Edouard a.k.a. Edward Naud (c. 1834-1881) was a Frenchman who immigrated to San Francisco in 1850 and moved down to Los Angeles six years later, first establishing himself as a restaurateur and pastry chef. He then became a wine merchant, and in 1871 he partnered in the biz with José Mascarel. Naud then acquired a triangle of land between present-day Main, Alameda, and College streets and later picked up the land where Naud Street now lies. In 1878, Naud opened up a huge – and hugely lucrative – warehouse on Alameda where farmers could store their produce, grain, and wool. He died after sorting some of that wool: it was infected with a bacterial disease and seeped into an open cut. His second wife Louise (1856-1926), a French immigrant whose maiden name was also Naud, then ran the warehouse with his partner Otto G. Weyse. She even wed Weyse in 1883, but their marriage was a nightmare: see Vine Street for the gory details. Naud Street was named in 1883; a train station was erected on Naud’s old triangle in 1889 and the neighborhood became known as Naud Junction.
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