Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Meek, William ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 June 26, 2009, 4:09 am Author: Robert J. Burdette (1910) WILLIAM MEEK, LOS ANGELES Born in London, Eng., Dec. 25, 1849; educated in schools of Metropolis. Came to the United States in 1871 and located at Topeka, Kans.; to Los Angeles in 1881. Has been engaged in the baking business for thirty-four years and since 1892 Pres. Meek Baking Co. Since 1900 mem. National Assn. Master Bakers (dir. three years) and in August, 1909, at Minneapolis, Minn., was elected Pres. National Assn. of Master Bakers of the United States and Canada. Fraternal relations: Thirty-second degree Mason; Shriner; Past Grand Pres. Sons of St. George. Married, 1874, Adeline E. Nichols, of Topeka, Kan.; four children. Eva I., Adeline Nichols, Blanch F. and Chester. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal Memoranda ROBERT J. BURDETTE EDITOR THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO LOS ANGELES NEW YORK 1910 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/photos/bios/meek1354nbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/meek1354nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb