Sacramento County
Biographies
ISAAC J. TRAINOR
For twenty years and more connected
with the ice business in Sacramento and vicinity Isaac J. Trainor,
senior partner of Kane & Trainor, has experienced
a career of personal endeavor and well merited success which has marked him an
exemplary and valued citizen of his community. His is the story of a
self-made man. Born in Broderick, Yolo county, Cal., September 18, 1861, he is the son of H. C. and Rose (Toland)
Trainor, natives of New York state and Boston, respectively, who were pioneers of California. The son was reared in Sacramento, where he received his education in the public
schools. His first employment was on a survey corps, with whom he worked
for two years, and then for twelve years he traveled extensively, selling goods
all over the Pacific coast. On March 23, 1893, he embarked in the
wholesale and commission business in connection with the Union Ice Company and
the National Ice Company, and then for ten years was junior partner in the firm
of Kane & Trainor, which business he was largely
instrumental in organizing. Mr. Kane passed away in December, 1909, and
soon afterward W. H. Quaas became a member of the
concern. In connection with the two above mentioned companies they also
handle the Buffalo Brewing Company's ice. To the details of this business
Mr. Trainor has always given close attention, having
brought to the task the experience gained in a valuable business career which
had taught him the peculiarities of men of all classes.
February 6, 1895, Mr. Trainor married at Sacramento Anna Stephenson, a daughter
of C. H. Stephenson D.D.S., of this city, a young lady of many accomplishments
who has developed into a matron of many attractions and much usefulness in the
community in which their lot is cast. Dr. Stephenson died December 25, 1905, regretted by a wide circle of acquaintances. While
Mr. Trainor is not in the ordinary sense of the word
a politician, he is deeply interested in public affairs and well informed
concerning them, and he consistently supports such men and measures as he
believes promise most for the public good.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento
County, California, Page 531. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1913.
© 2005 Sally Kaleta.