Eugene Meyer Values Codes I – H – E – L – P Born in France in 1842, Eugene Meyer came to Los Angeles in 1861, and worked in a dry goods store owned by his cousin, Solomon Lazard. Eventually, Meyer bought the store, enlarged it, and named
Read more →Herman Washington Frank Values Codes I – E – P Herman W. Frank was third child in a family of ten children. He was born in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1860 and attended Whitman Academy. Along the way . . . At the age of thirteen, his
Read more →Rosa Roth Newmark Values Codes I – E – L – P Born in London in 1808, Rosa Levy married Joseph Newmark in New York in 1835. They had six children. The family made several moves, first to St. Louis, then to Dubuque, Iowa, back to New
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Jacob Frankfort Values I – E – L – P The first known Jewish pioneer in Los Angeles was Jacob Frankfort, who arrived in 1841 as part of the Rowland-Workman Exploratory Party, traveling West from Sante Fe, New Mexico. He was born in Germany either in 1801,
Read more →Abraham Haas Values Codes I – E – P Abraham Haas was born in Bavaria in 1847. He arrived in Los Angeles by way of the Isthmus of Panama at the age of 17. Los Angeles In Los Angeles, Abraham Haas started a wholesale/retail grocery
Read more →Max Meyberg Values Codes I – H – E – P Max Meyberg was born in 1850 in Herdecke, Germany, to Joseph and Amalie Meyberg (Seligman). Max Meyberg immigrated to the United States, living first in New York City and then San Francisco before coming to Los
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