San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/5/2009
MRS. CLORINDA BAVA
The city of Stockton may well be proud in having, as one of her most progressive citizens, Mrs. Clorinda Bava, a native daughter of exceptional character and worth, who was reared here in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benedetto Ratto, whose life-story is given elsewhere in this history, and who are justly regarded as among the sturdy pioneer builders of the great Golden State commonwealth. She attended the Franklin School in her girlhood, and on April 6, 1904, at Stockton, she was married to Santino Bava, a native of Italy, who had come to Stockton in 1892, and has since always followed agricultural pursuits, fortunate in his sterling qualities, which have easily given him a reputation for honesty and uprightness in his dealings with his fellowmen. Two children blessed the union: Benjamin, who was born in February, 1905, is well-advanced as a student, prominent in high school football, and in 1922 he played with the 'Varsity
"Tarzans;" and Evelyn, born in March, 1908, is a pupil at the Lafayette School. Perhaps because of this active participation in school work by her own children, whose studies she seeks to direct, Mrs. Bava maintains a keen interest in the welfare of other children, and is always a strong advocate of better schools. The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church.In addition to discharging her home duties, Mrs. Bava, who made easier the declining days of her beloved father, has assisted in looking after the Ratto estate, and her home is now in the residence where the family were reared, from which she radiates the most helpful influence, dispensing an appreciated charity, making bright the lives of those more or less clouded, and seeking really to help those who, for one reason or another, cannot always help themselves. All honor, then, to such a noble woman who, having reached success, has never forgotten that there are still others below on the mountain paths trying just as hard as she did to rise and succeed.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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