Locally, Rudolph Boysen was the longtime superintendent of parks for the city of Anaheim from 1921 to 1950. The park he was primarily based out of was later renamed in his honor, Boysen Park, off State College in Anaheim.
He later became internationally known for originating the first blend of the boysenberry plants (by grafting together raspberries, blackberries, and loganberries)— to which he abandoned and left for Walter Knott (of Knott's Berry Farm fame) to further grow and produce, with Boysen's permission.
He died in 1950, and was cremated and interred at Melrose Abbey Memorial Park where his wife's cremains later joined him after her passing in 1970.
World War I Veteran - 1930 U.S. Census (Anaheim, Orange, California)
Locally, Rudolph Boysen was the longtime superintendent of parks for the city of Anaheim from 1921 to 1950. The park he was primarily based out of was later renamed in his honor, Boysen Park, off State College in Anaheim.
He later became internationally known for originating the first blend of the boysenberry plants (by grafting together raspberries, blackberries, and loganberries)— to which he abandoned and left for Walter Knott (of Knott's Berry Farm fame) to further grow and produce, with Boysen's permission.
He died in 1950, and was cremated and interred at Melrose Abbey Memorial Park where his wife's cremains later joined him after her passing in 1970.
World War I Veteran - 1930 U.S. Census (Anaheim, Orange, California)
