Samuel Rees

He received left school early in order to go to work, and at age 21 he emigrated to America.

Elliott), Ethel R. (Mrs. Searle), Harry S., Walter N. and Samuel C.[1][2] His wife was treasurer of a Boyle Heights women's suffrage club in 1896.

[1] He died in Los Angeles on October 24, 1914, after an illness of "several months, ... attributed to liver trouble.

He then entered into business with Robert E. Wirsching: They did general blacksmithing and built wagons "in a large shop on Aliso Street."

The firm sustained losses of $15,000 in the floods of 1884, but it rebounded and became successful, moving to larger quarters on Los Angeles Street, where it sold "modern agricultural implements.