Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

CONRAD ALBAN

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            The property owned and operated by Conrad Alban is located six miles 
northwest of Yuba City in the Tierra Buena section of Sutter County, and 
consists of eighty acres devoted to vineyard and orchard.  Mr. Alban also owns 
twenty acres at Franklin Corners, which he has set to prunes, peaches and 
almonds.  He was born in Germany, July 22, 1871, the youngest of three children 
born to Henry and Margaret (Steinhauer) Alban, natives of the same country.  The 
mother passed away in 1916, and the father, now eighty-two years old, makes his 
home with our subject.
            Conrad Alban received a good public-school education in Germany, and 
at an early age learned the butcher�s trade.  In 1890 he left home for the 
United States and bought his ticket direct to Marysville, where he worked at his 
trade.  Later he took a contract for watering the streets of Marysville, which 
he continued for three years, and then sold his outfit to the city.  Removing to 
Vallejo, Cal., he conducted the Baltimore House for one year.  He then sold his 
interests there and removed to Vacaville, and with a partner conducted a bakery, 
which he later sold to his partner.  Returning to Vallejo, he spent three months 
at the U. S. Navy Yards.  In 1916 he settled in Sutter County and purchased 
eighty acres, on which he raises fruit and alfalfa. 
            In 1902 Mr. Alban was married to Miss Marie Wagner, a native of 
Germany, who came to California in 1890.  Four children have been born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Alban:  Elsie, the wife of Walter Byers, and Bernice, Marie, and 
Margaret, who are still at home.  Mr. and Mrs. Alban have reared their two 
nieces, Margaret and Elizabeth Klier.  Mr. Alban received his citizenship papers 
in 1896.  He is a liberal Republican and cast his first vote for President 
McKinley.  Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Foresters of America.  For 
twelve years Mr. Alban conducted the Philadelphia House in Marysville; but since 
1919 he has devoted his entire attention to his ranch work.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p . 1303-1304