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Sonoma County
| Peter Fognini
Associations with scenes in Italy during the impressionable years of boyhood gave Mr. Fognini a knowledge of the resources of that country, and when he came to California he was well qualified by experience to judge concerning the possibilities offered by this part of the world. Experience has proven to him that this is a desirable place in which to make a home, and equally desirable as a field in which to earn a modest competence in the midst of congenial surroundings. Born in Italy October 8, 1874, he is the son of
John Fognini, who was born in that country in 1838. The father was a
farmer and dairyman by occupation, and it was along these lines that
Peter received the practical experience that enabled him to adapt
himself so readily to conditions that awaited him in the west. May 1,
1891, is memorable as the day upon which he landed at San Francisco and
from there he went to Marin county, where he was fortunate in finding
work as a ranch hand. Altogether he remained in that county six years,
thereafter coming to Sonoma county, and for the past four years has
devoted his attention to the cultivation of the ranch upon which he now
lives, comprising five acres not far from Petaluma. Here he makes a
specialty of the poultry business, having six hundred chickens of
excellent breed in his poultry yard at the present time. If
circumstances permitted him to indulge a hobby he would be the possessor
of numerous specimens of fine horse flesh, for he is a great lover of
man's best friend, the horse. Besides the maintenance of his poultry
yard Mr. Fognini also conducts a public house for the accommodation of
the wayfarer, Laurel Hill Inn, this being located on the ranch on the
Sonoma road. In politics Peter Fognini is a Republican. Personally he is
respected as an honest, hard-working man, a good neighbor and citizen. |
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Source: Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011 |