Alameda County Biographies

WILLIAM A. SIEBE

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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	William A. Siebe, a native son and popular young citizen of Oakland, devotes his 
attention to the duties devolving upon him as secretary and manager of Shellmound Park. He was 
born on the l0th of November, 1881, a son of Ludwig Siebe. In the acquirement of an education he 
attended the public schools until the time of his graduation at the age of sixteen, and 
subsequently worked as clerk in a retail grocery store of San Francisco for two years. He next 
spent a year as a student in Heald's Business College and then secured employment as a clerk in 
the wholesale hardware establishment of Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden of San Francisco.
	Mr. Siebe next became secretary and manager of Shellmound Park, of which his father, 
Captain Ludwig Siebe, acts as president. The park embraces ten acres and derives its name from 
the shell mounds located in and around the place, which were built by the Indians centuries ago. 
Mr. Siebe and his father have rented the park to the best societies in California and have 
managed it very successfully, ever maintaining its attractiveness for both the student and the 
pleasure seeker. In 1915, commencing August 8th, the San Francisco International Shooting 
Festival Association (Inc.) is to hold a rifle and pistol tournament at this park in connection 
with the Panama-Pacific Exposition and prizes to the amount of fifty thousand dollars are to be 
competed for. This is the largest purse ever offered at a shooting contest in the United States. 
Marksmen from all over the world will participate and the tournament will cover a period of seven 
weeks. The Swedish Singing Societies from all parts of the United States will hold a singing 
festival at this park Sunday, June 20, 1915, which will mark the opening of the convention of the 
Swedish Singers, which is to take place at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915. The Caledonian 
Club will celebrate its golden jubilee here on May 30, 1915, which is to be a reunion of all the 
Scotch societies in the United States.
	On the 29th of November, 1904, in San Francisco, Mr. Siebe was united in marriage to Miss 
Sophia Klevesahl, by whom he has three children, namely: Madeline, who is eight years old; and 
Harold and Dorothy, who are six and three years of age respectively.
	In politics Mr. Siebe is a stanch republican, while fraternally he is identified with the 
Masons, belonging to Herman Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Mission Chapter, R. A. M.; San Francisco 
Commandery, No. 41, K. T.; and Aahmes Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is likewise a member of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Native Sons, the North Deutscher Verein, the German American 
League of California, the Shellmound Pistol & Rifle Club, the Golden Gate Rifle & Pistol Club, the 
United States Revolver Association, an honorary member of the San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club 
and a director and vice president of the San Francisco International Shoot Festival Association. 
Mr. Siebe is an expert pistol shot and is one of. few men in California who holds the ninety-five 
per cent medal of the United States Revolver Association. He has been active in the sport of 
revolver and rifle shooting all his life and is the holder of several handsome medals, including 
state honors. He has an extensive acquaintance in Oakland and has hosts of friends, as in all of 
his dealings he has conducted himself in a manner to entitle him to the esteem and confidence of 
those with whom he comes in contact.

Past & Present of Alameda County, California � Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914, p.  484