Career
The chain, which became part of Federated Department Stores, is now part of Macy"son Soon after arrival, Judah Abraham opened a store on Murray Street in New New York In 1843 Abraham Abraham was born.
He had delicate health, and wanted to be a violinist.
During the Civil War, he ran away to Chicago to enlist, but was brought back by his father. At 14, he worked at Hart & Dettlebach of Newark, along with Simon Bloomingdale and Benjamin Altman for $1 a week.
Abraham opened Wechsler & Abraham in Brooklyn in 1865 at 297 Fulton Street. The company later became Abraham & Straus.
He became a Brooklyn philanthropist, establishing the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, among many other causes.
In 1890, he commissioned a house, now demolished, at 800 Saint Mark"s Avenue in Brooklyn. Abraham Abraham died on Cherry Island, near Alexandria Bay, New New York Among Abraham"s many notable descendants are grandson Donald B. Straus, an educator, author, and advisor, great-great-granddaughter Nina Rothschild Utne, a magazine publisher, and great-great-great-grandson Arthur Bradford, an author and director