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ANTONIO L. SOLARI
Since 1892 Antonio L. Solari has
lived in San Joaquin County, and during that time has become a successful
agriculturist. His homestead is situated
on Waterloo Road just east of the city limits of Stockton. The land is devoted to an orchard of figs and
peaches, interplanted with vegetables and he has gained a most gratifying
success from his labors in that direction.
He was born in Genoa, Italy, August 16, 1865, and was reared on his father’s
farm. His father, John Solari, lived to
be 103 years old and his mother, Mary Solari, lived to be eighty-three, and
during all the years that Mr. Solari has been away from home, he regularly sent
his parents in Italy money to take care of them in their declining years up to
the time of their passing.
At twenty-seven years of age he left
his native land and came to America, borrowing money for his passage and upon
arrival in Stockton had thirteen francs in his pocket. He found work on Bert Podesto’s
ranch on Lower Sacramento Road where he worked for awhile, and as soon as he
had earned enough money he sent it back to the man from whom he borrowed funds
to pay his way to California. Then he
went to Calaveras County and worked for John Podesto, where he remained until
1896 when he returned to Stockton and began to work for Tom Gattorno
on the Waterloo Road, where he has resided ever since. After three years’ work for the latter party
he leased land from his employer and followed vegetable gardening for many
years and when Tom Gattorno died Mr. Solari took care
of his widow until her death, when she willed Mr. Solari the ranch, as she had
no heirs. The ranch of 6-3/4 acres was
originally planted to cherries but the trees died and then Mr. Solari planted
figs and peaches; then he bought twenty-one acres of bare land on the Linden
Road which he planted to cherries, peaches and vineyard. This he cultivated for ten years then sold it
at a good profit. From a financial
standpoint Mr. Solari has been very successful, but it has not been
accomplished without close application to business. He also owns valuable real estate in
Stockton, including a business block on South El Dorado Street which he
erected; he has also bought and sold real estate and in this way has made good
profits on his investments. In
partnership with A. J. Munch, he bought eight acres on the Waterloo Road which
they subdivided, and it is known as the Intervale
Tract. This tract has all been sold and
homes built on it.
The marriage of Mr. Solari united
him with Miss Louisa Capello, a native of Genoa,
Italy, and they are the parents of one son, Joseph J., a member of the firm of
Foppiano & Solari of Stockton. To
the type of citizens such as Mr. Solari the county owes much of its prosperity,
for he has done his part as a good citizen in all public enterprises.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1448-1451. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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