SIDEWALK SIGNATURES
August J. Laffler

Long Beach’s sidewalks contain impressed “signatures” of many construction companies and contractors who plied their trade in the city. If your ancestor owned or worked for one of those companies, our “Sidewalk Signatures” series will be of interest to you.

photo: QHGS

August J. Laffler was a cement contractor who lived in Long Beach at 1718 Locust Avenue in 1928 with his wife Henrietta. August and Henrietta are buried at Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, California. A photograph of their grave marker is available on the Find A Grave website.
Address Source: Long Beach City Directory 1928; Western Directory Company: Seaside Printing Co., Long Beach, California, ©1928.

RESEARCH TIP: “Ordinary” people can be memorialized in many ways that are easy to miss. Look for the name of your ancestor among donors inscribed on a church’s inner wall; on a memorial to veterans from the city who fought in WWI; or on a commemorative plaque displayed in a public place.