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DOMENICO LAGORIO
A retired merchant and Stockton
pioneer is found in Domenico Lagorio, who has lived in Stockton of the past
thirty-six years. He was born in Italy,
May 15, 1866 a son of Giovanni and Angela (Baronia) Lagorio. At the age
of twenty years he left his home for America and came directly to San Francisco
and by river boat to Stockton, arriving on October 18, 1886; he entered the
employ of D. Prossi as a vegetable gardener, on land
where now stands the Stockton high school buildings; for seventeen years he
worked as gardener at the Rural Cemetery; then he bought a home and started a
small store at 1502 North California Street, which he conducted until two years
ago, when he sold the business to his son.
The marriage of Domenico Lagorio united him with Miss Paulina Battilana and six children have been born to them: Pietro, deceased; Angelino; John A.; Margaretti; Pietro; and
Eleanor. Twenty years ago Mr. Lagorio
was made a citizen of the United States and has since been a Republican.
John A. Lagorio, the son of our
subject, was born September 10, 1894 at Stockton, and received a good education
in the Stockton schools. In July, 1918
he entered the U. S. Army, 37th Field Artillery, 13th
Division, and in January, 1919 received his honorable discharge. After his return from the service he entered
the sales department of the Standard Oil Company, where he remained for two
years, then purchased his father’s store; he has improved the store with a
larger and more complete stock and has built up a fine trade. He married Miss Ann Sanguinetti, a daughter
of James Sanguinetti, a pioneer of San Joaquin County. He is a Republican in politics and a member
of the N. S. G. W. No. 7 of Stockton.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1379. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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