Biographies
ROBERT H. WEIL
ROBERT H. WEIL.—An experienced business man whose study of a certain portion of the house-furnishing field has built up a substantial and flourishing trade because of his so successfully catering to the wants of the housekeeper, is Robert H. Weil, the manager of the Sacramento Glass & Crockery Company. A native son, he was born at Downieville, on December 23, 1876, the son of John and Anna (Hickman) Weil, the former a pioneer who came here in early days, and supplied the mines with necessary goods. He was later state treasurer, and was also engaged in the insurance business; and when the Sacramento Glass & Crockery Company was incorporated on October 21, 1885, he was its first president, and then the sole owner. He died in January, 1912, esteemed by all who knew him.
Robert Weil finished with the grammar schools of his district, and next pursued the excellent courses of the near-by high school. His father at that time was in the insurance business, and at the age of eighteen he joined him. At the death of his father he assumed the office of president and manager of the glass and crockery establishment, and continued to supervise both a lively wholesale and retail trade. In 1915 they gave up retailing and now they limit their enterprise entirely to the caring for the wholesale trade.
In 1918 Mr. Weil took into partnership his sister, Mrs. Fred Broach, and together they have continued to expand. They carry an extensive and a varied stock, and pay particular attention to the wants of this part of the state. Mr. Weil belongs to the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, and to the Progressive Business Men’s Association, and in both of these organizations he is ever ready to put his shoulder to the wheel for the advancement of local trade conditions generally. He is a Republican, and favors the principle of a protective tariff such as tends to steady and foster trade. In matters of fraternal life, Mr. Weil belongs to the Odd Fellows and Elks.
Transcribed 5-17-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 809. Historic Record Company,
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.