Samuel Kraemer

Samuel Kraemer (1857-1937) was an important rancher, farmer, and businessman who lived and worked in Anaheim, California. The son of Elenora Schraw and Daniel Kraemer, he grew up to acquire numerous land parcels and business interests throughout today's Orange County. In 1867, Kraemer purchased about 4000 acres of land in what is now called Placentia. He married Angelina Yorba, the last of the "Grand Yorbas" descending from Jose Antonio Yorba in 1886, thereby 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. When Union Oil Company discovered oil on his property around 1919, Kraemer became an increasingly wealthy man. In 1925, he built the first high-rise building in Anaheim, the Kraemer Building. Later, he developed the Angelina Hotel, also in Anaheim.