San Luis Obispo County Biographies

EMANUEL DE LA GUERRA

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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EMANUEL DE LA GUERRA, of the city of San Luis Obispo, is the son of William and 
Francisca (Foxen) de la Guerra, and was born in Los Alamos, April 13, 1856. He received 
his education mainly in Guadalupe, and later, in 1879-'81, he completed his studies at 
Santa Barbara. In 1884 he left Guadalupe and made his home in San Luis Obispo city, 
where he has since resided. For three years he was in the employ of Blochman & Co., 
and later opened the gents' furnishing store now known as the "City of Paris. " He was 
then associated with Meyr? & Greenberg. In February, 1889, he formed a partnership 
with his brother Edward, and they are now conducting the business jointly. Mr. De la 
Guerra is a man very popular both in business and social circles. He is a member of the 
N. S. G. W., San Luis Obispo Parlor. He was married April 25, 1890, to Mrs. Lizzie Price. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.