Samuel Kraemer

Samuel Kraemer (1857–1937) was a rancher, farmer, and businessman who is credited with much of the development of Anaheim, California during the 1920s.

His father moved the family to Orange County in 1867, becoming the first English-speaking settlers in Placentia, California.

He eventually would inherit a piece of his father's sizable land holdings too.

He and his wife had eight children: Samuel Peter, Arnold Ruperto, Angelina, Adelia, Gilbert Ulysses, Lawrence Prudencio, Geraldine, and Louis Thomas.

[2] Kraemer Avenue running through the cities of Anaheim, Brea, Placentia, and Orange is named in his honor.

Later known as the Kraemer Building, the American Savings Bank of Anaheim was constructed by Kraemer in 1923 from a design by the architect M. Eugene Durfee .