Sacramento County
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ALBERT
STEINER
ALBERT STEINER--After a long and thorough training in his line of work in his native land of Switzerland, Albert Steiner was well equipped on his arrival in this country to establish himself in his present business as proprietor of a meat market and delicatessen at Galt. He was born at Thun, Canton Berne, Switzerland, May 28, 1897, the son of Albert and Rose (Stauffer) Steiner, the father a native of Canton Graubunden and the mother of Canton Berne, the former a butcher by trade.
Albert Steiner attended school in his native district and then was at Lausanne, Switzerland, for two and a half years, attending school and working at this trade. He then went to Geneve and thence to Grenoble, France, spending some time there, and at both places he went to school in order to learn the language. Next he went to Lugano, Canton Ticino, where the Italian language is spoken, and there he continued to work as a butcher and learned Italian sausage making. After eighteen months there he went to Milan, Italy, and after a short time he came to the United States, arriving in California in 1915, settling first at Sacramento, where he was with the Moore & Yoerk market for eight months, then was with the Columbia market there for a while. He then came to Galt, and for a year worked at his trade with Alfred Zehnder, then went into partnership with Mr. Zehnder and has since conducted his meat market alone. He also has a wholesale and retail delicatessen and makes all his own sausage.
In 1919 Mr. Steiner’s father came to California and later sent for his family and they now make their home at Santa Cruz. There are twelve children in the family, as follows: Rose, Hanna, Emma, Albert, Victor, who was in the bakery business at Galt for two years and now in San Francisco; Fred, Matilda, Felix, Clara, Gertrude, Ferdinand and Martha. All the family are in California except Hanna and Matilda, who are married and have their homes in Switzerland. Since coming to Galt Mr. Steiner has entered into the life of the community and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Knights of Pythias of Galt, of which he is vice chancellor, and of the D. O. K. K. of Sacramento.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 929. Historic
Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.