Samuel Kraemer was an important rancher, farmer, and businessman who lived and worked in Anaheim, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

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The son of Elenora Schraw and Daniel Kraemer

Daniel Kraemer

Daniel Kraemer was the first English-speaking pioneer to settle Placentia, California.Born in Bavaria, Germany on November 16, 1816, he emigrated to the United States in 1838, apparently settling in Illinois. He came to what is today known as Placentia in 1865, and bought of land and the adobe ...

, he grew up to acquire numerous land parcels and business interests throughout today's Orange County

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

. He married Angelina Yorba, the last of the "grand" Yorbas descending from Jose Antonio Yorba

José Antonio Yorba

José Antonio Yorba , also known as Don José Antonio Yorba I, was a Spanish soldier and early settler of Spanish California.-Spanish Soldier:...

, in 1886, joining parts of the old Yorba lands to his own tracts. He eventually would inherit a piece of his father's sizable land holdings too.