Editing George Herriman (section)

===1880–1900: Early life===

[[File:AugustineTreme14Jan2008AboveB.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A large, white building with a spire, next to a road.|The Herrimans attended St. Augustine Catholic Church in [[Tremé]] in [[New Orleans]].]]

George Joseph Herriman was born at 348 Villere Street{{efn|[[McDonogh 35 High School]] later occupied the site.{{sfn|McCash|2010}} }} in [[New Orleans]] on August 22, 1880.{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=30}} He was born into a [[mixed-race]] family and came from a line of French-speaking Louisiana [[Creoles of color|Creole mulattoes]]{{sfnm|1a1=McCash|1y=2010|2a1=McDonnell|2a2=O'Connell|2a3=Havenon|2y=1986|2p=30}} who were considered [[free people of color]],{{sfn|Boxer|2007}} and were reportedly active in the early [[Slavery in the United States|abolitionist movement]].{{sfn|McCash|2010}} His paternal great-grandfather, Stephen Herriman, was a white New Yorker who had children with Justine Olivier,<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Bellot |first=Gabrielle |date= January 19, 2017 |title=The Gender Fluidity of Krazy Kat |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-gender-fluidity-of-krazy-kat |work=The New York Times |location=New York City |access-date= November 6, 2022}}</ref> a free woman of color, and owned a tailor shop on [[Royal Street, New Orleans|Royal Street]] in New Orleans.{{efn|The shop was occupied by Bryant Galleries as of 2010.{{sfn|McCash|2010}} }} His paternal grandmother was born in [[Havana]], Cuba.{{sfn|Stern|2008}} His parents were {{not a typo|George Herriman, Jr.}} (1850–1923),<ref>Tisserand, Michael (2016). Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White. p. 323. Harper. {{ISBN|978-0061732997}}.</ref>{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=30}} born in New Orleans, and Clara Morel Herriman (1857–1911),<ref>Tisserand, Michael (2016). Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White. p. 233. Harper. {{ISBN|978-0061732997}}.</ref> born in [[Iberville Parish, Louisiana|Iberville]].{{sfn|Inge|1996|p=3}} The family attended [[St. Augustine Church (New Orleans)|St. Augustine Catholic Church]] in New Orleans' [[Tremé]] neighborhood.{{sfn|McCash|2010}}

When he was ten, Herriman and his family moved to [[Los Angeles]],{{sfn|McCash|2010}} where he grew up south of downtown near [[Main Street (Los Angeles)|Main Street]] and [[Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Washington Boulevard]]. His father worked there as a tailor. Herriman attended the Catholic boys' school St. Vincent's College (now [[Loyola High School (Los Angeles)|Loyola High School]]).{{sfn|Mostrom|2010}} Soon after graduating in 1897, he sold a sketch of the Hotel Petrolia in [[Santa Paula, California|Santa Paula]] to the ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner|Los Angeles Herald]]''. This landed him a $2-per-week job there as an assistant in the engraving department, where he occasionally did drawings for advertisements and [[Editorial cartoonist|political cartoons]].{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=31}}