Merced County Biographies

ERNEST PAGNINI

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Although a resident of Merced for comparatively a brief time, Ernest 
Pagnini has won a recognition as a citizen of worth and his business, located at 
524 L Street, has been conducted with fair success. He came to Merced in 1920 
and was associated with Mr. Bozeman in the bicycle business. One year later he 
became the sole owner of the establishment; he deals in all makes of bicycles 
and motorcycles, and is equipped to do all kinds of repairing. A native of 
Italy, he was born on February 6, 1894, a son of P. and Mary Pagnini, both 
natives of the same country. The father brought his family to California in 1896 
and settled in Merced County, where he engaged in raising raisin grapes. Both 
parents are now residing at Santa Cruz, retired from active business life.
        Ernest Pagnini attended the public school in Merced and grew up on his 
father's farm. He remained with his parents until 1919, when he established a 
bicycle business at Madera, which he sold one year later and removed to Merced. 
Since 1911 Mr. Pagnini has been a professional motorcycle racer.
 
History of Merced County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1925
page 835