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Lazarus Straus (April 25, 1809 – January 14, 1898) was a German-American trader and entrepreneur.
STRAUS, U.S. family of department store merchants, industrialists, public servants and philanthropists. Its founder, LAZARUS STRAUS (1809–1898), went to the U.S. in 1852 and settled in Talbotton, Georgia.
Lazarus Straus, son of Isaac and Johanette Straus, was born in Otterberg Germany in 1809. He was the oldest of fourteen. In 1838 he married a cousin, Davora (Fannie) Levi. The couple had one daughter, Karoline. Fanny died in 1843 and Lazarus married his first cousin Sara the following year.
Lazarus Straus (* 25. April 1809 in Otterberg bei Kaiserslautern; † 14. Januar 1898 in New York City) war ein deutsch-US-amerikanischer Kaufmann und Unternehmer. Er gründete 1866 ein Geschäft für Tafelgeschirr und Glaswaren in Manhattan, das zu einem bedeutenden Einzelhandels- und Kaufhauskonzern expandierte.
His son Isaac took the name of Straus in the year 1808, when Napoleon passed the decree ordering all Alsatian Jews to adopt family names. Isaac's son Lazarus was possessed of considerable means, made in both agricultural and commercial pursuits.
The Straus Historical Society fosters educational activities with respect to the settlement of Jews in the United States and, in particular, the family of Lazarus and Sara Straus, their ancestors and their descendants.
Lazarus Straus, son of Isaac and Johanette Straus, was born in Otterberg Germany in 1809. He was the oldest of fourteen. The custom of marrying cousins was common at the time and, in 1838 he married a cousin, Davora (Fannie) Levi. The couple had one daughter, Karoline. Fanny died in 1843.
