Joseph W. Wolfskill and Louis Wolfskill
[2][3][4] Joseph was married in San Francisco, California, to Ellen or Elena de Pedrorena of San Diego, California, and they had ten or eleven children, including Joseph W. Jr. (died June 1944), William F., David and John, who were educated at home.He "introduced scientific methods into the culture of oranges and extended the original Wolfskill grove until it was made to yield .The Wolfskill property in Los Angeles proper occupied the land later given over to the Arcade Depot.He had a nursery at the corner of Wabash and Zonal streets in Brooklyn Heights, Los Angeles, along with a retail store at 218 West Fourth Street in downtown L.A.[2][3][4] [11] An influx of white-scale insects from Australia devastated the orchards, and so Joseph Wolfskill divided the acreage and sold it piecemeal, in the meantime establishing an experimental station to devise a method of fighting the disease, including the use of "washes, sprays, gases, and latterly the parasites of the white scale[,] which have been brought from Australia.One subdivision became Chapman Woods, Pasadena, and Louis also owned Rancho San Francisquito, previously the property of his father-in-law, Henry Dalton.
William WolfskillSan Diego, CaliforniaRiversideRedondoAzusa, Californiastock raisingcitriculturethe SouthlandnurseryBrooklyn Heights, Los Angelesdowntown L.A.white-scale insectsexperimental stationparasitesSan Gabriel ValleyLos Angeles ArboretumChapman Woods, PasadenaRancho San FrancisquitoLos Angeles Common Councilgrand juryrefrigeration plantWayback MachineWorks Progress AdministrationAlexanderRequenaMellusNicholsCoronelPotterSternsWoodworthMorrisonO'MelvenySabichiBeaudryMacDougallLawlorSpenceSinsabaughKuhrtsCristobal AguilarDavid W. AlexanderJames BaldwinPeter BaltzPhineas BanningJoseph BayerAlexander BellDionisio BotillerNarciso BotelloAndrew A. BoyleGeorge Henry CarsonSamuel Bradford CaswellOzro W. ChildsAntonio Franco CoronelYgnacio CoronelYgnacio del ValleArthur McKenzie DodsonJohn Gately DowneyEzra DrownStephen Clark FosterJohn FrohlingMorris L. GoodmanJohn GollerLewis GrangerJohn Strother GriffinVincent A. HooverAlexander W. HopeJoseph Huber Sr.Wilson W. JonesMatthew KellerJohn KingSolomon LazardObed MacyDamien MarchesseaultFrancis MellusWilliam MooreMoritz MorrisMurray MorrisonElijah MoultonHenry R. MylesMyron NortonAgustin OlveraWilliam H. PerryNehemiah A. PotterManuel RequenaWilliam Whipple RobinsonLouis RoederTomas A. SanchezWilliam T. B. SanfordJohn SchumacherJuan María SepúlvedaPhilip SichelFelix SignoretAbel StearnsJonathan TempleJames R. TobermanAugust UlyardHenry WartenbergJohn Ozias WheelerGeorge N. WhitmanBenjamin Davis WilsonJames Brown WinstonWallace WoodworthGeronimo YbarraJulian A. ChavezJohn JonesOscar MacyJoseph MullalyCayetano ApablasaEzra M. HamiltonWilliam Norton MonroeCharles W. SchroederWilliam Thomas LambieJames VelsirJames HanleyNewell MathewsWilliam FergusonGeorge FallMatthew TeedPrudent BeaudryWilliam H. WorkmanJose MascarelLouis LichtenbergerJacob KuhrtsBernard CohnJames W. Potts