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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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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