Sacramento County
Biographies
GEORGE E. A.
DIERSSEN
GEORGE E. A. DIERSSEN, now controlling the business of D. Dierssen & Co., is a brother of D. Dierssen, whose sketch appears above, and was born July 31, 1863. He was educated at Bremen between the ages of six and fourteen years, and in 1877 came to America with his brother (then home on a visit), and came on to Sacramento, after spending a week in New York. After reaching this city he engaged with his brother in the store, meantime attending night school with Mr. Goethe, corner of Twelfth and K streets. In 1884 he became a member of the firm, and is now the proprietor of the business. He was married on the 11th of April, 1889, to Miss Edith Ernst, who was reared in Sacramento. Mr. Dierssen is a member of lodge No. 40, A. F. & A. M., and of Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R. A. M. His store on the corner of Ninth and L streets, is one of the most complete in point of volume and variety of stock, and completeness of equipments, to be found in central California. The store is handsome in appearance, everything is in its place and in the neatest of order, while the whole place is light and dry, and exceedingly attractive in appearance. The large circular display stand, at the great corner windows, is a fine and novel feature. All the details of construction about the store are of the latest and most convenient patterns, affording unusual facilities for rapid handling of goods. The house does an extensive wholesale and retail business, and both departments are constantly increasing, so that this store, started on such a small scale, is getting to be one of the most prominent factors in the commercial circles of Sacramento. Mr. Dierssen is one of the brightest and most active young business men in the city, is genial and courteous in his manner, and has a host of friends.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. Pages 727-728. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.