Joseph F Mesmer^{[1, 2]}

1855 - 1947  (92 years)

• Name	Joseph F Mesmer  [3]
  Birth	3 Nov 1855	Tippecanoe, Harrison, Ohio, USA   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1870	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [5]
  Residence	1880	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [6]
  Residence	1900	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [7]
  Residence	1910	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [8]
  Residence	1920	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [9]
  Residence	1930	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1935	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [10]
  Residence	1940	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [10]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Death	28 Nov 1947	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [4]
  Burial	East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I43795	Master
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Louis Aloise Mesmer,   b. 20 Feb 1830, Surbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France d. 18 Aug 1900, , Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Catherine Forst,   b. 28 Oct 1833, Dieffenbach-lès-Woerth, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France d. 2 Oct 1891, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1854	Tippecanoe, Harrison, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F10081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose Elizabeth Bushard,   b. 13 Jun 1854, Champlain, Clinton, New York, USA d. 27 Feb 1946, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1877	Anaheim, Orange, California, USA   [11]
  Children	1. Louis Francis Mesmer,   b. 1 Apr 1880, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA d. 11 Jan 1937, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 56 years)   2. Clarence Woodman Mesmer,   b. 21 Dec 1883, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA d. 25 Aug 1895, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 11 years)   3. Marie Josephine Mesmer,   b. 20 Mar 1885, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA d. 6 Apr 1944, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 59 years)   4. Junietta Lucille Mesmer,   b. 21 Jun 1889, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA d. 23 Jan 1982, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 92 years)   5. Beatrice Evalynn Mesmer,   b. 10 Nov 1891, , Los Angeles, California, USA d. 30 Dec 1981, , Santa Clara, California, USA (Age 90 years) + 6. Aloysius Mesmer,   b. 26 May 1897, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA d. 5 Dec 1983, Huntington Beach, Orange, California, USA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F10302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Nov 1855 - Tippecanoe, Harrison, Ohio, USA Residence - 1870 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Marriage - 22 Apr 1877 - Anaheim, Orange, California, USA Residence - 1880 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Residence - 1900 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Residence - 1910 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Residence - 1920 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1930 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Residence - 1935 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1940 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Death - 28 Nov 1947 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Burial - - East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Mesmer deserves the everlasting good will of the City of Los Angeles, which has been his home for seventy years. It has been well said that “the index of his entire career has been one of public spirit and public service.” No where has this leadership been more in evidence than in his efforts to secure adequate street widening and the opening of public spaces in the midst of the masses of structures that mark the modern city. His constructive effort has entered into every other phase of Los Angeles' progress during the past fifty years. Mr. Mesmer assisted in maintaining the annual feature of the district agricultural and industrial fairs. He has been a contributor to the building of many churches, irrespective of race, color or creed, of various denominations, and to the practical work of charity and charitable institutions. In 1876 Mr. Mesmer accepted employment in a general merchandising store and later in a shoe store. With money advanced by his father in 1878 he established The Queen Shoe Store. This business he sold in 1906, and he with his family made a thirteen months' tour through the United States, Canada and Europe. Mr. Mesmer is president of the Los Angeles County Pioneer Society, he having come to Los Angeles County in August, 1859, when less than four years of age. He was born at Tippecanoe City, Miami County, Ohio, November 3, 1855, son of Louis and Catherine (Forst) Mesmer. He came with his parents to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in San Francisco in April, 1859, and the following August came down the coast on a steamer to San Pedro, landed at Wilmington and traveled by stage coach to Los Angeles. Joseph Mesmer was educated in the early public schools of Los Angeles. He completed his education in the college of Strassbourg, France. In 1907 Mr. Mesmer became identified with the Saint Louis Fire Brick and Clay Company of Los Angeles, and has for many years been its active head. Mr. Mesmer married, April 22, 1879, Miss Rose Elizabeth Bushard, of Los Angeles. [p.67] Their children were Louis Francis, Marie Josephine Perier, Clarence Woodman, Junietta Lucille, Beatrice Evalynn and Aloysius Joseph Mesmer. Two of his sons volunteered for service during the World war, Louis and Aloysius. Louis was given the rank of major of engineers in the army and Aloysius as ensign in the navy.

  
  

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