11 Facts About Isaac Magnin

Isaac Magnin was a Dutch-born American businessperson, carver and gilder.

Isaac Magnin was the co-founder of I Magnin, an upscale women's clothing store in San Francisco, California.

Isaac Magnin was born into a Jewish family in Assen or Groningen, the Netherlands in 1842.

Isaac Magnin's father was from Russia and his mother, Dutch-born.

Isaac Magnin moved to the United States with his parents when he was eight years old.

Isaac Magnin worked as a businessman in Texas and New Mexico.

Isaac Magnin then worked as a pushcart peddler in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Isaac Magnin married Mary Ann Cohen on October 8,1865, at the Great Synagogue of London.

Isaac Magnin was a freemason, having joined in London and gone up the ranks in California.

Isaac Magnin died on January 27,1907, in San Francisco, California.

Isaac Magnin is buried at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, California.