Contra Costa County Biography

FRED J. WEBBER

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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Fred J. Webber is an active representative of business interests in Contra Costa 
County, being located in San Pablo. His father, Frank Weber, was a native of 
Germany, and died in 1896. Mr. Weber's mother was Julia (Willem) Weber, also a 
native of Germany. In 1856 Mr. Weber's father came to America and located in San 
Francisco. The parents were married in San Francisco, and six children were born 
to this union. A brother, Frank J. Weber, is associated with our subject in the 
meat business. Fred J. Weber was educated in the public schools, after which he 
assisted on the home ranch until 1902, when he and his brother Frank engaged in 
the meat business, and by straightforward and honorable business methods have 
now a place among the prominent and well-to-do business men of the county. They 
have a well-equipped market, and operate their plant for handling and killing 
stock. There are four sisters - Reca, Julia (wife of Frank Schrick, of San 
Francisco), Lillie (wife of James Murphy, of Sacramento) and Louisa. Mt. Weber's 
father owned one hundred acres of general farming land, which has since been 
brought up to a high state of cultivation. Fred J. Weber is affiliated with the 
Democratic party, but has never aspired to any political office. He has served 
on the local school board, and is interested in matters for the betterment of 
local conditions. He is a member of the Foresters, the Odd Fellows, and the 
Native Sons. His brother, Frank J. Weber, is also a member of the Foresters and 
the Native Sons.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California", Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
p. 508.