Julius L. Morris (1830–1909) and Morritz Morris (about 1836–1903) were two German-born brothers who settled in Los Angeles, California, in 1853 and became prominent retail merchants in the newly incorporated American city as well as community leaders.
Julius was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1861–63[1] and city treasurer in 1863–64;[2] Morritz was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of the city, in 1866 for a partial term and in 1868 and 1869 for two one-year terms.
[3] Their original family name was Oberzinsky; they adopted the name Morris upon their arrival in the United States.
He had earlier lived "for many years" in an adobe house which he built in 1859 in the midst of a vineyard at Carr and Main streets.
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