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VIRGIL ANTONINI
An experienced and successful
rancher, Virgil Antonini is a native of the Province of Genoa, where he was
born at Castiglione, Italy, November 17, 1891, the son of Giobotta
B. and Carlotta Antonini, both of whom are still living in that sunny
southland. Four children made up the
family, Virgil being the eldest; his sister Louisa has come to reside in
California, while Henry and Anna have remained in Italy. Virgil’s father was a road supervisor, and he
made sure that the lad enjoyed the best of grammar school advantages in his
native land. At the age of eighteen he
came out to the United States, and was fortunate in early making his way to the
Pacific Coast, where he soon found in California all the essentials of a Golden
State. Reaching Stockton, he took up
farm labor, and for about ten years worked for wages. He was industrious and also thrifty, and when
he could, he joined a partner and purchased his present ranch of twenty-two
acres. This ranch has peaches, cherries,
and grapes, all choice fruit, and is amply irrigated. His partner is Dr. J. V. Craviotto, the ranch
being under the direction of Mr. Antonini.
They believe that they own one of the finest farms of the size in San
Joaquin County, and they purpose to so develop it that it shall stand in the
front rank of California acreage.
At Stockton on October 3, 1917, Mr.
Antonini was married to Miss Rosie Capurro, a native
daughter, having been born at Fair Oaks, a suburb of Stockton. Her parents were Frank and Mary (Repotta) Capurro, her father
having been a native of Italy who had come out to California about twenty-five
years ago, when he settled at Stockton.
Mr. and Mrs. Capurro had four children, and
among these our subject’s wife was the second in the order of birth. Mary, now Mrs. Pagano,
was the eldest, while Matilda, who became Mrs. Leandro, was the third. The youngest child was named Carrie. Two children have blessed the union of Mr.
and Mrs. Antonini: Louis and
Raymond. Mr. Antonini belongs to the
Italian-American lodge called Giardenieri, and he is
a member of the Moose of Stockton.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1567. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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