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GIACOMO PEIRANO
One of the successful, honored and
respected citizens of San Joaquin County was the late G. Peirano, who located
in the county in an early day, when pioneer conditions existed in this part of
the state, the work of improvement and progress having been scarcely
begun. He was born in Genoa, Italy,
August 18, 1860, and at the age of fifteen left home and native land for
America, arriving in San Francisco early in the year of 1875, a stranger in a
strange land with very little capital, but a willingness to do whatever he
could for a livelihood. His first job
was working on the streets of San Francisco and as soon as he had saved enough
money he went to the mines in Amador County, where he spent a few months in
placer mining, but soon gave it up for the more substantial occupation of
farming and year by year he steadily gained a place for himself until he was
classed among the most progressive citizens of his community.
Mr. Peirano was married in Stockton
to Miss Maria Severi, also a native of Genoa, Italy,
born October 15, 1868. She came to
California with her six sisters in 1882, all residing in this county, Mrs.
Peirano being the eldest. Mr. Peirano
was a friend of Captain Weber and farmed for him on his land near Stockton; he
also farmed for many years on the Rough and Ready and Union islands, raising
large quantities of wheat, barley, onions and potatoes, and through his
dealings in these products he became financially independent; at one time he
owned and conducted a store in Stockton.
Mr. Peirano owned and developed a ranch on the Calaveras River about
five miles from Stockton on which he pioneered in a vineyard and orchard, later
he sold this place to good advantage. In
1906 he moved to the Linden Road, where he bought twenty acres of the John
White tract and was the first man to set out a vineyard in this district, as
previous to this time only grain had been raised. At the present time the country presents a
view of a continuous orchard.
Mr. Peirano passed away October 3,
1915, survived by his wife and five children, namely: Mary A. resides at home; Joseph is married
and has one child and is a wholesale commission merchant in San Francisco; he
is prominent in the Elks; Angelo resides on the home ranch; Adolph; Frank
F. In 1916 the two sons, Adolph and
Frank F., purchased a twenty-acre piece adjoining the home place, where they
have developed a fine vineyard. Both
young men being industrious and with a thorough knowledge of viticulture, are
succeeding well in their undertakings.
Fraternally both are members of Pohono Tribe No. 93, Independent Order
of Red Men.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
Page 763. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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