Orange County CA Jewish Pioneers

Louis Wartenberg: Anaheim’s First Jewish Marshal

Louis Wartenberg   “In honor of the city’s 150th anniversary . . . officers can purchase a badge in the shape of a six-point star to wear for the rest of the year.  They’re fashioned after the one worn by Marshal Louis Wartenberg, who was Anaheim’s top officer

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The Mendelson Family: Pioneer Inn Keepers of San Juan Capistrano

   The Mendelson Family Values Codes  I – E – L – P   Some of the early Jewish communities in what became Orange County, California (in 1889) were substantial. “On Wednesday, owing to the closing of many stores on account of it being a Jewish holiday [Yom

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The Davis Brothers: Early Pioneers of Anaheim

The Davis Brothers Values Codes I – E – L   The Davis Brothers originally had the name “Chorinsky.” They had been born in the town of Storchnest, in Posen Province, Poland.   Anaheim In 1864 Philip Davis and Gustave Davis came to Anaheim and opened a

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Early Pioneer Jewish Merchants of Santa Ana, California

Early Jewish Pioneers of Santa Ana, California Values Codes I – E – L   The twenty-four blocks that would later be known as Santa Ana were laid in 1870 — 19 years before the area split from Los Angeles County to become part of Orange County (1889).   Louis

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Isaac Cohen: Pioneer Merchant, Politico & Federal Officer

Isaac Cohen Values Codes  I – E – L   “Although Isaac Cohen was not among the earliest Jewish arrivals in Southern California, the interesting political po­sitions he held in two of the Southland’s cities and the United States Treasury Department post he held for a time

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Benjamin Dreyfus: Pioneer Jewish Wine Tycoon of Anaheim

Benjamin Dreyfus Values Codes  I – H – E -L – P   Benjamin Dreyfus was born on Westheim, Bavaria, in 1824. During his lifetime, Dreyfus, the business and civic leader of Anaheim, California, was praised with these words: “We cannot refrain from expressing the universal sentiment

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