The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon.
Abe Pritchard was born in Quebec, Canada in 1865 to James and Eliza Pritchard, farmers who had ten children.
After his parents died, he continued with the family farm with his brother Robert until 1900, when he moved to Fullerton, where he worked in packing houses.
He worked for the Benchley Fruit Company and in 1905 became manager of the Placentia Orange Growers Association. In 1910 they built a packing house in Placentia and in 1917, built another larger one on East Commonwealth Avenue in Fullerton. Pritchard was manager of both.
In 1905, his first year as manager, the association shipped 135 cars of citrus fruit, and in 1919 the shipment reached 1,280 cars.
He was active in the Fullerton Board of Trade and the Fullerton Club.
In 1912 he married Bertha White, who was born in Austin, Texas. They had three daughters: Carolyn, Marian, and Katherine.
Source:
History of Orange County, California: with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present by Samuel Armor. Los Angeles Historic Record Co, 1921.
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