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__NOTOC__ Thomas Strohm (1846–1929) was fire chief of the city of Los Angeles, California, for three separate terms between 1887 and 1905 as well as a Los Angeles City Council member during 1892–94. He was denied a city pension although he had been injured on the job. Strohm also began a company that later became the Shasta Water Company. ==Personal== Strohm was born on November 5, 1846, near Ulm, Wurtemberg, Germany, to Matthew Strohm and Anna Barbara Jauch, both of that city. The family emigrated to America in 1852, crossing from Le Havre, France, to New Orleans and thence by river boat to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father, a master mason and contractor went into business. Young Thomas attended public schools in Cincinnati, then learned to be a machinist and a gym instructor. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1868, then to California, near San Francisco (or in Sacramento), in 1872 or 1874, and he briefly worked in the San Francisco Mint. In 1876 he moved to Wilmington, California, at that time a separate city, and to Los Angeles two years later.〔(Clare Wallace, Los Angeles Public Library reference file, 1937, with references as cited there )〕〔In a 1929 article, the ''Los Angeles Times'' stated: "Born in Germany, he came to California in 1874, when he was 3 years of age. The family lived in Sacramento for two years, and then came to Santa Monica."()〕 He was married to Emily Schubnell of Oregon; their children were Louis Robert (or Low), Walter Thomas, Benjamin Clarence and Anna Barbara (Mrs. George O'Donnell). A son, Tommie, died at the age of 9 months in July 1890. Emily died on December 24, 1917.〔〔("Deaths," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 10, 1890, page 6 )〕〔 Strohm was "a leader in affairs concerning the Germania Turn-Verein() around which centered much of the civic, social and recreational, and municipal activity of pioneer Los Angeles."〔 He was an instructor in a boys' class of gymnastics for the organization in 1878, and he was noted as "one of the most graceful and thorough acrobats we have ever seen."〔("The Plains," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' January 16, 1878 )〕 By 1906 he had become known for his "florid face and gold-rimmed goggles" shining "through the smoke and flame."〔("Strohm Slated for Fire Chief," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' December 10, 1906 )〕 At the time of his death on March 22, 1929, he was the oldest Knight Templar in Los Angeles, and he had also been past master of Masonic Lodge No. 42. He had been an Elk and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.〔 Strohm died at age 82 in the home of his daughter, 1341 Mariposa Street, in today's East Hollywood neighborhood, His body lay in state in a Venice Boulevard funeral home, and a burial service was at Inglewood Park Cemetery.〔("Thomas Strohm Paid Final Honor by Many Friends," ''Los Angeles Times,'' March 26, 1929, page A-1 )〕〔() Location of the O'Donnell residence, Mapping L.A.〕 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「Thomas Strohm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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