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JOSEPH LARRANAGA
The owner and proprietor of the Taft
Clothing Store, located on South Hunter Street, Stockton, Joseph Larranaga is
one of the city’s progressive young businessmen. His advancement in the business world has
been through his own efforts, and today he is enjoying a merited success. He was born in the Pyrenees Mountains of
Spain on September 20, 1888, this portion of Spain being known as the sheep
country on account of the thousands of sheep raised and pastured in the hill
country. At the age of nineteen years,
Mr. Larranaga left his native country and worked for about a year as a laborer
on the Panama Canal. In 1908 he arrived
in San Francisco and from there went to Klamath Falls, Oregon, where he was
engaged in construction work for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company; later
he returned to California and worked for the Standard Oil Company at
Richmond. On account of impaired health
he gave up his position and went to Nevada where he worked as a sheep herder
until 1911, when he again returned to California and direct to Stockton, where
he herded sheep for F. Samnario, remaining in his
employ for a year. He then found
employment with L. Bacigaiupi, proprietor of the Taft
Clothing Company, and on July 1, 1922, became one of the owners, his partner
being Bacilio Aldunate. They have a large and commodious store
building on South Hunter Street and carry a full and complete line of men’s
clothing, the business steadily increasing in volume month by month.
The marriage of Mr. Larranaga united
him with Miss Pilar Aldunate,
also a native of Spain, and they are the parents of two children, Trinidad and
Marie Beatrice. Fraternally Mr.
Larranaga is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Spanish
Benevolent Association of San Francisco.
In matters of public concern he is progressive and is the supporter of
any movements which benefit the community.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1575. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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