Los Angeles Jewish Pioneers

Herman W. Hellman: Early Pioneer Jewish Los Angeles Food Wholesaler & Banker

Herman W. Hellman   Values Code I – E – P   Herman W. Hellman was born in Rackendorf, Germany, in 1843. He left Germany to avoid the draft. Los Angeles Arriving in Los Angeles in 1859, at the age of 16, Herman W. Hellman first drove a mail stage from

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Joseph P. Newmark: The First Newmark in Early Los Angeles

Joseph P. Newmark   Values Code: I – E – L – P   Joseph P. Newmark was born in Loebau, Posen, Prussia in 1827. He came to America in 1848, at the age of 21. Newmark traveled to Kentucky and back to New York before coming to Los Angeles in

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Samuel Prager: Early Los Angeles Pioneer Jewish Merchant

Samuel Prager   Values Codes I – E – L – P   Samuel Prager was born in Prussia in 1831 and became a citizen of the United States in 1858. Los Angeles Samuel Prager came to Los Angeles in 1854 after being in business with his brother Charles

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John Jones: Early Los Angeles Jewish Pioneer

John Jones Values Codes I – E – L – P    John Jones was born to Polish parents in either Poland or London in the early 1800’s. At approximately age thirty-eight, Jones was sentenced to life at Old Bailey and was transported to Australia for stealing a

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Simon Nordlinger: Los Angeles’ Pioneer Jewish Jeweler

Simon Nordlinger   Values Codes I – E – P   Simon Nordlinger was born in Alsace, near the Swiss border, in 1845. At 13 years of age, he was apprenticed to a Swiss watchmaker. Nordlinger came to the United States in 1864, and to Southern California in

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Joseph Newmark: Early Los Angeles Pioneer, Uncle of Harris Newmark, Unofficial Rabbi of Early Los Angeles

Joseph Newmark   Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Joseph Newmark was born at Ritterberg-Neumark, Prussia, in 1799. In 1818, at 19 years of age, he was a trained schochet (ritual slaughterer) and was married to his first wife. Together, they had

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