History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . was fenced, admission being through fourgates on the four sides of the tract, and by means of this solid fence all wild cattlewere excluded. Eight years later the fence law kept out cattle and brought the first Samuel aided his father in the many difficult tasks connected withimproving the wild tract and it was not possible for him to attend school regularly,but he was a


History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . was fenced, admission being through fourgates on the four sides of the tract, and by means of this solid fence all wild cattlewere excluded. Eight years later the fence law kept out cattle and brought the first Samuel aided his father in the many difficult tasks connected withimproving the wild tract and it was not possible for him to attend school regularly,but he was a pupil in the Yorba school for a time, and since then by reading andobservation he has becofne a well informed man. Five hundred acres of the originalestate is now owned by him, the larger part of the land being in grain, but in additionhe has sixty-five acres in oranges and 130 acres in walnuts. Stock is raised for theneeds of the ranch, but not for the general markets. On September 30, 1886, Mr. Kraemer married Miss Angelina Yorba, a native ofCalifornia and the daughter of Castilian parents now deceased, representing earlysettlers of the state, Prudencio and Dolores (Ontiveras) Yorba. Ten children were. c/o^-f^ c^?i^<t^e^<t-^.^z^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 595 born of the union, of whom five sons and three daughters survive: Adela is Muckenthaler of Fullerton; Samuel P. married Miss Edna Wentz of Ohio,served in the U. S. Army in the World War and is an orange grower in Placentia;Elena Mauri of Oakland, is an orange grower at Placentia; Gilbert U. married EstherArnold R., who served in the U. S. Naval Reserve, stationed in New Jersey, and marriedMunger of Santa Ana, and is a rancher on Kraemer Avenue; Angeline is the wife ofEdward Backs and resides in Placentia; Laurance P. is attending Occidental College;Geraldine and Louis are attending the Union high school. Caring little for politics or secret orders, Mr. Kraemer nevertheless finds muchto occupy his time. The


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