Sacramento County
Biographies
ERNEST A. COURT
ERNEST A. COURT--The excellent business administration enjoyed by Sacramento is attested in the efficient and conscientious management of the office of City Plumbing Inspector by Ernest A. Court, who for two years past has discharged that responsibility. He was born at Black River Falls, Wis., on November 25, 1875, the son of William Edward and Elizabeth (Frost) Court, who came to California in 1883, and removed to Stockton, making their permanent residence there. As a railroad man, Mr. Court was foreman of car-repairers, and being very proficient in his department of technical work, he provided well for his family. Mrs. Court was always the center of a circle of admiring friends, who appreciated her domestic and neighborly qualities.
Ernest A. Court supplemented his training in the grammar schools with a course in the more exacting school of practical experience, and after trying one or another line of activity, learned the plumbers trade, and then, like the typical European journeyman, traveled from city to city throughout the United States, learning still better the same trade from different angles. In 1900, he located permanently in Sacramento, and until 1914 he worked as a journeyman employed by private firms. Next he entered the service of the city of Sacramento in June, 1914, joining the sanitary department, and then taking up duties in the plumbing department; and in July, 1921, he was appointed chief plumbing inspector. He belongs to the Republican party, and he is fond of all out-of-door sports.
Mr.Court married Miss Jennie Steinauer, of Sacramento, in 1904, by whom he has had three children; Edward, Clovys and Bob. He is public-spirited, and this attribute inspires him to do much for the public welfare not strictly called for by his official duties.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 874. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.