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	Isidor Straus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Isidor Straus was born on February 6, 1845 in Otterberg, Rhenish Bavaria.
		Isidor Straus served as a U.S. Congressman from January 30, 1894, to March 3, 1895 as a Democrat.
		Isidor Straus's body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett and was buried in Beth-El Cemetery, Brooklyn.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isidor_Straus (380 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Isidor Straus
		Isidor Straus (February 6, 1845–April 15, 1912) was owner of the Macy's department store and served as a Congressional Representative.
		Isidor Straus served as a Congressional Representative from January 30, 1894, to March 3, 1895 as a Democrat.
		Isidor and his wife were traveling on the RMS Titanic when on April 14, 1912, it hit an iceberg.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Isidor_Straus (253 words)

	Mr Isidor Straus
		Mr Isidor Straus, 67, was born in Rhenish Bavaria on 6th February, 1845.
		Straus' father (Lazarus Straus) established a dry-goods business called "L. Straus and Company." and Isidor is listed in the 1860 census as being a clerk at this store.
		Isidor went to work for a company that engaged in blockade running for the Confederate States (it was the time of the American Civil War).
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /biography/288 (528 words)

	Straus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Isidor, with his brother Nathan, became associated with R. Macy &; Company in 1874, became a partner in 1888, and by 1896 had acquired ownership of the firm.
		He established pasteurization stations to supply sanitary milk to the poor, made his milk stations relief depots in the Panic of 1893, and was a leader in the field of child health.
		New York City, son of the elder Nathan Straus, was a journalist and public official.
	www.bartleby.com /65/st/Straus.html (460 words)

	Isidor Straus Biography / Biography of Isidor Straus Biography
		Isidor Straus was born on Feb. 6, 1845, in Otterberg, Germany, of a cultivated family.
		Isidor was the eldest of this family which was destined for distinction.
		Straus was a warm friend of President Grover Cleveland and a Gold Democrat of the Carl Schurz variety.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-isidor-straus (523 words)

	The sinking of the Titanic, ch. 17: Refused to leave husband (1912) by Jay Henry Mowbray
		Isidor Straus, wife of the New York merchant, met death with her husband on the Titanic rather than be separated from him, was rendered complete when Miss Ellen Bird, maid to Mrs.
		Straus and her husband when the elderly though heroic woman brushed aside three opportunities to be saved, declaring to solicitous passengers that death in her husband's arms was more to be desired than life without him.
		Straus, with her husband, hurried to the stateroom of her maid, cautioning Miss Bird to dress hurriedly and as comfortably as she could, because the passengers might have to take to the lifeboats.
	gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca /titnch17.htm (2732 words)

	Isidor Straus
		Born in Bavaria in 1845, Isidor Straus came to the United States at the age of 9, residing first in Georgia and then in New York City.
		Isidor Straus was a trusted advisor to President Grover Cleveland, and he was elected as a Democrat to the fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ashbel P. Fitch, and served from January 30, 1894, to March 3, 1895.
		Straus sailed on the maiden voyage of the Titanic.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/straus.html (304 words)

	GEORGIANS ON THE TITANIC - Professor Wilkes - University of Georgia School of Law
		Isidor Straus was born in Rhenish Bavaria in 1845.
		Straus refused to enter the lifeboat until all the women and children were safe; and Mrs.
		Straus was waving her handkerchief in farewell to the persons departing in a lifeboat.
	www.lawsch.uga.edu /academics/profiles/dwilkes_more/his21_titanic.html (834 words)

	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: Isidor Straus
		Isidor Straus is not related to the Levi Strauss folks of California (at least not closely).
		Straus on A-deck, how she refused to get in a boat without him, how he declared his intent to "share the fate of all the other men." Gracie doesn't make mention of what Isidor and Ida did after that in his Senate testimony.
		Straus Historical Society, Inc. in Smithtown, NY has an interesting letter from a Macy's employee who happened to be a passenger on Carpathia, interviewed Titanic surivivors to find out what happend to the Strauses (the Straus family owned Macy's);, and wrote to their son Percy.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/5811/8605.html?1024706180 (1368 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Nathan Straus
		Straus, Nathan (1848-1931), American merchant and philanthropist, born in Otterberg, Germany.
		The branch libraries of the system are as diverse as the city neighborhoods they serve.
		Straus, Isidor (1845-1912), American merchant, born in Otterberg, Germany.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Nathan_Straus.html (101 words)

	Straus
		Oscar Straus - Straus, Oscar, 1870–1954, Austrian composer; studied in Vienna and with Max Bruch in Berlin.
		Isidor STRAUS - STRAUS, Isidor (1845—1912) STRAUS, Isidor, a Representative from New York; born in Otterberg,...
		Ralph Straus REGULA - REGULA, Ralph Straus (1924—) REGULA, Ralph Straus, a Representative from Ohio; born in Beach...
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	The Jewish-Titanic Connection
		Isidor and Ida Straus were a part of the group of well-known German-Jewish New York families who came to be known as "Our Crowd." Isidor's death in 1912 brought to an end a life devoted to social service, education, the Jewish community, the business world, and the New York Democratic Party.
		The earliest known member of the Straus family, Isidor's great-grandfather Jacob Lazare, was a member of the Assembly of Jewish Notables convened by Napoleon in Paris in 1806, which led to the establishment of the French Sanhedrin, created by Napoleon to advise him when he was considering the liberation of all Jews in his dominions.
		Isidor worked as a Confederate bond salesman, and went to Europe to purchase supplies for the Confederate states, including ships for blockade-running, but after the war ended, he settled in New York, where he became a partner in the Macy's Department store, and later in another store, Abraham and Straus.
	www.ilperetz.org /graduates/karen_hakken.htm (2117 words)

	Titanic: Straus Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Straus family originated in Otterberg, Bavaria (Germany), from which Lazaras Straus, the patriarch, emigrated in 1852.
		Isidor served for a short time in the U.S. House of Representatives (1894-95) and in later years engaged in philanthropic works.
		Their son Jesse Isidor Straus became president of Macy's in 1919 and was succeeded in that office by his son Jack Isidor Straus, who served as company president from 1939 to 1956.
	www.britannica.com /titanic/straus.html (245 words)

	LARRY KEITH: Nick Davis To Isidor Straus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Straus, the Abraham & Straus and Macy's department stores owner, who, by all accounts, was a gracious, dignified, and kindhearted man. He died on the Titanic after declining a place in one of the few lifeboats.
		Keith found "rather boring," Isidor and Ida Straus were in their mid-60s and had been married 41 years when the Titanic hit an iceberg.
		Straus tried unsuccessfully for admission to West Point, then offered the Confederacy a militia, which was rejected as being too green.
	archive.easthamptonstar.com /ehquery/980903/feat3.htm (1556 words)

	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: News from 1912: FUNERAL OF ISIDOR STRAUS
		» News from 1912: FUNERAL OF ISIDOR STRAUS
		Alas, Ken Straus told me at a TIS convention around the same time that Isidor was initially placed in a receiving vault at Beth-El until the construction of the elaborate Straus memorial at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx was completed.
		I must say that the Straus family plot in Woodlawn is the most elaborate of the hundreds of Titanic graves I have ever visited over the past two decades - although the Harder mausoleum is a close second.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/5811/62601.html?1052491187 (695 words)

	Straus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Isidor Straus, 67, was born in Rhenish Bavaria February 6, 1845.
		Isidor became a salesman for Confederate bonds shortly before the American Civil War, and then started up a small china business in Philadelphia.
		In early April 1912 Isidor Straus, his manservant John Farthing, his wife Ida Straus, her maid Ellen Bird and their daughter Beatrice traveled to Europe on the Liner Amerika and were returning to the US without Beatrice aboard the RMS Titanic.
	www.titaniclady.net /straus.html (366 words)

	08/31/2005 - Keeping the tale alive - VIEW NEWS: A Neighborhood Newspaper
		When Titanic passenger Ida Straus stepped into a lifeboat and realized her husband, Isidor Straus, was not following her, she made a decision that would impact generations to come.
		Ida and Isidor Straus were last seen holding on to each other on the deck of the doomed ship.
		Isidor Straus and his three brothers became the owners of R.H. Macy and Company in 1886.
	www.viewnews.com /2005/VIEW-Aug-31-Wed-2005/SEast/3056511.html (892 words)

	Biography of Isidor Straus \| Life of Isidor Straus
		The American merchant Isidor Straus (1845-1912) was the owner of the department store R. Macy and Company and a U.S. congressman.Isidor Straus was born on Feb. 6, 1845, in Otterberg, Germany, of a cultivated family.
		But the Straus family fortune was built essentially on Macy's.Straus was a warm friend of President Grover Cleveland and a Gold Democrat of the Carl Schurz variety.
		Isidor's brother Oscar S. Straus produced his own recollections, Under Four Administrations, from Cleveland to Taft (1922), but devoted little space to Isidor.
	www.essayboom.com /biographies/Isidor_Straus-30363.html (312 words)

	COMMUNITY GIVES TO STRAUS PARK - Daily Plant Newsletter
		Straus Park is named for Isidor Straus and his wife Ida, who died on April 15, 1912 when the S.S. Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from England to America.
		Isidor Straus was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1845.
		The land for Straus Park was acquired by the City in 1895 and was previously known as Schuyler Square and as Bloomingdale Square, which took its name from Bloomingdale Road, the former name of Broadway.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_newsroom/daily_plants/daily_plant_main.php?id=6468 (496 words)

	Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters by Editor Marshall, Logan eBook by BookRags
		Isidor Straus, whose wife elected to perish with him in the ship, was a brother of Nathan and Oscar Straus, a partner with Nathan Straus in R. Macy and Co. and L.
		Straus and Sons, a member of the firm of Abraham and Straus in Brooklyn, and has been well known in politics and charitable work.
		Straus was conspicuous for his works of charity and was an ardent supporter of every enterprise to improve the condition of the Hebrew immigrants.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/781/20.html (528 words)

	Jewish-American Hall of Fame: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Straus, in each other's arms; David Sarnoff is depicted in high relief on the lower half, surrounded by his pioneering "wireless" equipment which enabled him to pick up the messages received from the rescue ship for three days and nights without rest.
		Isidor Straus, together with his wife Ida, entered legendary status with the sinking of the Titanic.
		Today, Isidor and Ida Straus are memorialized in New York by a plaque at the main entrance to Macy's, and a park dedicated to them on West 106th Street and Broadway.
	www.amuseum.org /jahf/making (1438 words)

	Oscar_S._Straus - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Oscar Solomon Straus (December 23, 1850 – May 3, 1926) was Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909.
		Straus was the first Jew to serve as a Presidential Cabinet Secretary.
		He was born in Germany and first served as United States Minister to Turkey from 1887 to 1889 and again from 1898 to 1899.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Oscar_S._Straus (242 words)

	Straus on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		STRAUS [Straus], family of American merchants, public officials, and philanthropists.
		As a Representative (1894-95) in the U.S. Congress, Isidor aided in drafting nonprotectionist tariff legislation.
		Family members ran the company until 1968, and the family held a large block of shares in the company until 1985, when the department store chain was sold in a leveraged buyout to a group of Macy's executives.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Straus.asp (1151 words)

	Jewish-American Hall of Fame -- Virtual Tour
		Isidor Straus was a trusted advisor to President Grover Cleveland, and he served briefly in Congress.
		Isidor was also a founder of an endowment fund for the Jewish Theological Seminary.
		As the Titanic was sinking, because of his age (67), Isidor was told that he would be allowed to depart with the women and children.
	www.amuseum.org /jahf/virtour/page27.html (496 words)

	Isador Straus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		With his brother Nathan Straus he became a partner in the R. Macy department store in 1888.
		Straus served in the House of Representatives (1894-95).
		Straus and his wife, Ida Straus, lost their lives when the Titanic sunk in 1912.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAstraus.htm (133 words)

	AW Biografie engl16
		1852 The prosperous Lazarus Straus, dissatisfied with the political situation in Germany and disappointed by various inheritance problems, decides to emigrate to the USA from Otterberg/Palatinate.
		He opens a glass and porcelain business in New York, His sons Isidor and Nathan work with him in the business; Lazarus and later Nathan Straus become shareholders in Macy's, the largest department store in the USA.
		Straus Square in New York is named after him, as is the Israeli town of Natanya/Netanya.
	www.hdbg.de /auswanderung/english/c061_16.htm (257 words)

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		As Second Officer Lightoller was just finishing loading boat 8 and about ready to lower away, the Straus' walked by.
		Ida started climbing in, but then changed her mind, and said to her husband the words for which she is now famous for, "We have been living together for many years; where you go, I go."
		Straus and said, "I'm sure no one would object to an old gentleman like yourself getting in."
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