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Originally Posted by FredH
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You have the right street
FredH, and I also wondered about the tree you circled, but I think I'd need a better quality image to judge whether that's the same one.
I've just had a quick look through some of the early City Directories to see who loved in this area. Rosabell(e) Street was the easiest to search for (the early CDs don't include "Street" or even "St", so imagine looking for "Elizabeth" on its own!). Most of the residents around 1900 were tradesmen. Nearly every listing is for a carpenter, plumber, laborer etc., with a couple of night watchmen as well. In the 1894 CD I even found a listing for Jacob Gerkins, foreman at the Kerckhoff-Cuzner M & L Co, living at 821 Rosabell - now that was a nice, short commute
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The September 9, 1907 edition of the Los Angeles Herald has this sad tale from the area. As noted above, Peter Marasco lived in the wrong place if he didn't like his wife talking to tradesmen.
California Digital Newspaper Collection
I couldn't find Peter Marasco at Rosabelle Street in the City Directories, but I did find a laborer named Peter Marasco living at 484 15th Street in the 1915 CD.