San Joaquin County Biographies


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AUGUST J. 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 occuring 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 reportorial 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 banking 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.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p     456
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.