Mesmer family of California
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The Mesmer family of California was a wealthy family of early Los Angeles settlers who contributed to the development of the city between the rancho era and the explosive growth of the post-WWII era.
Mary Agnes Christina "Tina" Mesmer Griffith
Louis Mesmer, Los Angeles Times obituary photo
Portrait of Joseph Mesmer, circa 1906
Residence of Joseph Mesmer on Manitou Avenue, from Los Angeles and Vicinity book created for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair
Griffith J. Griffith
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Griffith Jenkins Griffith was a Welsh-born American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s, Griffith donated 3,015 acres to the Cit
Mary Agnes Christina Mesmer & Griffith Jenkins Griffith marriage record, 1887
Griffith J. Griffith shot his wife in the face
Tina Mesmer testified while heavily veiled; the shooting disfigured her face and destroyed her right eye