Daughter of Elias and Fanny (Rothschild) Shoenberg.
At the age of thirty-two, David May married twenty-year-old Rosa Shoenberg, the American-born daughter of Bavarian immigrants and the sister of Moses Shoenberg, May's business partner in Leadville, Colorado. May had followed the typical pattern for young German-Jewish immigrants, who generally delayed marriage until they had sufficiently established themselves in business so that they could support a family. Rosa, born in 1860, was over a decade younger than David May, a common age difference between German-Jewish husbands and wives at the time.
In August of 1880, David May married Rosa Shoenberg. They were wed in her brother's Leadville, CO home, where family members and select friends gathered to witness the ceremony. As befitting the wife, daughter, and sister of successful merchants, Rosa wore a lavish gown decorated with diamonds and trimmed with velvet, and guests were treated to an extravagant meal at a table graced with huge flower arrangements. Handsome wedding gifts, which included a complete set of dinnerware from the bride's parents, Elias and Fannie Shoenberg, a piano from the bride's sister, and silverware from May's former partner Jacob Holcombe, were on display. Following a honeymoon on the East Coast, the new couple set up housekeeping in Leadville at 203 West Fifth Street, and they soon took an active part in the town's social life, hosting and participating in numerous dinners, parties, and charitable events.[18] Within a year, the couple's first son, Morton Jay, was born on July 13, 1881, followed by another son, Tom, on June 3, 1883. Rosa appears to have suffered a miscarriage or the loss of an infant sometime after Tom's birth in about 1886. A third son, Wilbur, was born in Denver on December 28, 1898, and their last child and only daughter, Florene May Marx Strauss, was born in Denver four years later on February 27, 1903. In 1905, to grow the business, May and his family moved to St. Louis, which became the company headquarters until the company merged with Federated Department Stores a century later. The May Department Stores Company was formally incorporated in New York in 1910, and by 1911 it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Upon reaching adulthood, all three of the May sons became executives in The May Department Stores Co., perpetuating the family business dynasty.
At the age of thirty-two, David May married twenty-year-old Rosa Shoenberg, the American-born daughter of Bavarian immigrants and the sister of Moses Shoenberg, May's business partner in Leadville, Colorado. May had followed the typical pattern for young German-Jewish immigrants, who generally delayed marriage until they had sufficiently established themselves in business so that they could support a family. Rosa, born in 1860, was over a decade younger than David May, a common age difference between German-Jewish husbands and wives at the time.
In August of 1880, David May married Rosa Shoenberg. They were wed in her brother's Leadville, CO home, where family members and select friends gathered to witness the ceremony. As befitting the wife, daughter, and sister of successful merchants, Rosa wore a lavish gown decorated with diamonds and trimmed with velvet, and guests were treated to an extravagant meal at a table graced with huge flower arrangements. Handsome wedding gifts, which included a complete set of dinnerware from the bride's parents, Elias and Fannie Shoenberg, a piano from the bride's sister, and silverware from May's former partner Jacob Holcombe, were on display. Following a honeymoon on the East Coast, the new couple set up housekeeping in Leadville at 203 West Fifth Street, and they soon took an active part in the town's social life, hosting and participating in numerous dinners, parties, and charitable events.[18] Within a year, the couple's first son, Morton Jay, was born on July 13, 1881, followed by another son, Tom, on June 3, 1883. Rosa appears to have suffered a miscarriage or the loss of an infant sometime after Tom's birth in about 1886. A third son, Wilbur, was born in Denver on December 28, 1898, and their last child and only daughter, Florene May Marx Strauss, was born in Denver four years later on February 27, 1903. In 1905, to grow the business, May and his family moved to St. Louis, which became the company headquarters until the company merged with Federated Department Stores a century later. The May Department Stores Company was formally incorporated in New York in 1910, and by 1911 it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Upon reaching adulthood, all three of the May sons became executives in The May Department Stores Co., perpetuating the family business dynasty.
Daughter of Elias and Fanny (Rothschild) Shoenberg.
At the age of thirty-two, David May married twenty-year-old Rosa Shoenberg, the American-born daughter of Bavarian immigrants and the sister of Moses Shoenberg, May's business partner in Leadville, Colorado. May had followed the typical pattern for young German-Jewish immigrants, who generally delayed marriage until they had sufficiently established themselves in business so that they could support a family. Rosa, born in 1860, was over a decade younger than David May, a common age difference between German-Jewish husbands and wives at the time.
In August of 1880, David May married Rosa Shoenberg. They were wed in her brother's Leadville, CO home, where family members and select friends gathered to witness the ceremony. As befitting the wife, daughter, and sister of successful merchants, Rosa wore a lavish gown decorated with diamonds and trimmed with velvet, and guests were treated to an extravagant meal at a table graced with huge flower arrangements. Handsome wedding gifts, which included a complete set of dinnerware from the bride's parents, Elias and Fannie Shoenberg, a piano from the bride's sister, and silverware from May's former partner Jacob Holcombe, were on display. Following a honeymoon on the East Coast, the new couple set up housekeeping in Leadville at 203 West Fifth Street, and they soon took an active part in the town's social life, hosting and participating in numerous dinners, parties, and charitable events.[18] Within a year, the couple's first son, Morton Jay, was born on July 13, 1881, followed by another son, Tom, on June 3, 1883. Rosa appears to have suffered a miscarriage or the loss of an infant sometime after Tom's birth in about 1886. A third son, Wilbur, was born in Denver on December 28, 1898, and their last child and only daughter, Florene May Marx Strauss, was born in Denver four years later on February 27, 1903. In 1905, to grow the business, May and his family moved to St. Louis, which became the company headquarters until the company merged with Federated Department Stores a century later. The May Department Stores Company was formally incorporated in New York in 1910, and by 1911 it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Upon reaching adulthood, all three of the May sons became executives in The May Department Stores Co., perpetuating the family business dynasty.
At the age of thirty-two, David May married twenty-year-old Rosa Shoenberg, the American-born daughter of Bavarian immigrants and the sister of Moses Shoenberg, May's business partner in Leadville, Colorado. May had followed the typical pattern for young German-Jewish immigrants, who generally delayed marriage until they had sufficiently established themselves in business so that they could support a family. Rosa, born in 1860, was over a decade younger than David May, a common age difference between German-Jewish husbands and wives at the time.
In August of 1880, David May married Rosa Shoenberg. They were wed in her brother's Leadville, CO home, where family members and select friends gathered to witness the ceremony. As befitting the wife, daughter, and sister of successful merchants, Rosa wore a lavish gown decorated with diamonds and trimmed with velvet, and guests were treated to an extravagant meal at a table graced with huge flower arrangements. Handsome wedding gifts, which included a complete set of dinnerware from the bride's parents, Elias and Fannie Shoenberg, a piano from the bride's sister, and silverware from May's former partner Jacob Holcombe, were on display. Following a honeymoon on the East Coast, the new couple set up housekeeping in Leadville at 203 West Fifth Street, and they soon took an active part in the town's social life, hosting and participating in numerous dinners, parties, and charitable events.[18] Within a year, the couple's first son, Morton Jay, was born on July 13, 1881, followed by another son, Tom, on June 3, 1883. Rosa appears to have suffered a miscarriage or the loss of an infant sometime after Tom's birth in about 1886. A third son, Wilbur, was born in Denver on December 28, 1898, and their last child and only daughter, Florene May Marx Strauss, was born in Denver four years later on February 27, 1903. In 1905, to grow the business, May and his family moved to St. Louis, which became the company headquarters until the company merged with Federated Department Stores a century later. The May Department Stores Company was formally incorporated in New York in 1910, and by 1911 it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Upon reaching adulthood, all three of the May sons became executives in The May Department Stores Co., perpetuating the family business dynasty.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
