| 词条 | Charles Brode |
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Charles Brode was a merchant and property owner in 19th Century Los Angeles, California. He was a member of that city's governing body, the Los Angeles Common Council, from December 5, 1878, to March 13, 1879, when he resigned.[1] Brode was born in Boreck, Posen, Prussia, on February 6, 1836, and at the age of nineteen he emigrated to Australia, where he was a miner for seven years. He then came to the United States, where he engaged in "various kinds of business" in the territories of Montana, Idaho and Utah.[2] He moved to Los Angeles in 1868 and opened a grocery store on South Spring Street, where the Parisian Suit and Cloak Company was later situated. next to the Hollenbeck Hotel. The building he constructed there was known as the Brode Block.[2] Brode was a director of the German-American Savings Bank and of the Los Angeles Soap Company. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, Turnverein Germania (charter member) and Pioneers' Society of California.[2][3] He died of stomach cancer on August 13, 1901, and was survived by his wife and six children, Mrs. Emma Friese, Mrs. Louise Bruning, A.C. Brode, W.C. Brode, Mrs. Oscar Lawler and Leopold Brode.[2] Notes
ReferencesAccess to the Los Angeles Times links may require the use of a library card. 1. ^Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials,1850-1938, compiled under direction of Municipal Reference Library, City Hall, Los Angeles (March 1938, reprinted 1966). "Prepared ... as a report on Project No. SA 3123-5703-6077-8121-9900 conducted under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration." 2. ^1 2 3 "Death of Pioneer Charles Brode," Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1901, page 12 3. ^"Twenty-Fifth Anniversary: The Turnverein Society Honors Its Charter Members," Los Angeles Times, June 21, 1896, page 27 {{LosAngelesCommonCouncil}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brode, Charles}} 11 : American merchants|Businesspeople from Los Angeles|Los Angeles Common Council (1850–1889) members|19th-century American politicians|Year of birth missing|1901 deaths|American Odd Fellows|Prussian emigrants to the United States|People from the Grand Duchy of Posen|Deaths from stomach cancer|Deaths from cancer in California |
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