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GIUSEPPE LORENCE MANGINI
Ten years ago G. Lorence Mangini
came to California for his permanent residence and for the past three years has
been identified with agricultural pursuits in San Joaquin County. He is the owner of a thirty-acre tract of
land five and a half miles from Stockton on the Upper Sacramento Road, which is
entirely devoted to fruit and garden truck raising. He was born in Genoa, Italy, November 30,
1894 a son of Antonio and Louisa Mangini, both natives of Italy. Antonio Mangini came to California in an
early day and went to the gold mines at Jackson, and there he passed away. When G. Lorence Mangini was seventeen years
of age he came to the United States alone and worked for two years in New York,
when he came on to California and worked as a night watchman in Oakland for a
year; he then went to Crocker, California, and was employed in the sugar
factory until his enlistment in the U. S. Army in 1918 in Company B, of the 143rd
Field Artillery, which was later transferred to the 91st Division in
France and was in the reserves at the St. Mihiel drive; then they took part in
the Meuse-Argonne drive, where he went over the top three different times and
was twice wounded; later he was with the Allies in Belgium. Mr. Mangini was No. 1 on the cannon
squad. He then returned to the United
States and on June 19, 1919 was honorably discharged at the Presidio as a
private, first class. Returning to
Stockton he worked for the Sperry Flour Company for four months; then he rented
twenty acres in the Oak Park tract where he engaged in raising vegetables. When he sold his interest he bought a home at
1437 East Oak Street, Stockton, where he worked for wages until he purchased
his present place in 1922. With a
partner he bought thirty acres on the Upper Sacramento Road, a few miles out
from Stockton, and later, when his partner retired, he assumed his share and is
now the sole owner.
On May 26, 1918 in Stockton Mr.
Mangini was married to Miss Lena Garrozola, also a
native of Genoa, Italy, and a daughter of Giacomo and
Mary Garrozola.
Mrs. Mangini was two years old when her parents removed to California
and settled near Stockton in the Fair Oaks district and she received her
education in the Fair Oaks grammar school.
There are seven children in the family:
Mrs. Mangini being the eldest; Tony, Albina, Mary, Rosie, James and
Lilly, all residing in Stockton. The
parents still live in the Fair Oaks district near Stockton. Mr. and Mrs. Mangini had one daughter,
Louise, who died in infancy. Mr. Mangini
is a member of Karl Ross Post No. 16, American Legion.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1606-1607. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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