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Felix Signoret (1825–1878) was a member of the Common Council, the governing body of the city of Los Angeles, and also of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in the 19th Century. He was the leader of a vigilante gang that carried out a lynching of a reputed murderer in 1863. ==Personal== Signoret was born in France on June 9, 1825, living in Marseilles before he came to the United States. He was married to Catherine Pagen, also of France. Their children were P. Josephine, Rose, Anna and Caroline, and possibly Louise and Felix P.〔(Retrospect-GDS )〕〔(Find-a-Grave )〕 By trade he was a barber, later an apartment owner.〔(Harris Newmark, ''Sixty Years in California , , , ,'' )〕〔("Mother of Felix McGinnis Dies Unaware of His Death," ''Los Angeles Times,'' April 16, 1945, page 9 )〕〔("Los Angeles, 'Far Ouest' français?" Geneablog.org, March 20, 2008 )〕 The Signorets bought a parcel of land at 125 Aliso Street〔() Location of Aliso Street on ''Mapping L.A.''〕 in 1871 and built a "substantial brick house" about thirty feet wide with an area of nearly 1,800 square feet; the roof was "hipped on all four sides in mimicry of the fashionable Mansard shape. . . . By 1888 the Signorets . . . were long gone, and their genteel house was used as a brothel."〔(Mary Praetzellis, "Mangling Symbols of Gentility in the Wild West," ''American Anthropologist,''103(3):645-654 (2001), with sources cited there )〕 In 1874, Signoret was building a new hotel at Main and Turner streets, north of Arcadia Street and "opposite the Pico House," also with a Mansard pitch, which the ''Los Angeles Star'' said would be the first such roof in the city.〔〔(Quoted in E.A. Brainstool, "Los Angeles in 1874," ''Los Angeles Times,'' April 8, 1924, page A-4 )〕〔("Preferred Locals," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 3, 1882, page 4 )〕 Signoret died on July 28, 1878, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Felix Signoret」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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