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Aug 3, 2022 · Isidor and Ida Straus were a well-to-do German-American couple who passed up seats on lifeboats and instead chose to stay together on the RMS Titanic as it sank on April 15, 1912. Wikimedia Commons Isidor and Ida Straus on their wedding day in 1871. One of the most tragic scenes from the 1997 movie Titanic depicts an elderly couple who quietly ...
Co-owner of Macy's department store. 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 ]
Dec 18, 2017 · Isidor and Ida Straus in 1910 Straus Historical Society As the Titanic began sinking into the freezing ocean, women and children were ushered into lifeboats, as was the unwritten law of the sea.
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First Class Passenger. Mrs Isidor Straus (Rosalie Ida Blun), 63, of New York, NY, boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her husband Isidor Straus, her maid Ms Ellen Bird and his manservant John Farthing. The Straus's occupied cabins C-55-57. Daily Sketch, April 19, 1912.
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- New York City, New York, United States
- Worms, Hesse, Germany
Aug 17, 2023 · Two other people traveled with Isidor and Ida Straus on the Titanic, according to The National Archives. One was Isidor's manservant, John Farthing, and the other was Ida's maid, Ellen Bird. Bird made it into Lifeboat 8, and her mistress even gave her her mink coat — likely worth more than what she made in a year — to keep her warm on ...
Victims. Mr Isidor Straus. Isidor Straus. Mr Isidor Straus, 67, was born in Rhenish Bavaria on 6th February, 1845. In 1854 he emigrated to the United States settling, with his family, to the town of Talbotton, Georgia. Straus's father (Lazarus Straus) established a dry-goods business called "L. Straus & Company" and Isidor is listed in the 1860 ...
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King Princess (great-great-grandchild) Stockton Rush (great-great-grandson in law) 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.
