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VICTOR N. LEONARDINI
An enterprising real estate dealer
in Stockton is found in the person of Victor N. Leonardini, member of the firm
of Leonardini and Gatelli, with offices in the realty building on South San Joaquin
Street. A native son, born on a ranch
near Stockton on December 29, 1897, Victor N. Leonardini is a son of Domenico
and Madeline (Stagnaro) Leonardini,
both born and reared in Italy and who located in San Joaquin County in
1884. Mr. Leonardini worked on ranches
in the county and was one of the organizers of the Italian Gardner’s
Association, serving as its president for nine years. He accumulated property and is now living
retired in Stockton. Mrs. Leonardini is
the owner of 148 acres of valuable ranch land located near Stockton on the
Calaveras River and devoted to peaches, cherries and apricots. There are seven children in the Leonardini
family and the sons manage the orchard property for their mother.
Victor N. attended the grammar
school in Stockton and at the age of eleven began working on the home ranch;
later he took a course in Heald’s Business College in Stockton, and then with
the aid of his two brothers, Albert and Leo, managed the home acres. In March, 1921, he formed a partnership with
Fred Gatelli under the name of Leonardini and Gatelli to conduct a general real
estate and insurance business; specializing in country property. Both are good judges of values and by their
square dealing have met with gratifying success. They also do a commission business, handling
produce and fruits, and deal in sulphur and orchard spray, which is being
successfully used in the orchards and vineyards in this district. After having become thoroughly organized, the
firm of Leonardini and Gatelli in fourteen months handled nearly a million dollars
of property and each month sees their firm more strongly entrenched in the
business circles of the county.
Mr. Leonardini was united in
marriage with Miss Winifred Anderson of San Francisco. He is a member of the Athens Club of Oakland;
the Stockton Italian Club and of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W. As a progressive businessman and citizen
there is much to commend Mr. Leonardini to the public for he has won the high
regard of all with whom he comes in contact.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1420. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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