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Apr 7, 2024 · Richard W. Sears (born December 7, 1863, Stewartville, Minnesota, U.S.—died September 28, 1914, Waukesha, Wisconsin) was an American merchant who developed his mail-order jewelry business into the huge retail company Sears, Roebuck. Sears’s father had been wealthy but lost his fortune in speculation.
Oct 17, 2013 · By Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: October 17, 2013 at 5:01 p.m. | UPDATED: December 28, 2018 at 8:10 p.m. Sears department store was founded in 1893 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck ...
Alvah C. Roebuck. AKA Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Born: 9-Jun-1864 Birthplace: Lafayette, IN Died: 18-Jun-1948 Location of death: Chicago, IL Cause of death: Natural Causes Remains: Buried, Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL. Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business. Nationality: United States Executive ...
- June 9, 1864
- June 18, 1948
Alvah Curtis Roebuck (1864-1948), who lived and worked as a watchmaker for 15 years as a teenager and young adult in Hammond, Indiana, responded to a newspaper ad in the Chicago Daily News that Richard Sears put out shortly after opening a shop on Dearborn Avenue in Chicago seeking someone to fix watches.
Oct 31, 2018 · The October 2018 announcement that Sears – founded in 1893 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck – filed for bankruptcy did not come as a surprise. After all, ...
Alvah Curtis Roebuck ( born June 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana, † June 18, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois) was a mechanic and co-founder of Sears Roebuck & ( 1887-1895 ) American entrepreneur. From 1897 to 1909 he was president of Enterprise Optical Equipment Manufacturing Company, and from 1909 to 1924 president of the Woodstock Typewriter Company.
Oct 20, 2015 · Rosenwald’s company provided men’s clothing to the company owned by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck. When Roebuck stepped away from the business, he gave his portion of the business to Sears who then partnered with Aaron Nasbaum, Rosenwald’s brother-in-law. In 1895, Sears sold Roebuck’s share of the business to Nasbaum and Rosenwald.
