Sacramento County
Biographies
ALBERT H. MOELLER
ALBERT H. MOELLER.—Among the
enterprising and progressive business men of Sacramento, one who is optimistic
for the great future of California and takes an important part in the
utilization and development of the wonderful and natural resources of the
state, is Albert H. Moeller, who is winning a gratifying measure of popularity
by reason of his business ability and his comprehensive knowledge of his chosen
line of work. He was born in Davenport, Iowa,
April 27, 1885, a son of F. A. and Mary Moeller, who aided materially in
developing the farming interests of Scott County, Iowa, where they raised their
family and were substantial farmers until they located in California. They
are now living in comfortable retirement in Sacramento, surrounded by their six
children, five boys and one girl, as follows: Gustave
H., Hugo P., and Ferdinand A., who are assisting their younger brothers in the
business of their Ford and Lincoln automobile agency; Mina, who is competently
assisting her mother in presiding over the home; and Albert H. And Richard R., the owners of the Moeller Auto Sales Company in Sacramento.
Albert
H. Moeller completed the grammar and high school courses in his native state,
supplementing his secondary education with a business course. He first
engaged in farming in Iowa; then, after taking his
business course, he became an accountant, and was so
engaged until 1911, when he removed to Los Angeles,
Cal. There he spent six years with the
Ford Motor Company, entering their emply as a
bookkeeper. Year by year he steadily advanced, his application and talent
being appreciated. He was promoted first to traffic manager, then to sales
manager, and then was made assistant manager, a position he held until 1916,
when he was transferred and became manager of the company’s branch house in Sacramento.
In
1917 Mr. Moeller formed a partnership with his brother, Richard R., under the
firm name of the Moeller auto Sales Company, purchased the Sacramento
branch of the Ford Motor Company, and continued business at the old location,
1906 M Street. They soon saw the necessity for larger and permanent
quarters; so they selected a central location, purchasing the site at the
southeast corner of Twelfth and K Streets, where they erected a substantial
three story brick building 80 by 160 feet, one of the finest automobile
buildings in northern California, with large display rooms and offices, store
or supply rooms, and a large and most complete repair department. They
employ sixty men; and as agents for the Ford, Fordson
and Lincoln cars, they are demonstrating themselves to be among the most alert
and successful in their line in the Golden
State.
Mr.
Moeller was married in Los Angeles, December 25, 1922, to
Miss Geraldine Pabst, a charming woman, who is a native daughter of California,
born at Oakland, but reared and educated in San
Francisco. Mr. Moeller is a prominent
Mason. He was made a Mason in Sunset Lodge, F. & A. M., Los
Angeles, and became a member of South Gate Chapter, R.
A. M., and Los Angeles Commandery No. 9, K.
T. On his location in the capital city he demitted from the Commandery to Sacramento Commandery
No. 2, K. T. He is also a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, being
a member of all the bodies of the consistory in Sacramento,
and is a charter member of Ben Ali Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Sacramento,
in which body he is serving as chief raban. With
his wife he made the pilgrimage to Washington, D. C., and attended the shrine
convention in 1923. He is a popular member of the Sutter Club and also of
the Del Paso Country Club. A firm believer in protection as a fundamental
principle for the success of American business, he is naturally a supporter of
the Republican party. Active in civic affairs, he
is an active member of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, appreciating the
wonderful resources of the Sacramento Valley
and the great commonwealth of California,
in richness of soil and abundance of mineral wealth. He is enterprising
and public-spirited; and movements that have for their aim the building up of
his community and the enhancing of the comfort and happiness of its people,
receive his hearty cooperation and support. He has great admiration for
the state of his adoption, and full confidence in its continued development.
Transcribed 4-19-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 660-663. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.