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AUGUST ZITLAU
A prominent young banker of
Stockton, whose rise in the financial world has been rapid, due entirely to his
ability and initiative, is August J. Zitlau, vice-president of the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Bank, Stockton, successors to the Farmers &
Merchants Bank. A man of marked ability,
he is eminently qualified for the important post he occupies and already he has
become an important factor in the banking circles of the community. A native son of California, Mr. Zitlau was
born at Oakland March 18, 1886, the son of August F. and Catherine (Orth)
Zitlau, well-known residents of Oakland.
The father came to San Francisco in the early days from his native land,
Germany, and for many years has been engaged in the flour milling
business. Mrs. Zitlau, also a native of
Germany, came to this country when a child, her marriage to Mr. Zitlau
occurring in New York and they came to California on their honeymoon.
August J. Zitlau attended the
Oakland public schools and graduated from the Oakland high school, and
displaying a decided bent for journalism, he entered the newspaper field, first
on the reportial staff of the Oakland Tribune, and later with its advertising
department. Here he remained for five years,
a period that was of great value in its broadening view, and then accepted a
position with the Anglo-California Trust Company of San Francisco. Fortunate in his association with this great
financial institution, he gained a thorough grounding in the bank business,
learning all of its details as well as accumulating a broad, comprehensive
knowledge of the financial world and its operations. In 1913 Mr. Zitlau came to Stockton, becoming
the assistant cashier of the Commercial & Savings Bank, resigning there in
June, 1919, to become cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, a post he
handled so efficiently and constructively that when the bank merger with the
Sacramento interests was made in the summer of 1920, he was appointed to the
vice-presidency of this great financial institution.
On November 8, 1916, Mr. Zitlau was
married to Miss Marjorie Littlehale, a native
daughter of Stockton, and they are the parents of a little girl, Jane. Prominent in fraternal circles, Mr. Zitlau is
a member of San Joaquin Lodge No. 19, F. & A. M.; Stockton Chapter 28, R.
A. M.; Stockton Commandery, K. T., and Aahmes Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.,
Oakland; and belongs to the Yosemite Club, the Stockton Golf and Country Club,
and is a charter member of the Stockton Den of Lions, being treasurer of this
organization.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
456-456. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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