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Owen McAleer (1858–1944) was a Los Angeles, California, businessman who was mayor of the city between 1904 and 1906. ==Personal== McAleer was born on February 3, 1858, in Canada, the son of Owen McAleer of Ireland and Mary Miller of England. In 1863 the family moved to Youngstown, Ohio, where the elder McAleer died in 1865, leaving a wife and eight children, the youngest just 6 months old.〔(Karel Lynn and James Boucher, Los Angeles Public Library reference file, with sources as listed there )〕 In 1888 he moved to Los Angeles, and on January 8, 1891, he and Rebecca B. Wanchope of Ireland were married.〔("They Can Wed," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' January 9, 1891 )〕〔("Brevities," ''Los Angeles Times,'' January 11, 1891, page 7 )〕 She died on August 4, 1893, at the age of 29.〔("Death Record," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 5, 1893, page 7 )〕 He married again, on April 5, 1898, to Gertrude E. Mullaly of Covington, Kentucky, when he was 40 and she was 28.〔〔("Marriage Licenses," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' April 6, 1898 )〕 He became a citizen of the United States on May 15, 1896,〔("New Citizens," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' May 16, 1896 )〕 and in 1897 he was on the board of directors of the 150-member East Side Cycling Club, with its clubhouse at 163 South Avenue 21 in today's Lincoln Heights.〔() Location of the Cycling Club clubhouse on ''Mapping L.A.''〕 He owned and trained driving horses (in 1905 he had five of them) and rode them "on a sort of private speedway of his own, near Eastlake Park." He pushed the sport for others, too, and as mayor he set aside a stretch of West Washington Street for a mile west of Western Avenue for use by "drivers who delight in vying with each other off the racetrack," and, according to the ''Los Angeles Times,'' "policemen have been given to understand that some latitude be allowed horsemen there."〔("Fast Horses His Delight," ''Los Angeles Times'' October 1, 1905, page III-1 )〕 An automobile driven by Mayor McAleer struck and injured Charles Hughes, a delivery boy on a bicycle, on Central Avenue at Ninth Street the afternoon of July 17, 1906. Three witnesses said that in their opinion the vehicle was exceeding the speed limit and that "in approaching the corner no warning was given by tooting the horn, and that the occupants made no effort to assist the little fellow in any way." Called to the location by the boy's employer, "a stormy scene ensued," but McAleer "finally agreed to consider a bill for the repair of the bicycle."〔(Auto Hits Boy," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 18, 1906, page II-1 )〕 In 1935 the McAleers were living at 3817 South Main Street in today's Historic South Central.〔〔() Location of the McAleer home on ''Mapping L.A.''〕 McAleer died on March 7, 1944, leaving his wife, Gertrude McAleer of 401 West 41st Street, and a nephew, J.C. McAleer. A funeral service was held under the auspices of B.P.O.E, Lodge 99, with cremation following.〔 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「Owen McAleer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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