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Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was an American retail businessman, who was one of the co-founders of department store Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears.
Mar 28, 2013 · Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co., was born on January 9, 1864, in Lafayette, Ind., of English parentage. When Alvah was three years old, his family moved to a farm about five miles outside of Lafayette.
Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co., was born on January 9, 1864, in Lafayette, Ind., of English parentage. When Alvah was three years old, his family moved to a farm about five miles outside of Lafayette.
Two years later he sold his business for \$100,000 and moved to Iowa, intending to…. …to Chicago in 1887, hired Alvah C. Roebuck to repair watches, and established a mail-order business for watches and jewelry. The company’s first catalog was offered the same year.
That year, he met Alvah Curtis Roebuck, a watch repairman. In 1887, Sears and Roebuck relocated the business to Chicago, and the company published Richard Sears's first mail-order catalog, offering watches, diamonds, and jewelry.
Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was an American manager and businessman. He was the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears.
Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Born in Lafayette, Indiana on January 9, 1864, Alvah C. Roebuck grew up on a farm, but showed an early aptitude and great interest for all things mechanical. By the age of 16, he was a self-taught watchmaker, and at the age of 22 was employed as a watchmaker at a small jeweler in Hammond, Indiana.
Dec 9, 2016 · Alvah Curtis Roebuck (born January 1864, died 1948), co-founder of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. - long since shortened to Sears - was a native of Lafayette.
Aug 23, 2017 · An ad he had placed in a Chicago newspaper brought watchmaker Alvah C. Roebuck into the business, and by 1893 the successful partnership officially became Sears, Roebuck and Company.
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.
- June 9, 1864
- June 18, 1948
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