 Jean Pierre Daguerre (1856–1911), a native of Hasparren, France, came to Los Angeles in 1874 with the French Basque Amestoy family and worked on the Amestoy's ranch near Gardena.In 1882, Daguerre formed a partnership with Marco Forster.In 1886, Daguerre married Maria Eugenia Duguet, who came from France on the same boat as Daguerre.