A. A. Strauss

Merchant
c.1870-c.1872


Florence, SC

FAMILIES: Strauss; Weinberg

From around 1870 to around 1872, German immigrant Alfred Abraham Strauss (1841-1925) and Aaron Weinberg (1841-1919) operated a business together in Florence, South Carolina. Strauss later went on to open a store in Sumter with Weinberg’s relative, Samuel Weinberg (1861-1955).

The Jewish Merchant Project is supported by the generosity of the Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation and the Stanley B. Farbstein Endowment at the Coastal Community Foundation.

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