San Joaquin County Biographies


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DOMENICO LAGORIO.
JOHN A. LAGORIO
 
        A retired merchant and Stockton pioneer is found in Domenico Lagorio, 
who has lived in Stockton for the past thirty-six years. He was born in Italy, 
May 15, 1866, a son of Giovanni and Angela (Baronia) Lagorio. At the age of 
twenty years he left his home for America and came directly to San Francisco and 
by river boat to Stockton, arriving on October 18, 1886; he entered the employ 
of D. Prossi as a vegetable gardener, on land where now stands the Stockton high 
school buildings; for seventeen years he worked as gardener at the Rural 
Cemetery; then he bought a home and started a small store at 1502 North 
California street, which he conducted until two years ago, when he sold the 
business to his son. The marriage of Domenico Lagorio united him with Miss 
Paulina Battilana and six children have been born to them: Pietro, deceased; 
Angelino; John A; Margaretti; Pietro; and Eleanor. Twenty years ago, Mr. Lagorio 
was made a citizen of the United States and has since been a Republican.
        John A. Lagorio, the son of our subject, was born September 10, 1894, at 
Stockton, and received a good education in the Stockton schools. In July, 1918, 
he entered the U. S. Army, 37th Field Artillery, 13th Division, and in January, 
1919, received his honorable discharge. After his return from the service he 
entered the sales department of the Standard Oil Company, where he remained for 
two years, then purchased his father's store; he has improved the store with a 
larger and more complete stock and has built up a fine trade. He married Miss 
Ann Sanguinetti, a daughter of James Sanguinetti, a pioneer of San Joaquin 
County. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the N. S. G. W. No. 7 of 
Stockton.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p    1379      
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.