San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 3/9/2010
VICTOR N. LEONARDINI
An enterprising real estate dealer in Stockton is found in the person of Victor N. Leonardini, member of the firm of Leonardini and Gatelli, with offices in the realty building on South San Joaquin Street. A native son, born on a ranch near Stockton on December 29, 1897, Victor N. Leonardini is a son of Domenico and Madeline (Stagnaro) Leonardini, both born and reared in Italy and who located in San Joaquin County in 1884. Mr. Leonardini worked on ranches in the county and was one of the organizers of the Italian Gardners' Association, serving as its president for nine years. He accumulated property and is now living retired in Stockton. Mrs. Leonardini is the owner of 148 acres of valuable ranch land located near Stockton on the Calaveras River and devoted to peaches, cherries and apricots. There are seven children in the Leonardini family and the sons manage the orchard property for their mother.
Victor N. attended the grammar school in Stockton and at the age of eleven began working on the home ranch; later he took a course in Heald's Business College in Stockton, and then with the aid of his two brothers, Albert and Leo, managed the home acres. In March, 1921, he formed a partnership with Fred Gatelli under the name of Leonardini and Gatelli to conduct a general real estate and insurance business; specializing in country property. Both are good judges of values and by their square dealing have met with gratifying success. They also do a commission business, handling produce and fruits, and deal in sulphur and orchard spray, which is being successfully used in the orchards and vineyards in this district. After having become thoroughly organized, the firm of Leonardini and Gatelli, in fourteen months handled nearly a million dollars of property and each month sees their firm more strongly intrenched in the business circles of the county.
Mr. Leonardini was united in marriage with Miss Winifred Anderson of San Francisco. He is a member of the Athens Club of Oakland; the Stockton Italian Club and of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N.S.G.W. As a progressive business man and citizen there is much to commend Mr. Leonardini to the public for he has won the high regard of all with whom he comes in contact.
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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