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PIETRO SANGUINETTI
At the age of seventeen Pietro
Sanguinetti left his native province in Italy and came to America and directly
to Stockton, California, where he worked for seven years at farm labor. His finely developed twenty-acre ranch seven
miles northeast of Stockton, a stubble field fifteen years ago, now is a fine
orchard of cherries and peaches and a vineyard of Tokay, Cornichon, Muscat and
Emperor grapes, with some apricots and plums.
He was born at Chiavari, Province of Genoa, Italy, on February 13, 1883,
a son of Bartholomew and Rose (Sanguinetti) Sanguinetti, both natives and
residents of Genoa, Italy. When a young
man, the father made a trip to South America, remaining four years, but during
a cholera epidemic he returned to Italy, where he has since engaged in
farming. They were the parents of four
children: Pietro, the subject of this
sketch; Clara, Mrs. Giannone; Jennie, Mrs. Alberti, and Louise.
Pietro attended the grammar school in Chiavari and was seventeen years
old when he left for the United States.
When he arrived in Stockton he soon found ranch work and with
characteristic industry and economy was soon able to purchase land where he
began to farm for himself. Eight miles
northeast of Stockton, he bought twenty acres of stubble field, which he has
improved and which affords him a fine income.
His irrigating plant at first consisted of a five-horsepower engine, but
this was replaced with a five-horsepower electric motor and still later with a
ten-horsepower motor which drives a four-inch pump. Mr. Sanguinetti also built a residence where
he and his family reside.
On November 14, 1911, in Stockton,
Mr. Sanguinetti was married to Miss Carrie Cadamartori, born on the Linden Road
six miles from Stockton. She is the
daughter of Jack and Rose (Molinari) Cadamartori. The former came to California from Italy
about forty years ago and for seven years was lumbering in the Sierras and then
purchased thirty-two acres in partnership with another man; later this ranch
was divided and Mr. Cadamartori received sixteen acres as his share. In 1920 he sold his ranch and now resides in
Stockton. There were five children in
the family: Carrie, Mrs. Sanguinetti;
Emma, Mrs. Cassasa residing in Manteca; Winifred,
Mrs. Joseph Gotelli, deceased; Antonio, and Irene. Mr. and Mrs. Sanguinetti are the parents of
two children, Raymond and Helen; they are members of the Catholic Church and
Mr. Sanguinetti is a member of the Giardenieri Lodge in Stockton.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1596-1597. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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