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Abram M. Rothschild
Born1853 (1853)
Nordstetten, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died (aged 52)
Chicago, Illinois, US
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder of A.M. Rothschild Company
Spouses
  • Augusta Morris
  • Maurice L. Rothschild
Children1
RelativesNelson Morris (father-in-law)
Edward Morris (brother-in-law)
Ira Nelson Morris (brother-in-law)
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Abram M. Rothschild or A.M. Rothschild (1853 – July 28, 1902) was an American businessman who founded the A.M. Rothschild Company.

Biography

Abram M. Rothschild was born to a Jewish family in 1853 in Nordstetten (today a district of Horb am Neckar), Kingdom of Württemberg, the youngest child in a family of thirteen. In 1856, he immigrated to Davenport, Iowa where he joined his brother, Emmanuel, who had founded a retail store. The store was renamed to E. Rothschild and Bro. After the Great Chicago Fire, the brothers established a branch operation on the near west side of Chicago which soon morphed it into a clothing manufacturing operation. In 1881, they liquidated their retail operations and went solely into clothing manufacturing with their company, the Palace Clothing Company; Abram served as president and built production facilities in a number of cities. He served as a director of the Columbian Exposition and Vice President of the National Bank of the Republic. In 1895, he built a retail store under his name, A.M. Rothschild Company, with his father-in-law Nelson Morris and his brother-in-laws Edward Morris and Ira Nelson Morris as silent partners. It became one of the largest retail stores in Chicago.

Personal life

In 1882, he married Augusta Morris, daughter of Nelson Morris, the founder of the Chicago meatpacking company Morris & Company; they had one child, Melville Nelson Rothschild. Rothschild committed suicide by revolver on July 28, 1902, in Chicago. After his death, his wife married his cousin, Maurice L. Rothschild.

References

  1. ^ "Abram M Rothschild". Chicago Tribune. June 23, 1901. p. 43. Retrieved November 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ The World's Columbian Exposition Illustrated: February 1891 to February 1892. 1892. p. 11.
  3. "100 years of Chicago Jewry" (PDF). The Sentinel. August 1948.
  4. "DePaul Center Goldblatt Bros. & A.M. Rothschild & Co. - Department Store Building". chicago.designslinger. March 5, 2015.
  5. Roth, Nelson (Spring 2008). "Nelson Morris and "The Yards"" (PDF). Chicago Jewish Historical Society.
  6. "A. M. Rothschild, Successful Chicago Merchant, Commits Suicide While Despondent". Woodford County Journal. Chicago. July 31, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved November 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "A.M. Rothschild Takes His Life". Chicago Tribune. July 29, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved November 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Mrs. M.L. Rothschild Dies". The Reform Advocate, America's Jewish Journal, Volume 64. December 23, 1922.
  9. "Maurice Rothschild, Chicago Merchant; Philanthropist Established His First Store at Seneca, Kansas". The New York Times. April 24, 1941. p. 21.
  10. "Maurice L. Rothschild & Co. Building". Chicago Design Slinger. February 22, 2015.
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