Sacramento County
Biographies
FRANK JAMES COYLE
FRANK JAMES COYLE.--A man of valuable experience pertaining to the motor world is Frank James Coyle, the popular manager of the Auto-Car Sales and Service Company of California, with headquarters at Sacramento. He was born at San Francisco, on May 6, 1890, the son of Thomas John and Elizabeth M. (Krenkel) Coyle; her father having been a native of St. John's New Brunswick, while the mother came from Sonora. They were married in Nevada, for Mr. Coyle had come West, into the United States, when a boy. He had a stage-line, in early days, and played an historic part in the development of the West; he was laid to rest in 1905. Mrs. Coyle died in September, 1920. Both were esteemed by all who knew them.
Frank Coyle went to the public schools of Galt and Sacramento, and then served his apprenticeship as a machinist; and this trade work he followed until May 6, 1918, when he accepted the above-named post as manager for one of the favorite organizations catering to the motoring public in California throughout the territory from San Joaquin to the Oregon line. He has been as successful in this as his company has been progressive; and he belongs to the Auto Association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Exchange Club.
On August 1, 1918, Mr. Coyle was married to Miss Amelia Westkamper, a native of Kentucky who later came to live in Sacramento, the ceremony taking place in Sacramento; and their union has been a peculiarly happy one. Mr. Coyle belongs to the Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the United Commercial Travelers and Motor Truck Dealers' Association, and the California Automobile Association. He is fond of fishing and baseball, and enjoys boxing.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 747-748. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.