Businessman. He founded the Bloomingdale’s Department Store chain.  Family links:  Parents:  Benjamin Bloomingdale (1813 – 1896)  Hannah Weil Bloomingdale (1813 – 1876)  Spouse:  Clara Koffman Bloomingdale (1852 – 1943)  Children:  Rosalie Bloomindale Sperry (1876 – 1957)*  Siblings:  Fannie Bloomingdale Myers (1838 – 1897)*  Lyman Gustave Bloomingdale (1841 – 1905)*  Joseph Bernard Bloomingdale (1842 – 1904)  Samuel E. Bloomingdale (1845 – 1867)*  Sarah Bloomingdale Sicher (1849 – 1903)*  Emanuel Watson Bloomingdale (1852 – 1928)* *Calculated relationship