Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm WILLIAM DOUGLAS LONGYEAR, Los Angeles Born in Jackson Co., Mich., July 2, 1863; after the death of his father, in 1872, moved to Kalamazoo; was educated in schools of that city. Entered Kalamazoo National Bank in November, 1884; resigned position in October, 1889, and came to California. In 1890 accepted position with Security Savings Bank, of Los Angeles, when that institution was only a year old; elected Assistant Cashier in April, 1893, and Cashier and Secretary (present position) in January, 1895. Scottish Rite Mason. Mem. California and Jonathan Clubs. Married, 1893, Miss Ida A. Mackay. SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.262