Calaveras
County
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DAVID CASSINELLI
American citizens of Italian birth
and parentage have demonstrated that they possess all those qualities which
constitute the elements of patriotism and material success in life. David Cassinelli
was born in Italy, November 14, 1848, and has been a resident of California
since 1863, and he is an old and prominent merchant of San Andreas, Calaveras
County. He came to America at the age of
fifteen, landing at New York, whence he went directly to San Francisco, where
he arrived November 26, 1863. A brother
had preceded him and had become a merchant at San Andreas. Mr. Cassinelli was
a clerk in his store for ten years and in 1873, having saved his earnings to
give himself a start in life, opened a small store of his own. His capital was small and his stock was
necessarily limited, but he was honest, industrious and enterprising, and at
this time has a large fire-proof brick building crowded with general
merchandise and does a business extensive, safe and profitable, and is the
owner of considerable valuable mining property and good ranch property.
December 14, 1880, he married Miss
Rosa Reale, who was born at the mission at San Jose,
and they have a daughter, Norma, now in her teens, who is gifted with a fine
voice and much talent for music. He has
a pleasant home and he and his family are highly regarded by the people of San
Andreas. He is a Republican and a member
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is a Mason, connected with blue
lodge and chapter, and has been the treasurer of his lodge for many years.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Page 541. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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