Abram Wolf Edelman was born on August 17, 1832, in Kutno, Poland. He had a classic Jewish education.Norton B. Stern and Wiliam M. Kramer, 'Rabbi Abraham Wolf Edelman: Jewish padre to the Pueblo (serving 1862-1885)', Western States Jewish History, v. 38, no. 3/4, p. 235-249 (spring/summer 2006)Rabbi Abraham Wolf Edelman, The First Rabbi of Los Angeles, Jewish Museum of the American West He married and immigrated to the United States with his wife in 1851, the year he turned nineteen.
