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  1. Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. (August 30, 1822 – March 29, 1877) was an American businessman who founded the department store chain Macy's.

  2. Mar 29, 2017 · Rowland Hussey Macy. Businessman. He was the founder of the R.H. Macy and Company department store chain. Born into a Quaker family, his father worked as a shopkeeper. At age 15, he worked on the whaling ship, the Emily Morgan, and had a red star tattooed on his forearm that would later become part of the Macy's logo.

  3. Sep 19, 2023 · Husband of Louisa (Houghton) Macy — married 29 Aug 1844 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Father of Charles A. Macy, Roland Hussey Macy and Florence (Macy) Sutton. Died 29 Mar 1877 at age 54 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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    • August 30, 1822
    • Louisa (Houghton) Macy
    • March 29, 1877
  4. When Rowland Hussey Macy was born on 30 August 1822, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John C Macy, was 36 and his mother, Eliza Myrick, was 32. He married Louisa Houghton on 29 August 1844, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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    • Louisa Houghton
  5. Macys department store, founded by Nantucket native Rowland Hussey Macy, was the first modern department store in the United States, and, at one point, the world’s largest. It was also among the first to employ a female executive, something that’s still rare in retail today.

  6. Dec 18, 2023 · Rowland Hussey Macy, born on August 30, 1822, on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, was a pioneer in American retail. He was the fourth child in a Quaker family and grew up in an environment rich with maritime traditions.

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  8. Aug 23, 2007 · Rowland Hussey Macy (1822-1877) was a Nantucket seaman aboard the Emily Morgan whaling ship at age 15, and while serving there he picked up at a port of call a red, five-pointed star tattoo. After a period of apprenticeship he opened four dry goods stores in the 1850s, all of which failed; undeterred, he moved to the Big Apple in 1858 and ...