Talk:Maurice Kremer

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Ethnic background

He was a founding member of Congregation B'nai B'rith (now the Wilshire Boulevard Temple)

  • {{Cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |title= Maurice Kremer: Very Early Pioneer Jewish Merchant and Civil Servant of Los Angeles |publisher=Jewish Museum of the American West|date= |url=http://www.jmaw.org/kremer-jewish-los-angeles/ |accessdate=April 9, 2018}}

Other sources also say he was Jewish:

  • {{Cite news|last= Artsey |first=Avishay |authorlink= |title= L.A.’s First Jew |newspaper=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date= |url=https://www.jta.org/jewniverse/2015/l-a-s-first-jew |quote=Some of the dry goods merchants at Bell’s Row included Jewish civic and cultural leaders of the city: Solomon Lazard, Maurice Kremer, Eugene Meyer and Isaias M. Hellman.}}
  • {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wIlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=maurice+kremer#v=onepage&q=maurice%20kremer&f=false|first=Karen |last=Wilson|authorlink=|title=Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic|pages= |publisher=|date=|ISBN=|quote=like other jewish immigrants, Maurice Kremer, Harris Newmark, Solomon Lazard, Eugene Meyer married the four Newmark daughters only after becoming established in business.}}
  • {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sH0p4eq-TwgC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=maurice+kremer#v=onepage&q=maurice%20kremer&f=false|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=A Cultural History of Jews in California|pages= |publisher=|date=|ISBN=|quote=Another Jew, Maurice Kremer was elected County Treasurer in 1859}} Patapsco913 (talk) 20:18, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Notability

One of the early Jewish government servants in Los Angeles and founding member of Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Patapsco913 (talk) 01:13, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

AfD rationale

No news coverage for Maurice Kremer. Only brief passing mentions of him and his award.217.150.87.242 (talk) 17:17, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

:You have the wrong Maurice Kremer. The subject died in 1907.Patapsco913 (talk) 18:18, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

More sources

Some clippings, probably just to verify against existing content if needed. More content found for Mrs. Kremer, but this might just be because of limited sources available at NP.com for his active timeframe:

  • Obit: {{cite news |title=Pioneer follows wife to the great beyond |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47973956 |accessdate=April 4, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Herald |issue=158 |volume=XXXIV |date=March 8, 1907 |page=5}}
  • Obit: {{cite news |title=Double Affliction |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47974440 |work=Los Angeles Daily Times |issue=94 |volume=51 |date=March 8, 1907 |page=II-5}}
  • 80th bday: {{cite news |title=He is sturdy at eighty |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47974707 |work=Los Angeles Express |issue=252 |volume=34 |edition=Evening |date=January 15, 1904 |page=12}}

—[AlanM1 (talk)]— 13:02, 4 April 2020 (UTC)