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GUSTAV OSCAR ODEMAR
ODEMAR, GUSTAV OSCAR, Contractor, Los
Angeles, Cal.,
was born in Magdeburg, Germany, July 30, 1872, the son of
Frederick William Odemar and Maria (Schneider) Odemar. He married Minnie Stoll, daughter of a California pioneer, at Los Angeles, April 20, 1898, and to them
there have been born three children, Irma, Walter, and Florence Odemar. The Odemar family is of French origin. One of its members was a soldier in the Army
of Napoleon, but after the retreat from Moscow
settled in Germany at Magdeburg and changed the
name of O de’Mar to its present form.
Mr. Odemar
received his early education in the public schools of his native country and
was brought to America
in 1885. He first resided in Texas and for two years
attended school there.
In 1887 he
moved to Los Angeles,
where his brothers were contractors, and he went to work with them. He remained with them until 1906, when he
went into the contracting business on his own account.
Mr. Odemar
is enthusiastic for the upbuilding of his adopted city, but has never taken any
active part in politics. He devotes most
of his time in business, his only social affiliations being membership in the
Germania Turnverein.
Transcribed
By: Michele Y. Larsen on 9 January 2012.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 903,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2012 Michele
Y. Larsen.
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