohns (1846–1922), Isidor Straus (1845–1912), and Oscar Solomon Straus (1850–1926). The family moved to the U.S. state of Georgia in 1854. After losing everything in the American Civil War the family moved to New York City, where his father formed L. Straus & Sons, a crockery and glassware firm. [1]
Actor played real-life business magnate Isidor Straus who died in ... real-life co-owner of Macy's department store who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Isidor and his wife, Ida ...
At her death this was to pass to his daughter, Florence. He left only a small annuity for his son. [3] The following year, in 1878, Macy's partner La Forge died, and the third partner, Valentine, died in 1879. [7] [8] Ownership of the store passed to the Macy family until 1895, when it was sold to Isidor and Nathan Straus.
After the death of his first wife, he married her sister Sara Levi (1823–1876) in 1844, with whom he had four sons and a daughter; including the entrepreneur and US Congressman (serving in the United States House of Representatives), Isidor Straus (1845–1912), who died with his wife Ida Straus in the sinking of the Titanic, [2] entrepreneur ...
Jesse Straus was born in Manhattan on June 25, 1872, as the eldest son of the German immigrants Isidor Straus (1845–1912) and Ida Straus (1849–1912), both of whom died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Isidor was co-owner of the department store R.H. Macy & Co., along with his uncle Nathan Straus.