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ANGELO VICTOR LAGORIO
Among the younger generation of
horticulturists of San Joaquin County is Angelo Victor Lagorio, a native son of
the county, having been born on his father’s ranch on the Upper Sacramento Road,
November 1, 1894. His parents, Louis and
Theresa (Rossi) Lagorio, were born in Rippia,
province of Genoa, Italy, came to San Joaquin County, California, many years
ago and settled on a ranch of twenty-five acres located on the Upper Sacramento
Road. At the time the father purchased
this ranch it was bare land and he developed it to a splendid orchard. He did not live to enjoy the fruits of his
labor, for he passed away in 1915. The
mother had died in 1913. They were the
parents of six children: Della, Mrs. Zapenitti, residing in Stockton; Angelo Victor, the subject
of this sketch; Leonora, Mrs. Piccardo, residing in
Stockton; Louis, Amerigo and Raymond.
Angelo was educated in the public school of Greenwood district and
assisted his father on the ranch until his death. After his father’s death in 1915, he took the
management of the ranch and has been ably assisted by his three younger
brothers. They have since added to their
holdings; they first purchased fourteen acres in 1916 in the Morado district,
eight miles from Stockton, which they planted to orchard, now all in bearing
fruit trees. In 1920 the brothers bought
sixty-five acres near Linden, which they also set to orchard. Louis and Amerigo Lagorio live on this latter
ranch and are looking after its cultivation and development in a thorough and
systematic manner. Raymond and our
subject live on the home place. Thus
they own 104 acres, all devoted to orchard and vineyard.
On December 11, 1917 in Stockton,
Mr. Lagorio was married to Miss Celia Queirolo, born in San Francisco, a
daughter of Andrew and Mary (Pesonia) Queirolo. Andrew
Queirolo was born at Jackson, California, where his father, Giovanni Queirolo,
was a pioneer in the mines. Grandfather
Queirolo returned to Italy with his family and recently passed away at the age
of ninety years. When Andrew Queirolo
reached young manhood he returned to California and engaged in business in San
Francisco until he later removed to Stockton.
Mrs. Lagorio was only seven years old when her mother passed away. There are four children in the family: Josephine, Mrs. Valvano,
residing in Stockton, Joseph, Mrs. Lagorio and William. Mrs. Lagorio received her education in the
Fair Oaks and Fremont grammar schools and then took a course in Heald’s Business
College in Stockton, and after graduation worked as a stenographer for some
time before she was married. Two
children were born to this couple, La Verne and Angelo Victor, Jr. Mr. Lagorio entered the U. S. Army on July 1,
1918 and was sent to Los Angeles, where he entered the Manual Arts high school
for a mechanical course; after four months he was sent to Fort McArthur at San
Pedro; he was discharged at Fort McArthur in December, 1918. He is a member of Stockton Parlor No. 7 of
the N. S. G. W. and in politics is a Republican.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1619. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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