Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932)

of Highland Park, Illinois; President of Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago

In 1918, he came in at 23rd (tied with James B. Duke, Jacob Schiff, Pierre S. Du Pont II, Louis Swift, George Eastman, Mrs. Lawrence Lewis and Henry Phipps) on the first ever Forbes Rich List with an estimated personal fortune of $50-million. In 1890, he married Gussie Nusbaum and they were the parents of 5-children.

Clothier, of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois

1828-1899

Mrs Augusta (Hammerslough) Rosenwald

1833-1921

Mrs “Gussie” (Nusbaum) Rosenwald

1868-1929

Collector of Rare Books & Art, Benefactor of the Library of Congress

1891-1979

Mrs Adele (Rosenwald) Deutsch, Levy

1893-1960

Mrs Edith (Rosenwald) Stern

1895-1980

Mrs Marion (Rosenwald) Ascoli

1902-1990

of New York City; Co-Founder of the 1939 United Jewish Appeal etc.

1903-1996

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