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''[[United States|United States]] > [[California|California]] > [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] > [[Los Angeles County, California Cities|Cities ]]> Whittier'' | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[California|California]] > [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] > [[Los Angeles County, California Cities|Cities ]]> Whittier'' <br><br> | ||
Whittier is an upscale residential community about 12 miles southeast of the City of Los Angeles. The land was part of early Spanish land grants, but settlement in that area began in 1868 when Jacob Gerkens bought 160 acres from the US government. The first one room schoolhouse began in 1884. In 1887 members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) bought the land and named their new city after the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Also in 1887 a railroad spur came to Whittier for, among other things, the citrus harvest. “In 1904 the Pacific Electric opened the trolley line known as ‘Big Red Cars’ from Los Angeles to Whittier. In the first two decades over a million passengers a year rode to and from Los Angeles on the Whittier line.”<ref>[http://www.cityofwhittier.org/about/default.asp About Us: A Short History] from the [http://www.cityofwhittier.org/ City of Whittier] website (accessed 1 August 2014)</ref> | [[Image:Whittier CoC brochure 1920.png|right|400px]]Whittier is an upscale residential community about 12 miles southeast of the City of Los Angeles. The land was part of early Spanish land grants, but settlement in that area began in 1868 when Jacob Gerkens bought 160 acres from the US government. The first one room schoolhouse began in 1884. In 1887 members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) bought the land and named their new city after the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Also in 1887 a railroad spur came to Whittier for, among other things, the citrus harvest. “In 1904 the Pacific Electric opened the trolley line known as ‘Big Red Cars’ from Los Angeles to Whittier. In the first two decades over a million passengers a year rode to and from Los Angeles on the Whittier line.”<ref>[http://www.cityofwhittier.org/about/default.asp About Us: A Short History] from the [http://www.cityofwhittier.org/ City of Whittier] website (accessed 1 August 2014)</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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'''Mount Olive Cemetery (Defunct)''' also next to Broadway Cemetery Whittier, California - the area is now Founder's Park. 365 burials took place here between 1888 and 1957. Most burials were from 1900 to 1937. List of burials – both cemeteries - from city of Whittier: http://www.whittiermuseum.org/PDF%20Files/Cemetery%20Information%20Report-2009-08-03.pdf | '''Mount Olive Cemetery (Defunct)''' also next to Broadway Cemetery Whittier, California - the area is now Founder's Park. 365 burials took place here between 1888 and 1957. Most burials were from 1900 to 1937. List of burials – both cemeteries - from city of Whittier: http://www.whittiermuseum.org/PDF%20Files/Cemetery%20Information%20Report-2009-08-03.pdf | ||
'''Olive Grove Cemetery (Defunct)''' [[Image:Olive trees.JPG|thumb|right | '''Olive Grove Cemetery (Defunct)''' [[Image:Olive trees.JPG|thumb|right]] 10135 S Painter Ave., Whittier, CA 90605 <br>Founded in 1896 by a colony of German Baptists known as “Dunkers” (due to their method of baptism). They moved in 1972, and another local church owned and maintained the cemetery, but as of 2005, that church had been torn down and ownership of the cemetery is unclear. | ||
==== Church Records ==== | ==== Church Records ==== | ||