Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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STEPHEN A. RENDALL 
 
was born in Somersetshire, England, March 6, 1837.  He came to the United States 
in 1846, and to California in 1861, and to Los Angeles in 1866. Here he engaged 
in photography, in which profession he was a thorough artist.  Afterward he 
acquired interests in Santa Rosa, and he oscillated between that place and Los 
Angeles from 1870 to 1884, when he permanently settled here with his family, 
building himself a beautiful home on Alvarado street. Mr. Rendall brought the 
first Angora goats to Los Angeles County in 1867, and thus helped to inaugurate 
an industry, which, from the adaptability of the climate, especially in our 
mountainous regions, to this animal, is likely to become very valuable. With 
others, he engaged somewhat extensively in the importation of Angora goats from 
Asia Minor. In 1870 Mr. Rendall married Miss Barnes, of Illinois. They have five 
children.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 613
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler