Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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O. B. QUESNEL
 
O. B. QUESNEL, contractor and builder, Los Angeles, was born in St. Louis, 
Missouri, January 13, 1854. His parents were J. P. and Rachel (Knight) Quesnel. 
The latter is a sister of Mr. Knight, of the firm of Fist, Knight & Co., one of 
the largest and most prominent mercantile houses in St. Louis. Our subject spent 
his boyhood in Illinois, attended school there and learned the trade of his 
father, who was a ship-builder. In 1875 Mr. Quesnel came to California, located 
in San Buenaventura and remained there seven years. In 1882 he came to Los 
Angeles and engaged in building, taking contracts, and since then has 
successfully carried on the business there, enjoying a good jobbing trade. Mr. 
Quesnel was married December 1, 1880, to Miss E. E. Miller, of Turner, Oregon. 
They have two children: Royal Otto and Howard William.

SOURCE: An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California - Chicago, The 
Lewis Publishing Co., 1889 p. 608-609  
Transcribed by Carolyn Feroben.