Los Angeles-San Bernardino County CA Archives Biographies.....LeBas, Charles C. 1851 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

    CHARLES C. LeBAS is a native of London, England, born April 30th, 1859, a
son of Henry V. LeBas, who is the preacher of the Charter House, London, England.

    Mr. LeBas was educated by private tutors. At twenty-one years of age he went
to Algiers for some time and returned home. Later he spent some time at
Singapore, Southeast Asia, chiefly in pursuit of health. He then returned to
London and engaged extensively in the publishing business as a member of the
house of Sonnenschein & LeBas, publishers of school, text and story books and
also high class story magazines. He subsequently retired from the business and
went to Australia. In 1893 he returned to London, after which he spent several
years coffee planting in Java, and there remained until he came to Southern
California in 1896, living in Los Angeles, Covina and San Bernardino. Since 1896
he has lived in retirement in Santa Monica, owning a modern home on Oregon Avenue.

    Mr. LeBas married, in 1896, Miss Marion Gene Eckford, a native of the
beautiful Isle of Jersey. They have one son, Harry LeBas, a native of California.

    Mr. LeBas has made investments in California realty and is interested in
mining properties.


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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


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