Sacramento County
Biographies
ADOLPH SCHUCH
Adolph Schuch, wood turner and
scroll sawyer, Twenty-first street between J and I streets, was born in the
city of Berlin in 1827; his father, Ernest Schuch,
was a deputy of that city for many years. The subject of this sketch
showed an aptitude in early life for mechanical pursuits, and learned the trade
of scroll sawing and turning, in which he became an expert. One of his
uncles had come to America
and settled on a farm in Ohio,
and in 1850 Adolph determined to join him. Upon arriving in New
York and hearing of the wonderful opportunities to
advance in the rapidly developing new country, he determined to come to California.
He landed in San Francisco in
November, 1850, and at once obtained employment, and three years later started
in business for himself on Market street
in that city. Later on he came to Sacramento,
where he has resided ever since, accumulating a competence by industry.
In 1871 he bought the corner lot on Twenty-first
street, between H and I, and here he has
his residence, work-shops, etc. It was here that
he perfected his winding-twist turning machine, a marvel of simplicity and
ingenuity, upon which he was granted a patent June 21, 1887. Mr. Schuch
married Miss Eva Aschenuer a native of Bavaria,
in 1860, and their only daughter is now the wife of Mr. Otto Willhelm of this city. Mr. Schuch
has had too busy a life to devote any amount of time to the fraternal
organizations, but he early became identified with the Red Men, as a member of
the Sacramento Wigwam, No. 124. Such, in brief, is the history of one of
our German-American citizens, showing what industry and intelligent enterprise
will do.
Transcribed by Karen Pratt.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An
Illustrated History of Sacramento County,
California. Pages
535-536. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2006 Karen Pratt.
Sacramento
County Biographies