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ANGELO PALERMO
Italy
has furnished to America many worthy citizens.
They have come from sunny Italy without capital, but have readily
adapted themselves to changed conditions, surroundings and customs, have taken
advantage of existing opportunities, and through consecutive endeavor have
gained prosperity. It is to this class
that Angelo Palermo belongs. He was born
in Naples, Italy, March 15, 1886, a son of Dominico and Maria Palermo and was
only five years old when his father died.
He is the youngest of a family of three children, Joseph, Katherine and
Angelo. His father was dependent upon
his labor day to day to support his family, and after his death Angelo was
obliged to assume the family burden; consequently there was no opportunity for
an education. His mother is still living
in Italy.
In 1906 Angelo Palermo made his way
to America, and came directly to California.
Stopping at Los Banos he found employment on the Miller & Lux ranch,
where he remained for six months. After
the earthquake in San Francisco, he went there and worked for a year in
clearing away the debris of the disastrous fire; then he went to Angels Camp
and found work in the mines, but this work was not to his liking. He then went to Stockton and worked for the
next five years on railroad construction work, and then came to Lodi, where he
bought a wagon and peddled ice cream about the streets. From 1911 to 1918 he had accumulated enough
capital to establish the Northern Valley Creamery on East Oak Street, where he
makes ice cream and butter. He also
conducts the Palace of Sweets at No. 7 West Elm Street, where he has built up a
fine trade. He also owns business
property on East Street in Stockton.
In September, 1911, Mr. Palermo was
married to Miss Theresa Mangosta, a native of
Catanzaro, Italy, a daughter of Michael and Angelina Mangosta. Miss Mangosta came
to America and California the same year Mr. Palermo did, and their acquaintance
resulted in their marriage five years later.
They are the parents of two children, Dominic and Emil, and are members
of the Catholic Church of Lodi. In his
business career, Mr. Palermo has made for himself an honorable name and won a
competency that now classes him with the substantial residents of the Lodi
section of San Joaquin County.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1388. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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