Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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MRS. BRIDGET WILSON, 
 
corner of San Pedro street and Brooklyn avenue, Los Angeles, whose maiden name 
was Johnson, is a native of Ireland, being born in County Lowth, near Dublin, 
and emigrated to this country in 1849. She came to California in 1853, landing 
at San Diego, and in a few days came to Los Angeles. During the same year, in 
August, she married John La Rue, a native of France, who emigrated to the United 
States in 1849, and came to San Francisco, and joined the throng going to the 
mountains to engage in mining. In the latter he did well. He then went to 
Mazatlan, Mexico, and while there was robbed twice by the Mexicans and barely 
escaped with his life. In 1853 he came to Los Angeles and opened a restaurant 
and was married the same year. He afterward bought thirty-five acres of land, 
where Mrs. Wilson now lives, and set out a vineyard and an orchard of oranges 
and other fruit, and made other improvements. He carried on the restaurant 
business until his death, which occurred in February, 1858. He went to a fire on 
Main street and took a severe cold, which caused his death. He was an estimable 
citizen. He left an estate, which has become very valuable, his widow being the 
only heir. In 1862 Mrs. La Rue married John Wilson, of this city, who is a 
native of Ireland and came to Los Angeles in 1858, engaging in blacksmithing. He 
has carried on the business here for twenty-two years, and by good management 
and shrewd judgment in investing, he has accumulated a large amount of property.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 691
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler