Death of the President of Temple Emanu-El, Lewis May, on July 22, 1897, age 73,
following an operation for peritonitus. Mr May was the oldest Director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company and one of the leading financiers in New York.
Mr. May's position as President of the congregation was a rather substantial one in the Jewish community as Temple Emanu-El was then known as one of the "largest and richest Jewish Congregations in the World". .
He left a wife, Emita May, daughter of Moses and Rebecca Wolf, originally from Venezuela, whom he had married late in life in 1880, and four daughters and a son.
In 1902, his wife quietly married Isidor Lewi, an editorial writer for the New York
Tribune and son of Dr. William Lewi of Albany, NY, and brother of Dr. Maurice J. Lewi of New York City.
Mr. May had a remarkable career having been born in Worms, Germany, from which he emigrated as a young man to Louisiana and from there he eventually traveled to California in 1850. He gained control of the eastern purchasing of a Pacific trading company and moved to New York, but he resigned from this in 1869 and formed the firm of May & King, a banking business. In addition, he founded the surface street car lines of 23rd and Christopher Streets and was the Treasurer of the Iron Steamboat Co. among other enterprises.
In 1884, he retired from business altogether and devoted his time to Jewish charities, especially the Presidency of Temple Emanu-El.
following an operation for peritonitus. Mr May was the oldest Director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company and one of the leading financiers in New York.
Mr. May's position as President of the congregation was a rather substantial one in the Jewish community as Temple Emanu-El was then known as one of the "largest and richest Jewish Congregations in the World". .
He left a wife, Emita May, daughter of Moses and Rebecca Wolf, originally from Venezuela, whom he had married late in life in 1880, and four daughters and a son.
In 1902, his wife quietly married Isidor Lewi, an editorial writer for the New York
Tribune and son of Dr. William Lewi of Albany, NY, and brother of Dr. Maurice J. Lewi of New York City.
Mr. May had a remarkable career having been born in Worms, Germany, from which he emigrated as a young man to Louisiana and from there he eventually traveled to California in 1850. He gained control of the eastern purchasing of a Pacific trading company and moved to New York, but he resigned from this in 1869 and formed the firm of May & King, a banking business. In addition, he founded the surface street car lines of 23rd and Christopher Streets and was the Treasurer of the Iron Steamboat Co. among other enterprises.
In 1884, he retired from business altogether and devoted his time to Jewish charities, especially the Presidency of Temple Emanu-El.
Death of the President of Temple Emanu-El, Lewis May, on July 22, 1897, age 73,
following an operation for peritonitus. Mr May was the oldest Director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company and one of the leading financiers in New York.
Mr. May's position as President of the congregation was a rather substantial one in the Jewish community as Temple Emanu-El was then known as one of the "largest and richest Jewish Congregations in the World". .
He left a wife, Emita May, daughter of Moses and Rebecca Wolf, originally from Venezuela, whom he had married late in life in 1880, and four daughters and a son.
In 1902, his wife quietly married Isidor Lewi, an editorial writer for the New York
Tribune and son of Dr. William Lewi of Albany, NY, and brother of Dr. Maurice J. Lewi of New York City.
Mr. May had a remarkable career having been born in Worms, Germany, from which he emigrated as a young man to Louisiana and from there he eventually traveled to California in 1850. He gained control of the eastern purchasing of a Pacific trading company and moved to New York, but he resigned from this in 1869 and formed the firm of May & King, a banking business. In addition, he founded the surface street car lines of 23rd and Christopher Streets and was the Treasurer of the Iron Steamboat Co. among other enterprises.
In 1884, he retired from business altogether and devoted his time to Jewish charities, especially the Presidency of Temple Emanu-El.
following an operation for peritonitus. Mr May was the oldest Director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company and one of the leading financiers in New York.
Mr. May's position as President of the congregation was a rather substantial one in the Jewish community as Temple Emanu-El was then known as one of the "largest and richest Jewish Congregations in the World". .
He left a wife, Emita May, daughter of Moses and Rebecca Wolf, originally from Venezuela, whom he had married late in life in 1880, and four daughters and a son.
In 1902, his wife quietly married Isidor Lewi, an editorial writer for the New York
Tribune and son of Dr. William Lewi of Albany, NY, and brother of Dr. Maurice J. Lewi of New York City.
Mr. May had a remarkable career having been born in Worms, Germany, from which he emigrated as a young man to Louisiana and from there he eventually traveled to California in 1850. He gained control of the eastern purchasing of a Pacific trading company and moved to New York, but he resigned from this in 1869 and formed the firm of May & King, a banking business. In addition, he founded the surface street car lines of 23rd and Christopher Streets and was the Treasurer of the Iron Steamboat Co. among other enterprises.
In 1884, he retired from business altogether and devoted his time to Jewish charities, especially the Presidency of Temple Emanu-El.
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