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JOSEPH L. FOCACCI
A well-known native son of San
Joaquin County who is residing on the ranch where he was born is Joseph L.
Focacci, a successful carpenter and farmer.
He was born on his father’s ranch at Lodi, California, March 17, 1885, a
son of John and Mary Focacci, both natives of northern Italy. In 1879 John Focacci left his native country
and came to the United States and direct to California and worked for a year in
San Francisco, then came to Lodi, where he purchased four and a half acres in
the Ayers tract; later he purchased eleven acres across the road from his home
place; and his sons added another eleven acres, which was later sold to the
city of Lodi and the Emerson schoolhouse now stands on a
portion of it. Six children were born to
this pioneer couple: Columbia, Mrs.
Chris Denevi, resides in Lodi; John lives in Galt, California;
Joseph L., is the subject of this sketch; Louis and Charles. The father was an employee of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company at Lodi and was fifty-five years old when he passed
away in 1899. The mother is now
sixty-nine years old and resides on the ranch purchased by her husband in 1880.
Joseph L. Focacci received his
education at the district school near his home and when young in years received
valuable lessons in agriculture, assisting his father on the home place. He learned the trade of carpenter and has
followed his trade for many years in Lodi, where he is well known for his
reliability and industry. He is a
Republican in politics and he makes his home with his mother at 429 West Lockeford Avenue, Lodi.
The family is well known in the community where the family home has so
long been maintained and Mr. Focacci has contributed to the material development
and substantial upbuilding of his portion of the
state.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages 1533-1534. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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