Updated 3-22-2022
(NOTE: The dates on tombstone does reflect dates on his memorial per Find A Grave)
1853-1921
Married #1 Annie Fowler 1889
Married #3 Helen Heney Childs, a widow
Name: Jared S Torrance
Birth Year: abt 1853
Death Date: 29 Mar 1921
Age at Death: 68
Death Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance in southwest Los Angeles County, California. Wikipedia
Born: 1853, Gowanda, NY
Died: 1921, California
Married #1 Annie L Fowler Feb 13 1889 Pasadena CA. She and her son killed in an auto accident. Married #2 Helena Heney-Childs June 6 1914, widow of Frank Blake Childs. Upon his death, his estate was valued at $2,918.581. Annie Fowler's mothers memorial Augusta Childs Fowler
Father: Cyrenius C Torrance
Mother: Mary Curtiss
Mother's death: 11 Feb 1916 Los Angeles, California,
His father was Cyrenius Chapin Torrance, mother Mary Curtiss. Cyrenius was educated in law and was the attorney for the Seneca Indian Nation from 1852-1855 and was the Dist. attorney for Erie Co. 1861-1864.
His brother's memorial Lewis Torrance
He died 17 Feb 1926 Los Angeles, California. He was the husband of Mary Henderson
His brother and his wife/family 1920 Los Angeles CA:
Lewis Curtis Torrance 62
Mary N Torrance58 (Henderson)
Lewis Curtis Torrance 23 (died 7 May 1970 Los Angeles Ca)
Katherine Torrance 25
brother:
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about Lewis C Torrance
Name: Lewis C Torrance
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1856
Birth Place: Gowanda, Ratarraugus County, New York
Age: 40
Passport Issue Date: 14 Aug 1897
Passport Includes a Photo: No
Residence: Pasadena, California
Lewis graduated from De Veaux College at Niagara Falls. He entered the flour milling business until 1887 and then came out to CA. He was the president and general manager of the Pasadena Electric Light Co. He became the cheif stock holder of of the Santa Monica Bay Home Telephone Co. At Buffalo NY he married Minnie Henderson, daughter of Judge William H Henderson .
Jared's great grandfather Robert Torrance, from Derry Ireland. Married Lucy Peck. Had two sons, Robert and Stiles.
Sister:
1940 United States Federal Census about Jennie T Welch
Name: Jennie T Welch
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Guest
Home in 1940: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
Ca Death: Jennie Torrance Welch
[Jennie Torrance Torrance]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1866
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 18 May 1943
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Curtis
Father's Surname: Torrance
She was a resident at the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel.
Survived by one son Brian K and five grandchildren.
1910 Pasadena CA, Los Angeles
Jared S Torrance 55
Mary C Torrance 78 mother
Theodore F Welch 62
Jennie Welch 44 married sister
Torrance C Welch 19 nephew (died 1 Feb 1939 Los Angeles CA)
Brian K Welch 17
Marjorie Welch 7
Charles Walter 44
Annie Walter 44
Margaret Tiernan 42
Mother:
1900 United States Federal Census about Mary C Torrance
Name: Mary C Torrance
[Mary C. Torrance]
[MA C Torrance]
Age: 68
Birth Date: Jun 1831
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1900: Collins, Erie, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother in Law
[Mother-in-law]
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Theodore Welch 53
Jennie Welch 33
Torrance C Welch 9
Brian K Welch 7
Mary C Torrance 68
Charles A Welch 49
John Konne 27
Mary Konne 22
Home in 1880: Gowanda, Erie, New York
Cyrenas C. Torrance 54
Mary C. Torrance 46
Sydney J. Torrance 27
Louis C. Torrance 25
Jennie Torrance 14
Maria Larson 24
Home in 1860: Collins, Erie, New York
Crenus C Torrance 35 b. Michigan
Mary Torrance 29 b. Connecticut
Clarence Torrance 9
Sydney Torrance 7
Lewis Torrance 5
Addison Torrance 6/12
He attended Sheffield Scientific School of Yale in 1875
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance, California in southwest Los Angeles County.
Torrance was born in Gowanda, New York and moved to southern California in approximately 1887, settling initially in Pasadena where he worked in real estate. Among other notable transactions, he briefly owned the Mount Lowe Railway at the turn of the century.
He and his brother bought out the Pasadena Power and Light Company in 1894. In time they sold to the Edison Company.
In the early 1900s Jared Torrance and other investors saw the value of creating a mixed industrial-residential community south of Los Angeles. They purchased part of an old Spanish land grant and hired landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to design a new planned community. The resulting city was founded in 1911 and named after Torrance.
In 1920 Jared Torrance formed the Torrance Hospital Association, but he died before a hospital could be constructed in the new city. His widow Helena Childs Torrance followed through on Jared's vision and in 1925 the Jared Sidney Torrance Memorial Hospital (now named the Torrance Memorial Medical Center) was opened.
Torrance was also an amateur genealogist and did extensive research on his family roots. He wrote a book entitled The Descendants of Lewis Hart and Anne Elliott [1] which was published posthumously by his wife in 1923
Rose Hedge," a turn-of-the-century South Pasadena house owned for many years by Torrance. He purchased this home in 1910. Located at 929 Buena Vista Street.
The 12-bedroom, 13,000-square-foot house, with an indoor pool, chapel and organ loft, was built in 1904 at a cost of $25,000 for Emma Bouvier Peterson-Childs, widow of George W. Childs, editor of the Philadelphia Ledger. He was a noted philanthropist who wintered in Pasadena. Helena's great grandaughter married in the gardens of this home.
Rose Hedge," which remained in Torrance's family until 1931, had become known in recent years as "South Pasadena's Mystery Mansion" because of its neglected appearance and vine-covered facade.
Torrance was active in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, and this interest was reflected in the name of the house and in the pink roses hand-painted on the parlor ceiling
__________________________
NOTE:(Emma Bouvier Peterson-Childs, builder and first owner of the home and husband George W. Childs were NO relationship to Helena Heney's first husband Frank Blake Childs. Emma Bouvier-Peterson Childs returned to Philadelphia in 1910.
(NOTE: The dates on tombstone does reflect dates on his memorial per Find A Grave)
1853-1921
Married #1 Annie Fowler 1889
Married #3 Helen Heney Childs, a widow
Name: Jared S Torrance
Birth Year: abt 1853
Death Date: 29 Mar 1921
Age at Death: 68
Death Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance in southwest Los Angeles County, California. Wikipedia
Born: 1853, Gowanda, NY
Died: 1921, California
Married #1 Annie L Fowler Feb 13 1889 Pasadena CA. She and her son killed in an auto accident. Married #2 Helena Heney-Childs June 6 1914, widow of Frank Blake Childs. Upon his death, his estate was valued at $2,918.581. Annie Fowler's mothers memorial Augusta Childs Fowler
Father: Cyrenius C Torrance
Mother: Mary Curtiss
Mother's death: 11 Feb 1916 Los Angeles, California,
His father was Cyrenius Chapin Torrance, mother Mary Curtiss. Cyrenius was educated in law and was the attorney for the Seneca Indian Nation from 1852-1855 and was the Dist. attorney for Erie Co. 1861-1864.
His brother's memorial Lewis Torrance
He died 17 Feb 1926 Los Angeles, California. He was the husband of Mary Henderson
His brother and his wife/family 1920 Los Angeles CA:
Lewis Curtis Torrance 62
Mary N Torrance58 (Henderson)
Lewis Curtis Torrance 23 (died 7 May 1970 Los Angeles Ca)
Katherine Torrance 25
brother:
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about Lewis C Torrance
Name: Lewis C Torrance
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1856
Birth Place: Gowanda, Ratarraugus County, New York
Age: 40
Passport Issue Date: 14 Aug 1897
Passport Includes a Photo: No
Residence: Pasadena, California
Lewis graduated from De Veaux College at Niagara Falls. He entered the flour milling business until 1887 and then came out to CA. He was the president and general manager of the Pasadena Electric Light Co. He became the cheif stock holder of of the Santa Monica Bay Home Telephone Co. At Buffalo NY he married Minnie Henderson, daughter of Judge William H Henderson .
Jared's great grandfather Robert Torrance, from Derry Ireland. Married Lucy Peck. Had two sons, Robert and Stiles.
Sister:
1940 United States Federal Census about Jennie T Welch
Name: Jennie T Welch
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Guest
Home in 1940: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
Ca Death: Jennie Torrance Welch
[Jennie Torrance Torrance]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1866
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 18 May 1943
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Curtis
Father's Surname: Torrance
She was a resident at the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel.
Survived by one son Brian K and five grandchildren.
1910 Pasadena CA, Los Angeles
Jared S Torrance 55
Mary C Torrance 78 mother
Theodore F Welch 62
Jennie Welch 44 married sister
Torrance C Welch 19 nephew (died 1 Feb 1939 Los Angeles CA)
Brian K Welch 17
Marjorie Welch 7
Charles Walter 44
Annie Walter 44
Margaret Tiernan 42
Mother:
1900 United States Federal Census about Mary C Torrance
Name: Mary C Torrance
[Mary C. Torrance]
[MA C Torrance]
Age: 68
Birth Date: Jun 1831
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1900: Collins, Erie, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother in Law
[Mother-in-law]
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Theodore Welch 53
Jennie Welch 33
Torrance C Welch 9
Brian K Welch 7
Mary C Torrance 68
Charles A Welch 49
John Konne 27
Mary Konne 22
Home in 1880: Gowanda, Erie, New York
Cyrenas C. Torrance 54
Mary C. Torrance 46
Sydney J. Torrance 27
Louis C. Torrance 25
Jennie Torrance 14
Maria Larson 24
Home in 1860: Collins, Erie, New York
Crenus C Torrance 35 b. Michigan
Mary Torrance 29 b. Connecticut
Clarence Torrance 9
Sydney Torrance 7
Lewis Torrance 5
Addison Torrance 6/12
He attended Sheffield Scientific School of Yale in 1875
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance, California in southwest Los Angeles County.
Torrance was born in Gowanda, New York and moved to southern California in approximately 1887, settling initially in Pasadena where he worked in real estate. Among other notable transactions, he briefly owned the Mount Lowe Railway at the turn of the century.
He and his brother bought out the Pasadena Power and Light Company in 1894. In time they sold to the Edison Company.
In the early 1900s Jared Torrance and other investors saw the value of creating a mixed industrial-residential community south of Los Angeles. They purchased part of an old Spanish land grant and hired landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to design a new planned community. The resulting city was founded in 1911 and named after Torrance.
In 1920 Jared Torrance formed the Torrance Hospital Association, but he died before a hospital could be constructed in the new city. His widow Helena Childs Torrance followed through on Jared's vision and in 1925 the Jared Sidney Torrance Memorial Hospital (now named the Torrance Memorial Medical Center) was opened.
Torrance was also an amateur genealogist and did extensive research on his family roots. He wrote a book entitled The Descendants of Lewis Hart and Anne Elliott [1] which was published posthumously by his wife in 1923
Rose Hedge," a turn-of-the-century South Pasadena house owned for many years by Torrance. He purchased this home in 1910. Located at 929 Buena Vista Street.
The 12-bedroom, 13,000-square-foot house, with an indoor pool, chapel and organ loft, was built in 1904 at a cost of $25,000 for Emma Bouvier Peterson-Childs, widow of George W. Childs, editor of the Philadelphia Ledger. He was a noted philanthropist who wintered in Pasadena. Helena's great grandaughter married in the gardens of this home.
Rose Hedge," which remained in Torrance's family until 1931, had become known in recent years as "South Pasadena's Mystery Mansion" because of its neglected appearance and vine-covered facade.
Torrance was active in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, and this interest was reflected in the name of the house and in the pink roses hand-painted on the parlor ceiling
__________________________
NOTE:(Emma Bouvier Peterson-Childs, builder and first owner of the home and husband George W. Childs were NO relationship to Helena Heney's first husband Frank Blake Childs. Emma Bouvier-Peterson Childs returned to Philadelphia in 1910.
Updated 3-22-2022
(NOTE: The dates on tombstone does reflect dates on his memorial per Find A Grave)
1853-1921
Married #1 Annie Fowler 1889
Married #3 Helen Heney Childs, a widow
Name: Jared S Torrance
Birth Year: abt 1853
Death Date: 29 Mar 1921
Age at Death: 68
Death Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance in southwest Los Angeles County, California. Wikipedia
Born: 1853, Gowanda, NY
Died: 1921, California
Married #1 Annie L Fowler Feb 13 1889 Pasadena CA. She and her son killed in an auto accident. Married #2 Helena Heney-Childs June 6 1914, widow of Frank Blake Childs. Upon his death, his estate was valued at $2,918.581. Annie Fowler's mothers memorial Augusta Childs Fowler
Father: Cyrenius C Torrance
Mother: Mary Curtiss
Mother's death: 11 Feb 1916 Los Angeles, California,
His father was Cyrenius Chapin Torrance, mother Mary Curtiss. Cyrenius was educated in law and was the attorney for the Seneca Indian Nation from 1852-1855 and was the Dist. attorney for Erie Co. 1861-1864.
His brother's memorial Lewis Torrance
He died 17 Feb 1926 Los Angeles, California. He was the husband of Mary Henderson
His brother and his wife/family 1920 Los Angeles CA:
Lewis Curtis Torrance 62
Mary N Torrance58 (Henderson)
Lewis Curtis Torrance 23 (died 7 May 1970 Los Angeles Ca)
Katherine Torrance 25
brother:
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about Lewis C Torrance
Name: Lewis C Torrance
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1856
Birth Place: Gowanda, Ratarraugus County, New York
Age: 40
Passport Issue Date: 14 Aug 1897
Passport Includes a Photo: No
Residence: Pasadena, California
Lewis graduated from De Veaux College at Niagara Falls. He entered the flour milling business until 1887 and then came out to CA. He was the president and general manager of the Pasadena Electric Light Co. He became the cheif stock holder of of the Santa Monica Bay Home Telephone Co. At Buffalo NY he married Minnie Henderson, daughter of Judge William H Henderson .
Jared's great grandfather Robert Torrance, from Derry Ireland. Married Lucy Peck. Had two sons, Robert and Stiles.
Sister:
1940 United States Federal Census about Jennie T Welch
Name: Jennie T Welch
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Guest
Home in 1940: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
Ca Death: Jennie Torrance Welch
[Jennie Torrance Torrance]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1866
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 18 May 1943
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Curtis
Father's Surname: Torrance
She was a resident at the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel.
Survived by one son Brian K and five grandchildren.
1910 Pasadena CA, Los Angeles
Jared S Torrance 55
Mary C Torrance 78 mother
Theodore F Welch 62
Jennie Welch 44 married sister
Torrance C Welch 19 nephew (died 1 Feb 1939 Los Angeles CA)
Brian K Welch 17
Marjorie Welch 7
Charles Walter 44
Annie Walter 44
Margaret Tiernan 42
Mother:
1900 United States Federal Census about Mary C Torrance
Name: Mary C Torrance
[Mary C. Torrance]
[MA C Torrance]
Age: 68
Birth Date: Jun 1831
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1900: Collins, Erie, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother in Law
[Mother-in-law]
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Theodore Welch 53
Jennie Welch 33
Torrance C Welch 9
Brian K Welch 7
Mary C Torrance 68
Charles A Welch 49
John Konne 27
Mary Konne 22
Home in 1880: Gowanda, Erie, New York
Cyrenas C. Torrance 54
Mary C. Torrance 46
Sydney J. Torrance 27
Louis C. Torrance 25
Jennie Torrance 14
Maria Larson 24
Home in 1860: Collins, Erie, New York
Crenus C Torrance 35 b. Michigan
Mary Torrance 29 b. Connecticut
Clarence Torrance 9
Sydney Torrance 7
Lewis Torrance 5
Addison Torrance 6/12
He attended Sheffield Scientific School of Yale in 1875
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance, California in southwest Los Angeles County.
Torrance was born in Gowanda, New York and moved to southern California in approximately 1887, settling initially in Pasadena where he worked in real estate. Among other notable transactions, he briefly owned the Mount Lowe Railway at the turn of the century.
He and his brother bought out the Pasadena Power and Light Company in 1894. In time they sold to the Edison Company.
In the early 1900s Jared Torrance and other investors saw the value of creating a mixed industrial-residential community south of Los Angeles. They purchased part of an old Spanish land grant and hired landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to design a new planned community. The resulting city was founded in 1911 and named after Torrance.
In 1920 Jared Torrance formed the Torrance Hospital Association, but he died before a hospital could be constructed in the new city. His widow Helena Childs Torrance followed through on Jared's vision and in 1925 the Jared Sidney Torrance Memorial Hospital (now named the Torrance Memorial Medical Center) was opened.
Torrance was also an amateur genealogist and did extensive research on his family roots. He wrote a book entitled The Descendants of Lewis Hart and Anne Elliott [1] which was published posthumously by his wife in 1923
Rose Hedge," a turn-of-the-century South Pasadena house owned for many years by Torrance. He purchased this home in 1910. Located at 929 Buena Vista Street.
The 12-bedroom, 13,000-square-foot house, with an indoor pool, chapel and organ loft, was built in 1904 at a cost of $25,000 for Emma Bouvier Peterson-Childs, widow of George W. Childs, editor of the Philadelphia Ledger. He was a noted philanthropist who wintered in Pasadena. Helena's great grandaughter married in the gardens of this home.
Rose Hedge," which remained in Torrance's family until 1931, had become known in recent years as "South Pasadena's Mystery Mansion" because of its neglected appearance and vine-covered facade.
Torrance was active in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, and this interest was reflected in the name of the house and in the pink roses hand-painted on the parlor ceiling
__________________________
NOTE:(Emma Bouvier Peterson-Childs, builder and first owner of the home and husband George W. Childs were NO relationship to Helena Heney's first husband Frank Blake Childs. Emma Bouvier-Peterson Childs returned to Philadelphia in 1910.
(NOTE: The dates on tombstone does reflect dates on his memorial per Find A Grave)
1853-1921
Married #1 Annie Fowler 1889
Married #3 Helen Heney Childs, a widow
Name: Jared S Torrance
Birth Year: abt 1853
Death Date: 29 Mar 1921
Age at Death: 68
Death Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance in southwest Los Angeles County, California. Wikipedia
Born: 1853, Gowanda, NY
Died: 1921, California
Married #1 Annie L Fowler Feb 13 1889 Pasadena CA. She and her son killed in an auto accident. Married #2 Helena Heney-Childs June 6 1914, widow of Frank Blake Childs. Upon his death, his estate was valued at $2,918.581. Annie Fowler's mothers memorial Augusta Childs Fowler
Father: Cyrenius C Torrance
Mother: Mary Curtiss
Mother's death: 11 Feb 1916 Los Angeles, California,
His father was Cyrenius Chapin Torrance, mother Mary Curtiss. Cyrenius was educated in law and was the attorney for the Seneca Indian Nation from 1852-1855 and was the Dist. attorney for Erie Co. 1861-1864.
His brother's memorial Lewis Torrance
He died 17 Feb 1926 Los Angeles, California. He was the husband of Mary Henderson
His brother and his wife/family 1920 Los Angeles CA:
Lewis Curtis Torrance 62
Mary N Torrance58 (Henderson)
Lewis Curtis Torrance 23 (died 7 May 1970 Los Angeles Ca)
Katherine Torrance 25
brother:
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about Lewis C Torrance
Name: Lewis C Torrance
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1856
Birth Place: Gowanda, Ratarraugus County, New York
Age: 40
Passport Issue Date: 14 Aug 1897
Passport Includes a Photo: No
Residence: Pasadena, California
Lewis graduated from De Veaux College at Niagara Falls. He entered the flour milling business until 1887 and then came out to CA. He was the president and general manager of the Pasadena Electric Light Co. He became the cheif stock holder of of the Santa Monica Bay Home Telephone Co. At Buffalo NY he married Minnie Henderson, daughter of Judge William H Henderson .
Jared's great grandfather Robert Torrance, from Derry Ireland. Married Lucy Peck. Had two sons, Robert and Stiles.
Sister:
1940 United States Federal Census about Jennie T Welch
Name: Jennie T Welch
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Guest
Home in 1940: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
Ca Death: Jennie Torrance Welch
[Jennie Torrance Torrance]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1866
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 18 May 1943
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Curtis
Father's Surname: Torrance
She was a resident at the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel.
Survived by one son Brian K and five grandchildren.
1910 Pasadena CA, Los Angeles
Jared S Torrance 55
Mary C Torrance 78 mother
Theodore F Welch 62
Jennie Welch 44 married sister
Torrance C Welch 19 nephew (died 1 Feb 1939 Los Angeles CA)
Brian K Welch 17
Marjorie Welch 7
Charles Walter 44
Annie Walter 44
Margaret Tiernan 42
Mother:
1900 United States Federal Census about Mary C Torrance
Name: Mary C Torrance
[Mary C. Torrance]
[MA C Torrance]
Age: 68
Birth Date: Jun 1831
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1900: Collins, Erie, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother in Law
[Mother-in-law]
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Theodore Welch 53
Jennie Welch 33
Torrance C Welch 9
Brian K Welch 7
Mary C Torrance 68
Charles A Welch 49
John Konne 27
Mary Konne 22
Home in 1880: Gowanda, Erie, New York
Cyrenas C. Torrance 54
Mary C. Torrance 46
Sydney J. Torrance 27
Louis C. Torrance 25
Jennie Torrance 14
Maria Larson 24
Home in 1860: Collins, Erie, New York
Crenus C Torrance 35 b. Michigan
Mary Torrance 29 b. Connecticut
Clarence Torrance 9
Sydney Torrance 7
Lewis Torrance 5
Addison Torrance 6/12
He attended Sheffield Scientific School of Yale in 1875
Jared Sidney Torrance was an American real estate developer, best known as the founder of Torrance, California in southwest Los Angeles County.
Torrance was born in Gowanda, New York and moved to southern California in approximately 1887, settling initially in Pasadena where he worked in real estate. Among other notable transactions, he briefly owned the Mount Lowe Railway at the turn of the century.
He and his brother bought out the Pasadena Power and Light Company in 1894. In time they sold to the Edison Company.
In the early 1900s Jared Torrance and other investors saw the value of creating a mixed industrial-residential community south of Los Angeles. They purchased part of an old Spanish land grant and hired landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to design a new planned community. The resulting city was founded in 1911 and named after Torrance.
In 1920 Jared Torrance formed the Torrance Hospital Association, but he died before a hospital could be constructed in the new city. His widow Helena Childs Torrance followed through on Jared's vision and in 1925 the Jared Sidney Torrance Memorial Hospital (now named the Torrance Memorial Medical Center) was opened.
Torrance was also an amateur genealogist and did extensive research on his family roots. He wrote a book entitled The Descendants of Lewis Hart and Anne Elliott [1] which was published posthumously by his wife in 1923
Rose Hedge," a turn-of-the-century South Pasadena house owned for many years by Torrance. He purchased this home in 1910. Located at 929 Buena Vista Street.
The 12-bedroom, 13,000-square-foot house, with an indoor pool, chapel and organ loft, was built in 1904 at a cost of $25,000 for Emma Bouvier Peterson-Childs, widow of George W. Childs, editor of the Philadelphia Ledger. He was a noted philanthropist who wintered in Pasadena. Helena's great grandaughter married in the gardens of this home.
Rose Hedge," which remained in Torrance's family until 1931, had become known in recent years as "South Pasadena's Mystery Mansion" because of its neglected appearance and vine-covered facade.
Torrance was active in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, and this interest was reflected in the name of the house and in the pink roses hand-painted on the parlor ceiling
__________________________
NOTE:(Emma Bouvier Peterson-Childs, builder and first owner of the home and husband George W. Childs were NO relationship to Helena Heney's first husband Frank Blake Childs. Emma Bouvier-Peterson Childs returned to Philadelphia in 1910.
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