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JOHN P. TRIOLO
Business enterprise finds a stalwart
exponent in the person of John P. Triolo, whose progressive spirit and
determination have won for him a prominent position in the business circles of
Stockton. Mr. Triolo was born in
Chicago, Illinois, on February 21, 1880, and grew to manhood and was educated
in that city. He then entered the employ
of Porter Brothers, fruit packers and shippers, and became their European
manager; and during the ten years he was employed by them he made seven round
trips to Mediterranean ports. In 1905 he
came to California in the interest of the same company, locating at Los Angeles,
where he remained for six years.
In 1911 Mr. Triolo came to Stockton
and went into partnership with Louis Calestini in a general real estate and
insurance business under the firm name of Triolo &
Calestini. Their operations covered a
large territory, and besides conducting a most successful real estate business,
they erected business blocks and residences, selling them at a profit, and in
this way built up a lucrative business.
Their popularity and success as realtors is demonstrated by the fact
that in many instances they sold the same property twice. They consummated the sale of the Bronx Hotel,
the Masonic Temple Building, and the Hodgkin Block on Weber Avenue. Vacant property has also received their
attention, as they sold 200 lots in the business district, on which business
blocks have been erected.
Many dairy and fruit ranches were
also developed and sold by them. At one
time they were the owners of a seventy-acre dairy on the Calaveras River near
Linden, which supported one of the best herds of Holstein cows in the county. Recently Mr. Calestini withdrew from the firm
and is now doing business under the firm name of the Louis Calestini Real
Estate Company.
The marriage of Mr. Triolo united
him with a native daughter of California, Miss Harriet Long, and they are the
parents of four children: Ellen,
Charles, John and Daniel. A man of force
and ability, he has ever believed in constructive measures, and he stands high
in the community.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1525. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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