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PETER FILIPPINI
Since 1900 Peter Filippini has been
an enterprising and prosperous California citizen, and in partnership with his
brother, Osvaldo, is the proprietor of the Filippini dairy farm fourteen miles
east of Stockton on the Sonora Road, where they own 100 acres, sixty-five acres
of which is devoted to raising alfalfa, besides maintaining a dairy herd of
ninety choice Holstein cattle. This is
the largest dairy in this section of the county, and the Filippini brothers
have proven a success along this line.
Peter Filippini was born in August, 1883, and his brother Osvaldo, July
29, 1884. They are both natives of
Switzerland, sons of Peter and Camelia (Baffa) Filippini, also natives of
Switzerland. In 1900 our subject left
his home in Switzerland and came to California, and two years later his mother
and three brothers, Osvaldo, John and Frank, followed. Another brother, Joe Filippini, came to
California in 1892, and for the past fifteen years has been a state guard at
San Quentin Prison. The father passed
away in Switzerland about twenty-five
years ago.
Arriving in California, Peter
Filippini found work on a large dairy in Marin County, where he worked for
eight years. While residing there he
received his United States citizenship, and through the years his loyalty to
his adopted country has never been brought in question. In June, 1914, the oldest son of the family
died, and soon after Mr. Filippini purchased his property from the widow; and
as has been stated above, a successful dairy is conducted on this ranch, a
credit to the locality and a source of fine profit to its owners.
Mr. Filippini is a Republican in
politics and a progressive citizen of more than ordinary activity in supporting
measures for the prosperity and advancement of the Farmington district. Both brothers are men of honorable principles
and upright dealings.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1573. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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