Levi (Löb)  STRAUSS (STRAUß)

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Levi (Löb) STRAUSS (STRAUß) was born 26 February 1829 in Bavaria, Germany

Levi (Löb) STRAUSS (STRAUß) was the child of ?   and   ?

Levi (Löb) was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1870.

Levi (Löb) STRAUSS (STRAUß) died 26 September 1902 in San Francisco, California, USA.





Jacob W. Davis (1831–1908) was a tailor in Reno, Nevada, who is credited with inventing the modern riveted blue jean in 1871. While working in his shop on Virginia Street, he developed the idea of using copper rivets to reinforce stress points on work pants—specifically pocket corners and the base of the button fly—after a customer requested a more durable pair of trousers for her husband.

Because Davis lacked the $68 needed to file for a patent, he wrote to his fabric supplier in San Francisco, Levi Strauss. The two men partnered and were granted U.S. Patent No. 139,121 for an "Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings" on May 20, 1873. This date is widely considered the "birthday" of blue jeans.

Levi Strauss never married.

Levi's sister Fanny and her husband David Stern moved to St. Louis, Missouri, while Levi went to live in Louisville, Kentucky, and sold his brothers' supplies there. Levi became an American citizen in January 1853.

Levi's nephew Sigmund Stern's only child, Elise Fanny Stern, married Walter A. Haas, the son of Abraham Haas, whose descendants are the current owners of Levi Strauss & Co.

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