San Joaquin County Biographies
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AUGUSTO BELLUOMINI
A progressive, experienced and very successful rancher is Augusto Belluomini, proprietor of the Delta Farm, on Upper Roberts Island, embracing about 173 acres on Middle River, about ten miles southwest of Stockton. He was born in Tuscany, in the province of Lucca, Italy, on January 19, 1882, the son of Carmilindo Belluomini, a native of Italy, who had come out to California in 1874 and settled near Marysville, where he had a brother-in-law, C. Del Porto, a '49er, who had become well-to-do in the farming and stock business. Carmilindo Belluomini remained in California about seven years, during which time he did well on his farm, when he returned to his native land, carrying back with him a fair-sized fortune. He had married Zaira Del Porto, also a native of Italy, in 1872, and had left her and the family in the old country. Three sons were born to them. Angelo came to America at the age of eighteen, became a well-to-do rancher in the Delta section, and died, with an excellent record for usefulness to the community; Augusto is the subject of our story; and Vincente is a Delta rancher. The father passed away in 1899; and his widow lives, retired, in Lucca, aged seventy-four years. In the winter of 1921-22 she enjoyed a visit from her son, Augusto, who made a trip to Italy, being away from California for about four months.
It was in 1892 that Angelo left Italy for California, making direct for the Pacific Coast and settling in Sacramento; and after devoting himself for a few months to farm labor, he went into the Kennedy Mine, at Jackson, in Amador County. When a boy of sixteen years of age Augusto made the voyage to Melbourne, Australia, and there spent nine months, when he returned home, and the next year, in 1900, he followed his brother to the Golden State, and after an adventurous trip, he also went into the Kennedy Mine, where he remained for two years. Coming to Stockton in 1902, he remained a year on a Delta farm.
The next three years were spent in San Francisco, where he joined his brother, Vincente, in the transfer and express business, until the great fire, following the earthquake, swept everything away. He then went to Oakley, Contra Costa County, bought twenty acres of bare land, on which he started a vineyard: and three years later he was able to sell this at a good advantage. In 1910, he moved back to Stockton, and ever since he has been a successful Delta rancher. In 1918 he bought his present rancho, and in addition to cultivating this acreage, he farms extensively on adjacent lands.
In Jackson, in 1902, Mr. Belluomini was married to Miss Childa Bagniski, a daughter of Louis and Esther Bagniski—the latter now a retired resident of Palo Alto,—both natives of Lucca, Italy, who came to California in 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Belluomini have three children: Inez, Eleanor and Ernest. Mr. Belluomini, who was made a citizen at Stockton, is a stanch Republican.
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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