Sacramento County
Biographies
PELEGRINI
GABRIELLI
P. GABRIELLI, proprietor of the Garibaldi Hotel, Sacramento, is a native of Italy, born at Lucca, Tuscany, April 15, 1849, his parents being Joseph and Astunta (Bartolanni) Gabrielli, the father a farmer. He was reared and educated at his native place, and when a young man decided to come to America. He sailed from Laverno for New York on the ship “Leonet,” and then came to California via Panama, arriving at San Francisco on the 12th of April, 1868. He came to Sacramento and soon obtained employment for himself on a ranch near Sutterville, where he worked about six years. He then sold out, bought property in Sacramento and built the Garibaldi House, which he has made a great success, and where he accommodates from twenty to fifty boarders. He was married in Sacramento September 11, 1882, to Miss Teresa Cardens, a native of Italy, born in the mountainous country near Genoa. They have five children, viz: Astunta, Francesco, Maria, Lena, and an infant unnamed. Mr. Gabrielli has been vice-president of the Society Bersaglieri, and is now its treasurer, as well as a prominent member of the military company. He is a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F., and of Owosso Tribe, No. 49, Red Men. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Gabrielli is deserving of much credit for the success he has made here. He landed at San Francisco with only $22, and he has risen to his present position by his own efforts.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. Page 748. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.