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Lazarus Straus (April 25, 1809 – January 14, 1898) was a German-American trader and entrepreneur . Family. Lazarus Straus was the eldest of fourteen children of Isaac Straus, who in 1806 commissioned Napoleon Bonaparte to develop a concept for the emancipation of Jews in Bavaria on the left bank of the Rhine, and his wife Johanette.
Lazarus & Sara Straus. Family. Lazarus Straus, son of Isaac and Johanette Straus, was born in Otterberg Germany in 1809. He was the oldest of fourteen. In 1838 he married a cousin, Davora (Fannie) Levi. The couple had one daughter, Karoline. Fanny died in 1843 and Lazarus married his first cousin Sara the following year.
Straus. Donate. STRAUS, U.S. family of department store merchants, industrialists, public servants and philanthropists. Its founder, LAZARUS STRAUS (1809–1898), went to the U.S. in 1852 and settled in Talbotton, Georgia. Straus's three sons, all of whom were born in Otterberg, Rhenish Palatinate, and his wife joined him in 1854.
Straus Historical Society. The Straus Historical Society fosters educational activities with respect to the settlement of Jews in the United States and, in particular, the family of Lazarus and Sara Straus, their ancestors and their descendants.
Sep 13, 2022 · Otterberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Genealogy for Lazarus Straus (1809 - 1898) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Otterberg, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Davora "Fannie" Straus, Sara Straus
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- April 25, 1809
Lazarus & Fannie. Straus Family. Amalie & Ferdinand Weiss. Lazarus Straus, son of Isaac and Johanette Straus, was born in Otterberg Germany in 1809. He was the oldest of fourteen. The custom of marrying cousins was common at the time and, in 1838 he married a cousin, Davora (Fannie) Levi. The couple had one daughter, Karoline. Fanny died in 1843.
Apr 26, 2015 · Lazarus Straus was born in Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1852, and began working as a pushcart peddler in Georgia. He opened a dry goods store there two years later. In 1869 he founded L. Straus & Sons in New York City. The company sold its china and glassware in Macy’s department store basement beginning in 1873.
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