Résumé

Employee, Portland Cement Company, El Paso, TX, c. 1887.

Principal, Carl Leonardt, Building Contractor, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1909.

President. Southwestern Portland Cement Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1918. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1918, p. 1221.)

Relocation

Born in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Karl Leonardt, first moved his wife to Florida, where they resided for perhaps two years c. 1883-1885, and then to Southern CA by at least 1887.

Leonardt resided at 244 North Breed Street in Los Angeles, CA, from at least 1896 until 1900, according to CA voter and US Census records. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 22; FHL Roll Number: 976931 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Los Angeles Ward 9, Los Angeles, California; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1240090, accessed 07/08/2019.) In 1900, a lodger lived with the Leonardts, Charles A. Edwards (born c. 03/1863 in Canada), a widower.

In 1918, he and his wife lived at 2 Chester Place in Los Angeles, in the Chester Place tract, a moneyed enclave developed in 1899 by Judge Charles Silent (1842-1918), and later the residence of the oil-rich Doheny Family.

Spouse

He married Anna Katharina Ballmann (born 11/01/1860 in Mannheim, Germany-d. 01/24/1924 in Los Angeles, CA) in Mannheim, Germany, on 09/20/1883.

Children

He and Anna had three children, Amy Leonardt Powell (born c. 08/02/1882 in FL-d. 10/02/1865 in Los Angeles, CA), Clara Leonardt McGinnins (born 04/14/1887 in TX-d. 01/25/1984 in San Francisco, CA) and Carl Adolph Leonardt (born 12/1892 in CA-d. 08/10/1910 in CA).

Biographical Notes

His first name was Anglicized to "Carl" from the German "Karl."

As per CA voter records of 1896, Leonardt stood 5-feet, 9-and-1/2-inches tall, and had blue eyes, black hair and a light Caucasian complexion. He was naturalized on 09/20/1890 in Los Angeles, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 22; FHL Roll Number: 976931, accessed 07/08/2019.)