Sacramento County
Biographies
WILLIAM
ALBERT WEIGT
WILLIAM ALBERT WEIGT.--One of the worthy representatives of the commercial interests of Sacramento is William Albert Weigt, proprietor of the Sterling Electric Company, whose place of business is located at 907 Eighth Street. He was born in Biggs, Butte County, September 13, 1879, and is a son of S. A. and Emma (Miller) Weigt. S. A. Weigt was one of the original forty-niners, and the mother of our subject was born in Sacramento, a daughter of Antone Miller. S. A. Weigt is deceased, but the mother now resides in Oakland.
Reared in the parental home, William Albert Weigt began his preliminary education in the grammar school. Subsequently he became a stenographer, and four years were occupied in the study of law. Then he attended preparatory school and Stanford University in Palo Alto, after which he entered the California National Bank in Sacramento, occupying a position with the institution for the following four years. Then he was in the employ of the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank in San Francisco for one year. Removing to Oakland, for five years he was with the Central National Bank. Returning to Sacramento, he conducted an apartment house for his mother on Eleventh Street; then he took a position with the John Deere Plow Company and was also with the Electrical Supply Company. Desiring to become independent, he organized his own electrical company in 1918, known as the Sterling Electrical Company, which was incorporated the same year, and he was made the president. In 1921 the company was disincorporated, and he now operates an independent company. This company does all kinds of electrical construction work and a complete line of electrical supplies are always on hand; seven men are employed to take care of the steadily increasing business.
Mr. Weigt’s marriage united him with Miss Charlotte Schaden, a native daughter of California, born in Sacramento, and they are the parents of one son, William Albert, Jr. Mr. Weigt is a prominent Mason, being a Knight Templar and a member of the Shrine. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Sacramento and politically is a Republican. During the World War he was active in all the war work drives and in the Chamber of Commerce work.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 892.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.