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DOMINGO YROZ
A successful San Joaquin County
sheep man, Domingo Yroz is a native of the
Basses-Pyrenees, where he was born at Lasa, on
December 9, 1873, the son of John and Jennie (Ricart)
Yroz, a worthy couple still living in advanced years
at their comfortable and picturesque mountain home. They had four children. The eldest two, Pierre and Theresa, elected
to stay at home, while the youngest two, Domingo and Pete, crossed the wide
ocean in search of adventure and a still greater opportunity, and are now in
Stockton.
Owing to the unfavorable economic
conditions in his native country, Domingo had very little opportunity to go to
school, and when only ten years old started to earn his own support. He was able, even at that tender age, to make
himself useful on the home farm in caring for the
sheep and stock. In young manhood, in
1894, when he was twenty years of age, he came to the United States, bringing
with him a valuable experience in his line.
Los Angeles was the first district in which he pitched his tent, and
there he worked for two years. Then he
went up to Plumas County and herded sheep for a summer. Later he went onto the Delta Islands of San
Joaquin County, where he herded sheep and did various kinds of farm labor.
About twenty years ago, he started
in the sheep business for himself, buying sheep, feeding them on the range, and
selling them again, getting together as many as 2,000 head, running them
through San Joaquin County and also among the mountains to the east. In 1915 he returned to his native home, and
on August 13, he was married to Miss Florence Uritzaga,
who was born in the vicinity of his home, the daughter of John and Josephine (Yorasabal) Uritzaga, farmer folk
of the sturdy, old fashioned class, who still reside at their old home. There were seven children in that family,
Inez, Anastacia, Pierre, Batista, Jean and Pete all
being older than Mrs. Yroz. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Yroz, Pierre and Albert.
Upon returning to California after his marriage, Mr. Yroz
purchased for his bride an attractive home at 420 South San Joaquin Street in
Stockton. There he has resided ever
since, while he has actively continued the raising of high-grade sheep.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1624. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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