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JOHN NAZRO
A wide-awake young businessman, John
Nazro is the efficient secretary and designer of the Engineering & Foundry
Company of Stockton and has done much for the city’s industrial and business
development, his labors proving of direct benefit in advancing the prosperity
of the state. He was born in Chicago,
Illinois, October 26, 1890, but as his father was a mining engineer in
Colorado, his parents removed to Denver and our subject became a messenger boy
and later stock boy with the Denver Dry Goods Company. He attended the Denver high school and there
took mechanical drawing and shop work in connection with his other
studies. In 1908 the family removed to
California and located at San Jose, where John entered the San Jose high
school, from which he was graduated; then attended Stanford University for two
years, taking the mechanical engineering course. In company with his father, he went to
Tuolumne County and followed mining engineering during 1910 and 1911; he was
engineer in the construction of the concrete dam for the West Side Lumber
Company. On November 1, 1911, he
returned to Stockton and became draftsman for the Aurora Engine Company; then
he was with the Stockton Iron Works in the same capacity. Removing to Los Angeles he became salesman
for the Campbell Real Estate Company, selling orange land in San Bernardino
County. Returning to Stockton he was
employed as draftsman by the Holt Manufacturing Company and in 1915 entered the
employ of the Engineering & Foundry Company, and assisted in designing a
motor for the Harris Manufacturing Company.
Later he traveled as a salesman for the same company. He then became designer and engineer for the
Gieger Iron Works; then was solicited to return to the Engineering &
Foundry Company as secretary and designer, which position he now holds to the
entire satisfaction of his company.
The marriage of Mr. Nazro occurred
at Stockton and united him with Miss Lois Stamper, a native of Stockton whose
parents were pioneers, and they are the parents of two children: Nancy Louise and John, Jr. Fraternally Mr. Nazro is a member of the
Stockton Elks, No. 218. He enjoys the
confidence of the business community, and the high regard of his associates in
social life.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1621. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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