Sacramento County
Biographies
ROBERT F.
CHARLEVILLE
ROBERT F. CHARLEVILLE.--The rapid development of the automobile has very naturally rapidly developed various industries connected with its making and remaking; among which is that of auto-painting, in Sacramento so very well represented by Robert F. Charleville, of 2019-2021 O Street. A native son, he was born at Oleta, in Amador County, on October 15, 1869, the son of Frederick and Gabriella (Jameson) Charleville, pioneers who ventured together into the far West. Mr. Charleville came across the great plains from Missouri in 1852, being accompanied by his devoted wife. For a while, he undertook teaming, and then he had a hotel at Sutter Creek; but by 1882 he was compelled to lay aside the toil of life, having worn himself out in his arduous career as a man who rendered the world a practical service. Mrs. Charleville survived until 1918, and closed her record as a woman of honor and intellect, a good neighbor and a devoted friend.
The Charleville family came to Sacramento in 1876, and so it came to pass that “Bob” attended the Sacramento schools. Then he learned carriage painting, and in time, auto-painting. He painted the first automobile so treated to a new coat in Sacramento, and he executed the neat and interesting job on his premises at 2019-2021 O Street, where he has been for the past twenty years. Mr. Charleville has now the most modern fire-proof auto paint shop in this section of California.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 895.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.