Harris Newmark
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| Born | July 5, 1834 Löbau, Germany |
| Died | 1916 |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | Prussian American |
| Occupation | Businessman Philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Newmark (cousin and wife) |
| Children | Maurice Harris Newmark |
| Parent(s) | Phillip Newmark Esther Newmark |
| Relatives | J.P. Newmark (brother) Nathan newmark (brother) |
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Harris Newmark (July 5, 1834 – 1916) was a Prussian-American businessman, philanthropist, and historian. Born in Löbau in Province of Saxony (now Saxony, in eastern Germany) Newmark emigrated to the United States in 1853, sailed from Europe to New York City to San Francisco, and finally settled in Los Angeles. The Newmark clan was one of the founding families of the Los Angeles area.
Newmark's memoir, Sixty Years in Southern California: 1853–1913, has been cited in dozens of academic papers and books, and is considered to be the Los Angeles equivalent of a Pepys diary.
Newmark was the son of Phillip and Esther Newmark. Phillip Newmark traveled to Sweden and Denmark to sell his ink and blackening products. He made a sales trip to New York City in 1837, but became ill and returned home in 1838. His son J.P. Newmark, Harris's brother, emigrated to California in 1848, and beckoned Harris to follow. Many Newmark relatives already resided there. Newmark took the advice, and sailed for New York City. He then boarded a second ship for California, crossed the isthmus of Nicaragua and arrived in San Francisco in October 1853. He eventually made it to Los Angeles, where he took his first American job as a clerk for his brother J.P. At the time, Newmark had limited English-language skills; he spoke German, Swedish, and had picked up the Spanish language while en route to and in California.
In 1854, his uncle Joseph Newmark arrived in Los Angeles with his wife and six children. They provided Newmark with a home, and his aunt taught Newmark how to read, write, and spell in English. On March 24, 1858, he married his cousin Sarah in the family home; his uncle Joseph officiated, and consequently became Harris' father-in-law.
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