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LOUIS BRONICH
When Louis Bronich was a young man
of twenty-two years of age, he came to California to join his brother, M. M.
Bronich, who had arrived in the Golden State in 1891. Mr. Bronich was a young man, vigorous in mind
and body, but his worldly possessions lay in what the future years, by his
diligence and thrift, would bring him.
He was born in Dalmatia, now Jugo-Slavia, on
October 2, 1876, a son of M. M. Borovinich, (as the
name was spelled in Dalmatia) a well-to-do, retired farmer, living retired in
Dalmatia at the age of eighty-two.
Louis Bronich was reared on his
father’s farm in Dalmatia, and attended the public schools of his
district. He lived in his native country
until 1898, when he made the decisive move of his life by coming to America and
direct to Stockton, California, whither his brother had preceded him by a
number of years. For two years before
leaving his native country, he was a soldier in the Austrian Army, and was
advanced to the rank of sergeant. At the
end of his service he was commended highly for his splendid discipline and
character during his term of service.
Arriving in San Joaquin County, he went into partnership with his
brother and farmed the Delta lands on Union Island, where they put in six
successful years; meanwhile, Louis attended night school and learned to speak
and write the English language, and in a few years he was able to start out for
himself in farming pursuits.
At Stockton in August, 1907, Mr.
Bronich was married to Miss Mary Deranga, a daughter
of Antone Deranga and his
wife, Mrs. Ella Deranga, both born and reared in
Dalmatia, and there passed away. Mrs.
Bronich was born in Grudda, Dalmatia, August 16,
1883, and in August, 1906, came to Stockton where she met her future
husband. The first five years of their married
life was spent on Union Island, and in 1912 the family moved to the Ramsay
ranch near Lathrop, where they remained for three years, when the family moved
to the Rossi River ranch. Mr. Bronich,
however, was not permitted to enjoy the fruits of his labor, for in 1918 he was
stricken with influenza and he passed away on January 1 of that year. He had always enjoyed the best of health and
his untimely passing was a severe blow to his immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Bronich were the parents of four
children: Pauline, born on Union Island,
is a pupil in the Mossdale school; Nellie was born in
Stockton and also attends the Mossdale school; Mary died in infancy; and Martin
was born on the river ranch. Mrs.
Bronich is a woman of splendid business capabilities and is successfully
managing her ranch and at the same time rearing and educating her three
children. Mr. Bronich became an American
citizen in San Joaquin County, and voted the Republican ticket from that time on.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1579. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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