Sacramento County
Biographies
JACK SCHWAB
JACK SCHWAB.--How important is the excellent service of the market-merchants in Sacramento, and the role that service plays in the comfortable and delightful social life of the California capital, may be seen from the activity of such a leader as Jack Schwab, the popular dealer in poultry--in which he specializes--and fine groceries, with his busy headquarters at the corner of Seventh and M Streets. He was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, on January 6, 1871, the son of Emanuel and Sarah Schwab, worthy, hard-working folks, who made the world better for their having lived and labored in it. They are now both deceased, and lie buried in the soil of France.
Jack Schwab attended the excellent schools of his native locality, going also to the high school there, and at a the age of sixteen, came out to the United States and settled in Madison, Yolo County. From 1886 until 1889 he was in the general merchandise trade, and then he went to Rocklin, in Placer County, worked for others for ten years, and then, for another ten years, was in the general merchandise business for himself. In 1911, he came to Sacramento and established the grocery and poultry business through which, especially on account of the high-grade poultry handled by him and always guaranteed, he has become locally famous. The patron dealing with Mr. Schwab finds there the choicest of groceries, domestic and imported, and many delicacies not ordinarily obtainable.
In Sacramento, Mr. Schwab was married to Miss Rosa Schwab, a native of Switzerland; and the have three children, Emanuel, Samuel and Jeannette. He is a member of the I. O. B. B.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 936-937.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.