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ADOLPH GIOVACCHINI
A progressive Delta farmer, who well
merits the success he has attained, is Adolph Giovacchini, of 919 South El
Dorado Street, Stockton. He owns 262
acres on the Muller Road, Middle Roberts Island, eight
miles southwest of Stockton, which was formerly a vast tract of waste swamp
land that has been reclaimed and developed into an alfalfa ranch, where our
subject conducts a very profitable business.
Adolph Giovacchini was born at
Lucca, Italy, on October 18, 1872, the son of Gabriel and Teresa (De Ricco) Giovacchini, a well-to-do
vineyardist of Lucca, the fourth in the order of birth of six sons, and was
reared on his father’s farm. At the age
of sixteen he left home to come to the New World, and arrived in California in
October, 1888, having been nine days in crossing the Atlantic on the
“Champagnes” from Havre to New York. He
did not tarry long in the metropolis, but came on direct to San Francisco, from
which seaport town he made his way inland to the Delta, on the Sacramento
River, and settled near Walnut Grove, where he remained for fifteen years. He commenced to farm on Staten Isle in San
Joaquin County, but due to the heavy flood of 1904, he lost all, save his wife
and a son, Lawrence, who is now deceased.
In 1905 he removed to San Joaquin County and started on Roberts Isle,
and after ten years of farming extensively he has been so successful that he
has paid for his ranch and also built a fine residence at 919 South El Dorado
Street in Stockton. Upon to 1922 he and
his brother, A. Giovacchini, were partners, but now they farm separately. His brother’s life story is given on another
page. He owns a complete Best steam
tractor and threshing outfit all modern machinery to carry on farming; and he
leases out the dairy to Mr. Martin, devoting his attention to his Delta land,
most serviceable for the cultivation of beans, onions, wheat and barley. He has operated large areas on Union, Cooney,
Rough and Ready, Staten and Elmore tracts in this county, but he has chosen to
invest his savings in Roberts Isle property and Stockton real estate. Through many years of hardest labor and
well-earned experience, he has gained a valuable knowledge of Delta farming,
and knows the hazards in managing a Delta ranch.
At Stockton on December 31, 1905,
Mr. Giovacchini was married to Miss Alvera Simoni, a native of Lucca, Italy, who came to America when
she was fifteen, accompanying her parents, Vincente
and Pasquina (Pardini) Simoni. Four
children have blessed the union:
Lawrence, who died at the age of eleven; Teresa, who is fifteen;
Herbert, thirteen; and Laura, five. Mr.
and Mrs. Giovacchini are members of the Catholic Church and contribute
liberally to its benevolences.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1599. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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