Biographies
CASPER V. SCHNEIDER
A son of Charles Joseph and Katherine
Schneider, Casper V. Schneider was born in Germany February 16, 1875, and was
quite young when the family sought a home in America. During 1880 his parents
settled in Omaha, Neb., and there he was sent to the parish schools of the
Roman Catholic Church until he reached the age of fifteen, when he began to
earn his own livelihood. As an apprentice and helper he entered the shop of the
Western Electric Company and there learned all branches of the business, later
becoming foreman of the repair shop. In the various positions which he held
with that company he proved efficient, anxious to learn and quick to grasp any
new idea in the business. Upon resigning in 1897 he removed to California and
settled in Sacramento, where he entered the employ of the Electrical
Supply Company. At the expiration of one year he bought an interest in the
business. During 1903 the company was incorporated and he was chosen president,
since which he has built up an important and prosperous trade in the
manufacture and jobbing of electrical supplies and the wiring of buildings for
gas and electricity.
From boyhood Mr. Schneider has been
devoted to the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church and more recently he has
become actively identified with the Young Men's Institute and the Knights of
Columbus. The German Order of Red Men and the Sacramento Turners also number
him among their members, as does the local camp, Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks. He is independent in politics but keeps well posted concerning all
national problems, and supports such men and such measures of each party as
seem to him to be best adapted to the advancement of the commonwealth and the
country. For some years after he came to California he remained single, but
February 4, 1903, he was united in marriage in Yolo County with Miss Pauline Schmeister, and they came to Sacramento, establishing a
permanent home in this city and winning the friendship of a large circle of
acquaintances. They are the parents of three children, Sophie, Lawrence and
Virgil.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 1049-1050.
Historic Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.