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JOHN VINCENT CRAVIOTTO, M. D.
A distinguished member of the
medical fraternity in California is John Vincent Craviotto, the physician and
surgeon, whose fine suite of offices is located on North Sutter Street,
Stockton. He was born near Genoa, Italy,
on August 1, 1879, and when five years of age; he was brought to California by
his parents, who settled in San Francisco.
He attended the local schools, and later went to St. Ignatius College;
and in 1899 he was graduated from the University of California with the Ph. G
degree. Five years later, he was
graduated from Cooper Medical College, affiliated with Stanford University; and
then he received the coveted M. D. degree.
He was an intern in the City and County Hospital and also the French
Hospital at San Francisco for a year, and in October, 1905 he removed to
Stockton and began to practice medicine.
From the beginning of his
professional experience, Dr. Craviotto has not only been in great demand as one
of the leaders in the Italian Colony of San Joaquin County, but he has steadily
taken high rank as one of the ablest of physicians and surgeons, often called
in consultation and for serious cases requiring the specialist. He is physician for the Concordia Grove of
Druids, the Cavalotti Lodge of Foresters, and the
Italian Garden Society. He is a member
of the American Medical Association, and the State and County Societies, and he
has a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. He is president of the Stockton Italian Club,
and belongs to Lodge No. 218 of the Elks, to the Young Men’s Institute, to the
Druids, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Foresters of America. He is a member of the advisory board of the
Bank of Italy at Stockton and of the Security Building & Loan Association
and for the past twelve years he has been a member of the State Lunacy
Commission.
In San Francisco, in 1904, Dr.
Craviotto was married to Miss Lydia Spadina, a native
of San Francisco; and they have six children, all born at Stockton: Concessa, Irene,
Angela, John Vincent, Jr., Vincent Angelo and Yollanda.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1279. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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