Biographies
EDWARD H. GERBER
The
intimate identification of an honored pioneer family with the interests of
Northern California finds expression in the manifold activities engaging the
attention of Edward H. Gerber, a life-long resident of the state and a native
son of Sacramento. Belonging to the younger generation whose task it is to
develop the weighty interests secured by their fathers, he has been wholly
exempt from the privations of the pioneer era and from the vicissitudes
incident to a frontier environment. His has been an enjoyment of twentieth
century advantages, an appreciation of present-day opportunities and a
familiarity with the culture and refinement typical of every portion of the
state in the present period of development; at the same time, with these
advantages, he has faced great responsibilities, all of which he has met and
discharged with tact, energy and forcefulness of purpose.
A
son of W. E. and Hattie (Lyon) Gerber, the former from Buffalo, N. Y., and the
latter, from Boston, Mass., Edward H. Gerber was born March 25, 1883, and
received his early education in Sacramento, after which he attended St.
Matthews College at San Mateo until the completion of the regular curriculum of
that institution. With his entrance into the business world there began an
association of some duration with a firm of wholesale hop dealers in San
Francisco. In the interests of their business he traveled in Europe for two
years and on his return to the United States remained in New York City for some
time as superintendent of their branch office there. Returning to California he
became interested in general ranching and had the supervision of extensive
tracts of land and herds of stock. An organization of which he acts as
president and which has its offices at the California National Bank,
Sacramento, is incorporated under the title of the Tehama Investment Company.
This company has laid out and built up the town of
Gerber, Tehama county, a point planned by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
as a division center with passenger and freight connections from Red Bluff. Mr.
Gerber is a director in the California National Bank and is vice-president of
the Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank. In addition he is the owner of the
Buckley-Gerber Abstract and Title Company, one of the oldest concerns of the
kind in the entire state. Varied as are his business interests and
comprehensive as are his activities, he nevertheless finds leisure for
participation in social functions and with his wife enjoys a
popularity as broad as the circle of his acquaintances. The Bohemian
Club of San Francisco and the Sutter Club have his name enrolled among their
members. The Masonic Order also has the benefit of his identification with its
measures, particularly those relating to the work of Washington Lodge No. 20,
F. & A. M., in which he has been a member for some years. His marriage,
September 8, 1908, united him with Miss Gertrude Whitaker, of Galt, daughter of
the late Andrew Whitaker, a citizen whose wealth and fine personal qualities
brought him into prominence throughout his section of the state.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 888-889. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.