Sacramento County
Biographies
JOSEPH I. BRUNSCHWILER
An association with the banking business
that has been of comparatively brief duration nevertheless by its success
proves the admirable adaptability of Mr. Brunschwiler
to such activities. When he became a clerk in the California National Bank not
many years ago he assumed his comparatively unimportant duties with a zeal and
intensity that won prompt recognition. Various promotions were accorded him in
quick succession and in January of 1911 he became assistant cashier, a
responsible position which he now fills with tact, intelligence and dispatch,
displaying the same earnest devotion to the welfare of the bank and the
interests of its depositors that characterized him in less important functions.
The confidence of customers has been won and retained through his painstaking
attentiveness to even the smallest details and his intelligent mastery of the
most important financial problems.
It is a matter of pride with Mr. Brunschwiler that he can claim California as his native
commonwealth and San Francisco as the city of his birth, his parents, Joseph A.
and Caroline Brunschwiler, May 3, 1879. The schools
of the city afforded him fair educational advantages; at the age of fourteen
years he became a student in St. Ignatius College and continued in that
institution until 1897, when he was graduated with an excellent standing.
Afterward he spent two years at Lick Polytechnic, where he took special
studies. About 1899 he became an office employe of
Hale Bros., in their large dry-goods establishment at San Francisco, and he
continued in the same place until 1904, meanwhile proving an accurate
accountant and intelligent assistant. An offer of a position as cashier with
Hale Bros., in Sacramento, led him to this city, where he held an important
position with the firm until April 18, 1906, resigning at that time in order to
enter the banking business. He is still in the prime of his mental powers and
physical activity, so that many years of successful connection with financial
interests may be predicted for him.
A few years after his arrival in
Sacramento and the year after his entrance into banking clerical work, Mr. Brunschwiler established a home of his own in this city,
his marriage in September of 1907 uniting him with Miss Mildred Hunt. Two
children now grace their home, Mildred and Cyril, both sturdy native
Californians who have brought much joy into his household. While Mr. Brunschwiler has not displayed partisanship in politics, he
is known as a stanch believer in Republican principles and as a constant
supporter of men and measures pledged to the upbuilding
of the party. The Sutter Club claims him among its active members. Being a firm
believer in the future prosperity of Sacramento, it has been his policy to
promote civic projects to the fullest extent possible, and in every
question of expansion he is to be found on the side of progress and
advancement.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 866-867. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.