Sacramento County
Biographies
CHARLES LUMBARD
CHARLES LUMBARD.--Prominent among the most efficient and proficient
accountants in northern California may well be numbered Messrs. Lumbard & Dolge, of
Sacramento whose senior member, Charles Lumbard, is
the subject of this review. He was born in Wheatland, California, on April 13, 1883,
the son of William Lumbard, an Englishman who came to
California from England in 1870. He became cashier in the Farmer's Bank of
Wheatland, and remained in that responsible position until he died, in 1919. He
had married in Wheatland, Miss Julia Holland, and she passed away in 1896.
Charles Lumbard
attended the grammar and high schools of Sacramento, from which he was graduated with credit, and for three
years he pursued special work in accounting at the University
of California. Next he became a certified public accountant of the State
of California, and came to Sacramento in 1896. He was connected with the D. O. Mills Bank from
1903 to 1912, and was auditor of the Fort Sutter Bank for a short time. He started
public practice August 1, 1912,
first with Roy W. Blair, in the firm of Lumbard &
Blair, and then, beginning January, 1919, with William Dolge,
in the firm mentioned above. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, and has
been secretary of the Rotary Club since its organization in September, 1913. He
became a member of the University Club soon after its organization and served
as its secretary, and later as its president for one year.
On April 1, 1918, Mr. Lumbard was married to
Emily Gladys Gillis, the daughter of James Gillis, who was for years State Librarian; and Emily Charlotte is the one child of this
happy union. Mr. Lumbard belongs to the Sutter Club
and the Del Paso Country Club; he is an enthusiast for lawn tennis, and for two
years, or from 1904 to 1906, he held the championship and was manager of tennis
at the University of California. He served as vice-president of the Sutter Lawn Tennis
Club. For two years he was in training with the University
of California cadets, and during the war he was active in various
drives.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento
County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Pages 303-304.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.