Paul Bernard Mesplou

1881 - 1956  (75 years)

• Name	Paul Bernard Mesplou
  Birth	16 Jan 1881	Feas, Bearn, France   [1]
  		Mesplou, Bernard Feas birth 1881
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Torrance, California   [2]
  	Address: The Old Mesplou Farm
  	This is a drawing of the home on the original Mesplou farm originally located in what is now Torrance, a suburb of Los Angeles. The farm was bought in 1924 by Paul Mesplou who came to Los Angeles from Feas in 1907 and Catherine Estournes Mesplou who arrived from Arette in 1909. They met on Venice Beach and married in the Placita Church in the area of what was called Frenchtown in 1913. The story is written by Dan Tomich, the oldest Mesplou grandson and illustrated by his son Jeff Tomich
  		Mesplou Farm in Torrance Drawing by Jeff Tomich (great grandson)
  		Mesplou Family Farm story By Dan Tomich (grandson)
  Death	19 May 1956	Los Angeles County, California   [3]
  Person ID	I18617	family
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Jean Mesplou,   b. 1 Nov 1844, Feas, Bearn, France
  Mother	Engrace Pourtau,   b. 12 Jun 1841, Aramits, France
  Marriage	28 Jan 1869	Feas, Bearn, France
  Family ID	F4968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Estournes,   b. 07 Apr 1890, Arritien, Arette, France d. 28 Sep 1968, Gardena, California (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1913	Los Angeles, California   [4]
  Children	1. Henriette Mesplou,   b. 22 Nov 1913, Los Angeles, California d. 26 Feb 1999, Whittier, California (Age 85 years)   2. Albert J. Mesplou,   b. 31 Jan 1915, Los Angeles, California d. 25 Mar 1972, Stanislaus County, California (Age 57 years)   3. Germaine Marie Mesplou,   b. 14 Aug 1916, Los Angeles, California d. 11 Jan 2007, Gardena, California (Age 90 years)   4. Yvonne Mesplou,   b. 19 Dec 1918, Los Angeles, California d. 24 May 1998, Torrance, California (Age 79 years)   5. Joseph Mesplou,   b. 17 Nov 1922, Gardena, California d. 29 Nov 2010, Torrance, California (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F4969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] AD64 Birth Record, (http://earchives.le64.fr/), Feas 1692-1889 births page 1135. [S252] www.bearnaisla.com. http://bearnaisla.com/Blog/Entries/2012/11/30_The_Old_Mesplou_Farm.html [s8] http://www.ancestry.com, California Death Records 1940-1997. [S164] Los Angeles County Marriage Records.