Editing Adolph Sutro (section)

== Early life ==
Born to a Jewish family<ref name="American-Jerusalem Adolph-Sutro 2013" /> in [[Aachen]], Rhine Province, [[Prussia]] (today [[North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]]), Sutro was the oldest of eleven children of Rosa (Warendorff) and Emanuel Sutro.<ref name="Cutter 1919 Vol. 5" /> He spent his youth working in his father's cloth factory and at school.<ref name="San-Francisco-Call 1898 Aug 9" /> After his father's death, he and one of his brothers, Sali ''(né'' Emanuel Sali Sutro; 1827–1908), began running the cloth factory.

The [[German revolutions of 1848–1849|Prussian rebellion in 1848]] caused the family to leave for America in 1850 and settle in [[Baltimore]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brand |first=Gregor |date=September 2, 2015 |title=Adolph Sutro |url=https://www.eifelzeitung.de/redaktion/kinder-der-eifel/adolph-sutro-108530/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209114152/https://www.eifelzeitung.de/redaktion/kinder-der-eifel/adolph-sutro-108530/ |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> Soon after, Adolph left for [[California]] and arrived in San Francisco on November 21, 1851. Adolph held a number of positions in San Francisco and eventually owned several tobacco shops.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=June 15, 2016 |title=Crazy Sutro: Engineer with tunnel vision – Tahoe Weekly |work=Tahoe Weekly |url=https://thetahoeweekly.com/2016/06/crazy-sutro-engineer-tunnel-vision/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506035147/https://thetahoeweekly.com/2016/06/crazy-sutro-engineer-tunnel-vision/ |archive-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref>