Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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VICTOR PONET, 
 
a pioneer of Los Angeles, is a native of Ulbeck, Belgium, born in the year 1836. 
He received in his native land a thorough college education, and after 
completing his studies traveled extensively in Europe and America, visiting 
nearly all places of note in both countries. During his travels he came to Los 
Angeles, arriving in 1869. He was impressed with the natural beauty of Southern 
California, the salubrity of its climate, and foresaw in Los Angeles a growing 
and prosperous city as its future business center. He therefore decided to make 
the City of the Angels his future home and accordingly entered business as an 
importer and manufacturer of mirror and picture frames. He later engaged 
successfully in the undertaking business, in which he continued until the year 
1865, when he retired. Since that time he has devoted his energies to the 
management of his real estate and other interests. Mr. Ponet has figured 
prominently in the business affairs of Los Angeles and is one of the organizers 
and still a director of the Evergreen Cemetery. He is a man of practical, sound 
judgment, strong traits of character, an economist in the truest sense, a 
gentleman of worthy charity and a citizen highly esteemed. Mr. Ponet married in 
1873 Miss N. J. Manning, a native of Ireland, and they have a daughter, 
Gertrude, and a son, William.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 612
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler