Tulare County Biographies

JOSEPH ACURSO, JR.

Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama

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On July 24, 1882, Joseph Acurso, Jr., who is now the proprietor of the Pacific 
Coast Grocery at No. 400 East Tulare avenue, Visalia, California, was born in 
Italy.  While he was still a small boy his parents, Joseph and Frances A. 
Acurso, came to the United Stated and settled in Louisiana.  There the father 
was engaged in the grocery business for a time, when they removed to Chicago and 
lived there for four years.  They then came to California and located in San 
Jose, where they lived for one year, when they removed to San Francisco.
 
Joseph Acurso, Jr., was educated in the public schools in the various cities 
where his parents lived.  In 1906 he left San Francisco and returned to San 
Jose, remaining there until 1911, when he became a resident of Visalia.  On the 
last day of April, 1914, he opened his present grocery.  At that time there were 
but few families living in the vicinity.  But he had faith in the future of 
Tulare avenue and the adjoining streets and that faith has been fully justified. 
 With the building up of this section of Visalia his trade has grown and he has 
added a stock of general merchandise.  He built and owns the two-story structure 
in which he conducts his business, and he is also the owner of other valuable 
property, all acquired by his industry and strict attention to business.
 
Mr. Acurso was married to Miss Lucy Albanese and they have two children- Frances 
and Louis.  Mr. Acurso is a naturalized American citizen and claims allegiance 
to the republican party.  In local affairs, however, he frequently �scratches 
the ticket� to vote for the man rather than the party.  He is a member of the 
Loyal Order of Moose, which is the only fraternal society to claim him as a 
brother.
 
From:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen Edwards 
Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 
1926, Page 301