Joseph Bayer
Joseph Bayer (1846–1900) was an importer and wholesaler of wines and liquors, in 19th century
Los Angeles, California. He emigrated to the U.S. from the Kingdom of Württemberg
.
Personal
Bayer was born November 1, 1846, in
naturalized citizen that year.[1] He married Katherine Barbara Happ of Buffalo, New York, and they had a son, Alfred Joseph [2][3]
He died July 26, 1900, in his home at 746 South Broadway, the cause being given as diabetes.[4] In 1906, his widow married William W. Hoagland.[3]
Vocation
Bayer enlisted in the
caterer and saloonist," [5] was associated in various businesses with C.F.A. Last[4] and also with a man named Sattler. Bayer's establishment, known as Joe Bayer's, was the meeting place of "a sort of Deutscher Klüb," recalled local writer Harris Newmark in his history of that period.[6]
Bayer was the owner of a park at the junction of West First and West Second Streets,[7] where in that vicinity oil was first discovered in Los Angeles, in 1892. Afterward, he drew a "handsome steady income" from the royalties.[4][8]
Public service
Bayer was a one-term member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the legislative branch of the city.[4]
References and notes
- ^ Los Angeles Public Library record, citing the Great Register of Los Angeles County for 1873
- ^ a b An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California, Chicago: Lewis Publishing (1889), page 388
- ^ a b "Married at Home," Los Angeles Daily Herald, June 20, 1906, page 7
- ^ a b c d "Former Councilman Dead," Los Angeles Times, July 27, 1900, page II-3
- ^ Tucson Record, quoted in "Local Brevities," Los Angeles Daily Herald, October 1, 1880, page 3
- ^ Harris Newmark, Sixty Years in Southern California
- ^ [1] Location of the park on Mapping L.A.
- ^ "History of the Oil Industry," Los Angeles Daily Herald, January 1, 1895, page 1
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