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MRS. CLORINDA BAVA
The city of Stockton may well be
proud in having, as one of her most progressive citizens, Mrs. Clorinda Bava, a native daughter
of exceptional character and worth, who was reared here in the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benedetto Ratto, whose life-story is given elsewhere in
this history, and who are justly regarded as among the sturdy pioneer builders
of the great Golden State commonwealth.
She attended the Franklin School in her girlhood, and on April 6, 1904
at Stockton she was married to Santino Bava, a native of Italy, who had come to Stockton in 1892,
and has since always followed agricultural pursuits, fortunate in his sterling
qualities, which have easily given him a reputation for honesty and uprightness
in his dealings with his fellowmen. Two
children blessed the union: Benjamin,
who was born in February, 1905 is well-advanced as a student, prominent in high
school football, and in 1922 he played with the ’Varsity “Tarzans;” and Evelyn,
born in March, 1908 is a pupil at the Lafayette School. Perhaps because of this active participation
in school work by her own children, whose studies she seeks to direct, Mrs. Bava maintains a keen interest in the welfare of other
children, and is always a strong advocate of better schools. The family belongs to the Roman Catholic
Church.
In addition to discharging her home
duties, Mrs. Bava, who made easier the declining days
of her beloved father, has assisted in looking after the Ratto estate, and her
home is now in the residence where the family were reared, from which she
radiates the most helpful influence, dispensing an appreciated charity, making
bright the lives of those more or less clouded, and seeking really to help
those who, for one reason or another, cannot always help themselves. All honor, then, to such a noble woman who,
having reached success, has never forgotten that there are still others below
on the mountain paths trying just as hard as she did to rise and succeed.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1324. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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