Sacramento County
Biographies
FRED KOLLIKER
FRED
KILLIKER. A leading druggist of
Sacramento is Fred Kolliker, proprietor of the
Sacramento Dental Depot. He is a native
of Switzerland, born September 26, 1853, a son of Abraham and Martha (Blumer) Kolliker, both natives of
the same country. They immigrated to the
United States in 1869, landing at San
Francisco, Cal. Later the father located in Marysville,
remaining there until his death, which occurred in 1871. He is survived by his wife, who is making her
home with her son in Sacramento.
Fred Killiker, who was the only child born to his parents,
received his education in the public and high schools of Berne, Switzerland,
which he attended until attaining his sixteenth year. He then took up a business career, entering
the store of G. Hornung of Marysville,
Cal., with whom he
learned the drug business. He remained
with Mr. Hornung for three years, when he entered the
employ of H.C. Kirk & Co., a wholesale drug firm of Sacramento,
remaining there from 1873 to 1879. In
the latter year he engaged in business on his own account on the corner of
Sixth and J streets, where he has been actively occupied up to the present
time. He carries a large and varied
stock of drugs and medicines, and from his long
acquaintance with this work has met with deserved success and built up an
extensive business. In connection with
his drug business he carries a large and complete stock of dental goods,
supplying the profession in central and northern California
and in the state of Nevada.
In 1885 Mr.
Kolliker married Minnie Young, a daughter of Dr. S. B.
Young, a prominent physician of Santa Rosa. Mr. Kolliker is
associated fraternally with Union Lodge No. 20, F. & A.M., and also with
Columbia Lodge No. 42, K.P. At all times
he is found ready and willing to support measures for the advancement of
Sacramento, where for over a quarter of a century he has been known as an
enterprising business man.
Transcribed
by Kathy Porter.
Source: “History of
the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley,
California” by
J. M. Guinn. Page 649.
Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1906.
© 2007 Kathy Porter.