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Apr 15, 2013 · Among the most well-known Jewish passengers to go down that night were Isidor and Ida Straus. Isidor was one of four children of Lazarus Straus, who had emigrated from Bavaria to Georgia, in the United States, in 1852. After the Civil War, Isidor and his younger brother Nathan moved north to New York.
Born Rosalie Ida Blun, Feb 6, 1849, in Worms, Hessen, Germany; died April 15, 1912; m. Isidor Straus; children: 6, including Jesse Isidor Straus (b. 1872, an ambassador), Percy Selden Straus (b. 1876), and Nathan Straus. With husband, owned Macy's department store and was well-known for philanthropy; was on the Titanic (April 15, 1912); as the ...
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Rosalie Ida Straus (née Blun; 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. Ida Straus. Straus with her husband Isidor. Born. Rosalie Ida Blun. ( 1849-02-06)
Apr 15, 2018 · Ida Straus stepped in, she expected Isidor to sit next to her; instead, thinking his wife out of harm's way, he stepped back on deck. Ida immediately removed herself from the lifeboat and refused to reenter without her husband. Other First-Class passengers tried to secure a spot for Isidor aside Ida, but he refused.
Mar 30, 2023 · But it was a Jewish couple, Isidor and Ida Straus, who truly became Titanic legends — from the very start. Isidor, a very prominent businessman, was born in Bavaria in 1845 and emigrated to the ...
Jun 23, 2023 · Isidor and Ida Straus were one of the wealthiest couples on the doomed ocean liner in 1912. They were 67 and 63, respectively, when they died and had been married — quite happily, by all ...
Aug 18, 2020 · Ida Straus was a homemaker and his wife. Married for more than forty years, they were known for their shared love, almost always together and writing daily to each other when apart. Though four years part, they even had the same birthday, February 6. On April 14th, 1912, they were passengers on the RMS Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the ...
