San Luis Obispo County Biographies

GIOVANNI ROCCO MAGGI

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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GIOVANNI ROCCO MAGGI was born in the State of Parma, Italy, January 16, 1852, and 
came to Santa Barbara, California, in 1872. After remaining in that place three or four 
months and hearing of better business opportunities in San Luis Obispo, he came to 
this city, associating himself with G. Divoto in the grocery and general merchandise 
business. This connection lasted seven years, at the expiration of which time he 
engaged in business for himself and has so continued up to the present. In 1871 Mr. 
Maggi made a visit to his old home in Italy, remaining there six months and then 
returning to New York and six months later to San Luis Obispo. Four years afterward 
he made another journey to Italy, this time bringing back with him to this country the 
remainder of his family. Mr. Maggi�s parents, Pietro and Katrine Maggi, are both dead. 
Mr. Maggi is married and has six children, all living. He is a member and Vice President 
of Societa Unione Italiana of San Luis Obispo. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.