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LOUIS DELUCCHI
An enterprising young businessman of
Stockton, engaged in the grocery business, Louis Delucchi is the junior member
of the firm of Gaia, Delucchi & Company, dealers in staple and fancy
groceries, and who also carry a full line of market products. This enterprising mercantile house carries a
large stock and the success which they enjoy is well deserved. Louis Delucchi is a native son of California,
born in Stockton October 9, 1899, the only child of Augustine and Tillie (Botto) Delucchi, both natives of
Italy. Augustine Delucchi came to
Stockton while still a young man, and there he met and married Miss Tillie Botto; thirty-three years of his life were spent in the
hotel business in Stockton. Both parents
are residing in Stockton. Louis attended
grammar and high school in Stockton and at sixteen years of age began his
business career, entering the firm of E. Fontana & Company, the partnership
continuing until 1915, when Caesar Gaia purchased the interest of E. Fontana
and the business was continued under the firm name of Gaia, Delucchi &
Company, located at 320 East Market Street, which is still their present
business location; here they manufacture ravioli, tagliavini,
salami and other food products. They
supply Lodi and other neighboring cities and towns in the mountains and
foothill country with ravioli, macaroni, salami, Italian ham, domestic and
imported cheese, fish and other delicacies, as well as a complete line of
staple and fancy groceries.
The marriage of Mr. Delucchi
occurred in 1917 and united him with Miss Irene Aaron, a daughter of Capt.
Aaron of the Stockton Fire Department.
They are the parents of one child, Louis, Jr. Mr. Delucchi is erecting a residence at the
corner of Lexington and Allston Way, where the family will reside as soon as it
is completed. Mr. Delucchi is a member
of the Eagles, Druids and the Stockton Italian Club. He is a self-made man, since the success he
has made in life has been the result of his individual efforts.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1485. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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