William May Garland

William May Garland
Garland, c. 1934
Born(1866-03-31)March 31, 1866
Westport, Maine
DiedSeptember 26, 1948(1948-09-26) (aged 82)
Monterey, California
Resting placeSan Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, California, U.S.
OccupationBusinessman
Spouse
Sadie Blanche Hinman
(m. 1898)
Children2

William May Garland (March 31, 1866 – September 26, 1948) was the son of Jonathan May Garland and Rebecca Heagan Jewett.[1][2] His real estate company contributed greatly to the growth of Los Angeles in the years before and after 1900, and he was responsible for bringing the 1932 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles for the first time.