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"On May 25, 1856, Mr. and Mrs. Simmonds and their family of 8 children left Australia on the sailing vessel Jennie Ford, bound for San Francisco. When they were out about three weeks their boat ran on a coral reef and came near being wrecked and later put in at Tahiti for nine days to make repairs. The next and only stop was at Honolulu where fresh water and a cargo of sugar was taken on. Some time after leaving there they ran into rough weather and were driven far south of their course and finally arrived at San Pedro, August 19, 1856. The Simmonds family landed there and lived for a while in a tent they had brought with them. Later on Mr. Simmonds took charge of the half way station for General Banning's stage line and here the family stayed for one year. From there they moved into Los Angeles and occupied an adobe house at the corner of Sixth and Spring streets, where the Hayward Hotel now stands." From "The Annual Report of the Los Angeles County Pioneers of Southern California for the Years 1911-1912," published by the L.A. County Pioneers Society, 1911. Typed by Scott Trimble, April 1998.

House demolished before 1906.

PCAD id: 138