Sacramento County
Biographies
FREDERICK CONRAD WEIL
FREDERICK CONRAD WEIL.—An
enterprising, progressive and experienced business man, who has done what he
could to further commercial operations in and around Sacramento, is Frederick
Conrad Weil, a native son who was born in Sacramento on the site of the present
Catholic Cathedral, entering the family of Conrad and Barbara (Fritz) Weil on
February 25, 1860. The devoted parents
had come to California in 1852, before their marriage,
traveling in separate wagon trains across the great plains
from St. Joseph, Mo.; and getting
acquainted here, they were married about 1855 and started life together in the Golden
State. Mr. Weil opened a grocery at the southwest
corner of Eleventh and J Streets, and for some years it was one of the best
stores in town. He died in 1871, leaving
an enviable record for honest dealing and loyal citizenship, and in 1897 he was
followed to the Silent Land
by his devoted wife, who left a family of six children, three of whom are in
this state: Louisa, in Germany;
Mrs. Katy Arth, of San Francisco; Frederick C., of
this sketch; Ottilie, in Germany; Dr. Conrad, of San
Francisco; and Sidonia, living with her sister Louisa.
Frederick
Weil received his education in the excellent schools of Germany,
to which land his parents had gone in 1868, via Panama,
taking their six children. Returning to California,
the father died at sea. In 1876 Mrs.
Weil came back to America, and Frederick
returned with his mother and entered the Scheldt
Brewery in Sacramento. Afterwards he was with Rothfeld
Brothers, dealers in dry goods. In 1879
an uncle, John Weil, was elected state treasurer, and
Fred was in that office three years with him.
From 1883 until 1890, he was with Huntington & Hopkins Company, and
then he joined the Buffalo Brewing Company, where since 1919 he has been the
manager.
In
1885, Mr. Weil was married to Miss Laura Miller, daughter of John S. Miller, a
genuine Forty-niner, and his good wife Esther, the ceremony taking place at San
Francisco; and they have two children, Fred Loring and Ether, Now Mrs. Albert S. May, who is the mother
of two children, Janet and Albert Stoddard, Jr.
Mr. Weil is a member of the Chamber of Commerce,
and a director of the Industrial and Home Products Bureau; and is also a charter
member of the Sacramento Rotary Club. In
politics he is a Republican. He was a
member of the original Company E, 1st Artillery, organized by Col.
H. Weinstock, and after serving for three years was
transferred to the 1st Artillery band, with which he played for a
number of years. He is fond of music,
and for fourteen years played the clarinet in the local theaters. Their orchestra eventually became known as
the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, and was popular with music lovers in Sacramento. Mr. Weil is deeply interested in the
development of both Sacramento City
and Sacramento County,
and has seen the capital city grow from almost nothing to the populous and
important center it is today.
Transcribed by Betty J. Vickroy.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 384-385. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Betty J. Vickroy.