Sacramento County
Biographies
GIOVANNI
SQUAGLIA
GIOVANNI SQUAGLIA.--Possessing the qualities which insure success, Giovanni Squaglia has become independent through hard work and careful planning and today owns one of the most productive orchards in the fruit section of Sacramento County. He was born in Lucca, Italy, April 14, 1866, and there grew to young manhood on his father’s farm. In 1884 he left the parental roof and came to the United States. Arriving in New York, he immediately left for the West and began work clearing timber and setting out vineyard for an uncle at Newcastle, Cal. He only worked for three months, when he removed to Sacramento, where he engaged in marketing garden produce; he saved his money and in 1905 purchased ten acres of land at Brighton, which he has developed into a productive orchard of peaches, cherries, plums and grapes.
In 1890, Mr. Squaglia was married to Miss Amelia Parenti, also a native of Lucca, Italy, and they are the parents of three children. Amerigo is a graduate of the public schools of Sacramento and is a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West and is a stockholder in the Native Sons of the Golden West Building, Inc., of Sacramento; he is also a director of the Fruitridge Berry Growers’ Association, recently organized; he is married and has one daughter. Elvira Squaglia is the wife of John E. Velardi and they have one daughter and reside in Sacramento. Linda is the wife of Amato Parenti and resides in Sacramento. Mr. Squaglia received his United States citizenship in Sacramento in 1890 and is a Republican in politics. For twenty years he has been an active member of the Lodge of Bersaglieri in Sacramento.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 942.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.