Childhood
Originally named Loeb, Levi Strauss was born into a large family. His father, Hirsh, and his mother ,Rebecca, had two children together, and Hirsh had three children from his first marriage. Living in Germany, the Strausses experienced religious discrimination because they were Jewish. There were restrictions on where they could live, and special taxes were placed on them because of their faith.
When Strauss was around the age of six, he lost his father to tuberculosis. In ruselt, he, his mother, and two sisters made their way to the United States of America two years later when Levi was 16. Upon their arrival, the family reunited Jonas and Louis, Strauss's two older brothers, in New York City. When Levi's mother died, he was emotionally devastated. Nevertheless, he continued to help his two older brothers in New York, where they had already started their own tailoring and dry-goods business in 1845. A year later, he was dispatched to Kentucky to live with relatives and walk the countryside peddling his brothers' goods.
While Levi Strauss was still traveling about the hills of the South, his older sister's husband, David Stern, established a dry-goods store in San Francisco, California, in the wake of the 1849 California gold rush. Three years later, Strauss made an arduous sea journey around Cape Horn to join his brother-in-law. San Francisco ,at that time, was a booming frontier town, and the opportunity was ripe for a well-run business to flourish. Strauss and Stern set up their small store near the waterfront, where they could easily receive shipments of goods from the Strauss brothers back east in New York.
As stated in the home page, Levi Strauss, who was famously known as a persistent and risk-taker in the majority of his middle-aged life during the founding of Levi Strauss & Co, which was later known as Levi Strauss Inc.
Originally named Loeb, Levi Strauss was born into a large family. His father, Hirsh, and his mother ,Rebecca, had two children together, and Hirsh had three children from his first marriage. Living in Germany, the Strausses experienced religious discrimination because they were Jewish. There were restrictions on where they could live, and special taxes were placed on them because of their faith.
When Strauss was around the age of six, he lost his father to tuberculosis. In ruselt, he, his mother, and two sisters made their way to the United States of America two years later when Levi was 16. Upon their arrival, the family reunited Jonas and Louis, Strauss's two older brothers, in New York City. When Levi's mother died, he was emotionally devastated. Nevertheless, he continued to help his two older brothers in New York, where they had already started their own tailoring and dry-goods business in 1845. A year later, he was dispatched to Kentucky to live with relatives and walk the countryside peddling his brothers' goods.
While Levi Strauss was still traveling about the hills of the South, his older sister's husband, David Stern, established a dry-goods store in San Francisco, California, in the wake of the 1849 California gold rush. Three years later, Strauss made an arduous sea journey around Cape Horn to join his brother-in-law. San Francisco ,at that time, was a booming frontier town, and the opportunity was ripe for a well-run business to flourish. Strauss and Stern set up their small store near the waterfront, where they could easily receive shipments of goods from the Strauss brothers back east in New York.
As stated in the home page, Levi Strauss, who was famously known as a persistent and risk-taker in the majority of his middle-aged life during the founding of Levi Strauss & Co, which was later known as Levi Strauss Inc.
Tomb of levi strauss peaceful death
During the week of September 22, 1902 Levi began to complain of ill health, but
by Friday evening, the 26th, he felt well enough to attend the family dinner at
the home on Leavenworth Street, which he shared with Jacob Stern’s family. He
awakened briefly in the night, and he told the nurse that he felt "as
comfortable as I can under the circumstances.” Then, peacefully, he died. His
death was headline news in the Sunday, September 28 edition of the San Francisco
Call. On Monday, the day of his funeral, local businesses were temporarily
closed so that their proprietors could attend the services. The eulogy was
read at Levi’s home by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of Temple Emanu-El; afterward,
company employees escorted the casket to the Southern Pacific railway station,
where it was transported to the Hills of Eternity Cemetery in Colma (now called
Home of Peace), which is south of San Francisco.
Levi's estate totaled to nearly $6 million, the bulk of which was left to his four nephews and other family members. Other
bequests were made to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum, the Home for Aged Israelites, the Roman Catholic and Protestant Orphan Asylums, Eureka Benevolent Society and the Emanu-El Sisterhood.
Achievements
Levi had been a charter member and treasurer of the San Francisco Board of Trade since 1877. He was a director of the Nevada Bank, the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company and the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company. In 1875 Levi and two associates purchased the Mission and Pacific Woolen Mills from the estate of former silver millionaire William Ralston. Much of the mill's fabric was used to make the Levi Strauss & Co. "blanket-lined" pants and coats. Levi was a contributor to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home, the Eureka Benevolent Society and the Hebrew Board of Relief. In 1895 he and a number of other prominent San Franciscans provided funds to build a new railroad from San Francisco to the San Joaquin Valley (a project which unfortunately failed). In 1897 Levi provided the funds for twenty-eight scholarships at the University of California, Berkeley.
by Friday evening, the 26th, he felt well enough to attend the family dinner at
the home on Leavenworth Street, which he shared with Jacob Stern’s family. He
awakened briefly in the night, and he told the nurse that he felt "as
comfortable as I can under the circumstances.” Then, peacefully, he died. His
death was headline news in the Sunday, September 28 edition of the San Francisco
Call. On Monday, the day of his funeral, local businesses were temporarily
closed so that their proprietors could attend the services. The eulogy was
read at Levi’s home by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of Temple Emanu-El; afterward,
company employees escorted the casket to the Southern Pacific railway station,
where it was transported to the Hills of Eternity Cemetery in Colma (now called
Home of Peace), which is south of San Francisco.
Levi's estate totaled to nearly $6 million, the bulk of which was left to his four nephews and other family members. Other
bequests were made to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum, the Home for Aged Israelites, the Roman Catholic and Protestant Orphan Asylums, Eureka Benevolent Society and the Emanu-El Sisterhood.
Achievements
Levi had been a charter member and treasurer of the San Francisco Board of Trade since 1877. He was a director of the Nevada Bank, the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company and the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company. In 1875 Levi and two associates purchased the Mission and Pacific Woolen Mills from the estate of former silver millionaire William Ralston. Much of the mill's fabric was used to make the Levi Strauss & Co. "blanket-lined" pants and coats. Levi was a contributor to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home, the Eureka Benevolent Society and the Hebrew Board of Relief. In 1895 he and a number of other prominent San Franciscans provided funds to build a new railroad from San Francisco to the San Joaquin Valley (a project which unfortunately failed). In 1897 Levi provided the funds for twenty-eight scholarships at the University of California, Berkeley.