Los Angeles County
Biographies
FRED LATIMER
LATIMER, FRED, Real Estate
Broker, Los Angeles, Cal., is a native of Canada, born at Ottawa, the Dominion
capital, December 14, 1878. He is the son of Hugh Latimer and Mary (Hastey) Latimer, both members of old Canadian families.
Mr. Latimer was taken to California by his parents when
he was twelve years old. They first located at Riverside, that State. He
remained there for nine years, during which time he attended the public schools,
graduating from the Riverside High School in 1897.
In 1899, removed to Los Angeles, and there studied
pharmacy. After mastering this profession he, in 1901, associated himself with
James V. Baldwin in the realty business and they have continued in
business together since that time. The firm has made a specialty of
subdivisions in high-class residence property, some of the more notable
sections opened up by them being the West Adams Heights and Westmoreland
Heights tracts. They have also traded extensively in the Wilshire Boulevard
district, one of the most beautiful home places in the Southwest, and put on
Wellington Place, Westminster Place, Larchmont Heights and Wilshire Heights.
In addition to his realty business Mr. Latimer is a large
fruit grower. He owns two fine ranches at Ontario, Cal., in the vicinity of Los
Angeles, and grows oranges on a large scale. He gives much of his time to this
work and is one of the leading individual growers in California. His father
also is a prominent orange producer and owns extensive groves throughout
Southern California.
Mr. Latimer is a member of the Jonathan and Los Angeles
Country clubs of Los Angeles, and, being an enthusiastic fisherman is a member
of the Tuna Club of Catalina Island, an organization made up of expert anglers.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
17 October 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 683, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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