The wedding of Marguerite Vignes, who lived in Los Cerritos with her family and Bertine James Walp, a young businessman of Long Beach was the highlight of 1914 for Los Cerritos residents. This is an excerpt of the guest list Los Cerritos residents and others who attended the fete. Marguerite was the daughter of John Louis Vignes who with his wife and daughters lived in one of the oldest residence in Los Cerritos, built in 1910. Four hundred people attended the July 17, 1914 event which was held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 8:30 on a Wednesday evening. Guests then had a supper at the Vignes “Mansion” as the press called it. The home was located at the southwest corner of Temple and Court Streets which is today Pine and 37th Street.
The P. Bixby and R. Bixby listed above are Philip Bixby and Richard Bixby, sons of George H. Bixby whose home is today in the La Linda section of Los Cerritos. According to Bixby family member, Philip Bixby considered himself the “exclusive selling agent” in Los Cerritos as evidence by the advertisement below which dates to the period around World War I.
