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ANDREW SOLA
An honored citizen of his community
for many years, Andrew Sola is entitled to a place in the annals of San Joaquin
County history. The Sola home place
consists of 312 acres ten miles east of Stockton on the Copperopolis Road,
which is ably managed by Mrs. Sola since her husband’s death, ably assisted by
her sons. He was born in Cuneo, Italy,
November 30, 1849, a son of Andrew and Dominica (Aleman) Sola, natives of
Italy, where they engaged in farming and where they reared twelve
children. Andrew received a good
education in the public schools of Italy and he was thirty years of age when he
left that country in 1879. His brother
Battista had come to California in 1875 and had located at Lodi, where he
worked on a grain ranch. After several
years Andrew was joined by his brothers Peter and Louis, and the three located
on Government land near Pixley, Tulare County.
In Stockton, on December 28, 1883,
Mr. Sola was united in marriage to Miss Theresa Brondetta,
born in Cuneo, Italy, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Cecardi)
Brondetta.
Mrs. Sola received a good education in the Sisters Convent in her native
province. Before Andrew Sola had started
for California he had obtained her promise to become his wife and it was
planned that when he was settled and in better circumstances she should join
him, so in 1883 she left home with a party of friends, among whom was her
brother John, now deceased and they arrived in Stockton December 23, 1883. Mr. Sola was there to meet her and they were
soon married. Nine children were born to
them: Mary is the wife of James Panero, has two children; Josephine, Mrs. Samuel Casteline, residing in Stockton; Joseph is a partner in the
home place; he married Miss Anna Sanguinetti, a daughter of Andrew Sanguinetti;
Theresa is a graduate of the Western Normal School and follows her profession
in the schools of San Joaquin County, where for the past six years she has been
principal of the Everett School; Anna is Mrs. Marion Galli
of Stockton; Lucy died in infancy; William is also a partner on the home
ranch. Mr. Sola pioneered in grain
farming in Tulare County, where he spent fourteen successful years. He then sold his grain ranch and moved to
Kern County, near Bakersfield, where he rented land for one year. He took up his residence in San Joaquin
County in 1899 and located on Roberts Island, where he engaged in grain farming
for three years; then in 1902 he moved to a ranch near Peters and farmed for
some years. After a long illness he
passed away November 5, 1907, mourned by the entire community. Mrs. Sola took up the responsibility of the
management of the estate left by her husband and has demonstrated her ability
to do so, having had the cooperation of her children through all the
years. Having sold their land in Tulare
County in 1913, Mrs. Sola purchased the Swan ranch of 312 acres on the
Copperopolis Road, ten miles east of Stockton, where fine crops of wheat are
raised each season; Mrs. Sola also owns a twenty-acre vineyard ten miles from
Stockton on the Sonora Road, which has been developed by her sons.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1512. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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