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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 ]
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.
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.
Upon his death in 1899, Cornelius had amassed $100 million — over $3 billion in today's money. ... Isidor and Ida Straus have been depicted in multiple movies and have a memorial garden in New ...
Ida reportedly gave Ellen her fur coat as she boarded a lifeboat, and the two died as the Titanic sank into the ocean. Isidor’s body was later recovered and buried in New York’s Woodlawn ...
Wendy Rush, the wife of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, is descended from Ida and Isidor Straus, two first-class passengers who perished in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. ... But they did it ...
The 34th Street main entrance to Macy's Department Store in Manhattan features two brass plaques — one commemorating the deaths of Ida and Isidor Straus, the other honoring employees who died in World War I. The Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial is located in Straus Park at the intersection of Broadway and West End Avenue at W. 106th Street ...
First-class passenger Isidor Straus refused to take a seat on a lifeboat when women and children were still waiting to get off the sinking ship, and he was joined by his wife Ida, who would not ...