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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 .
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Wendy Rush, the company’s communications director, is great-great-grandchild of Isidor and Ida Straus Wife of missing OceanGate CEO is descended from Titanic victims, says report Skip to main ...
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.
Michael John Lewis (born 11 January 1939 in Aberystwyth) is a Welsh-born composer of film, theatre, television, and choral music. He studied harmony, counterpoint and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama .