Heinrich Dockweiler. Elected member of the Los Angeles Common Council

Los Angeles Common Council

The Los Angeles Common Council was the predecessor of the Los Angeles City Council which serves the City of Los Angeles, California today.The Los Angeles Common Council was formed in 1850 and existed until 1889 when a new charter was established....

 (1870–1874), forerunner to the Los Angeles City Council

Los Angeles City Council

The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles.The Council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The president of the council and the president pro tempore are chosen by the Council at the first regular meeting after...

. Patriarch of pioneering Los Angeles family when it was a pueblo.

Biography

Heinrich Dockweiler was born in Contwig near Zweibrücken, Rhennish Bavaria. Emigrated to the United States - landing in Brooklyn. Known commonly after emigration as Henry Dockweiler. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1852. Dockweiler married Margaretha Sugg in the Church of Our Lady, at the Los Angeles Plaza, on October 13, 1861. He and his wife had 4 sons: John Henry Dockweiler, Joseph Andrew Dockweiler, John Dockweiler (died in infancy), and Isidore Bernard Dockweiler

Isidore B. Dockweiler

Isidore Bernard Dockweiler . Prominent California lawyer and politician from a pioneering Los Angeles family.-Biography:...

 (the youngest, and who would become a major legal and political figure in California history).

Dockweiler opposed to slavery and secession, was one of the first 25 people in Los Angeles to support Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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Dockweiler was interred in the old Calvary Cemetery of Los Angeles, and later reinterred in the new Calvary Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles

The Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, located at 4201 Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles, California...

(New Calvary Catholic Cemetery) in East Los Angeles.