San Joaquin County Biographies
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G. LORENCE MANGINI
Ten years ago G. Lorence Mangini came to California for his permanent residence and for the past three years has been identified with agricultural pursuits in San Joaquin County. He is the owner of a thirty-acre tract of land five and a half miles from Stockton on the Upper Sacramento Road, which is entirely devoted to fruit and garden truck raising. He was born in Genoa, Italy, November 30, 1894, a son of Antonio and Louisa Mangini, both natives of Italy. Antonio Mangini came to California in an early day and went to the gold mines at Jackson, and there he passed away. When G. Lorence Mangini was seventeen years of age he came to the United States alone and worked for two years in New York, when he came on to California and worked as night watchman in Oakland for a year; he then went to Crocker, Cal., and was employed in the sugar factory until his enlistment in the U.S. Army in 1918, in Company B, of the 143rd Field Artillery, which was later transferred to the 91st Division in France and was in the reserves at the St. Mihiel drive; then they took part in the Meuse-Argonne drive, where he went over the top three different times and was twice wounded; later he was with the Allies in Belgium. Mr. Mangini was No. 1 on the cannon squad. He then returned to the United States and on June 19, 1919, was honorably discharged at the Presidio as a private, first class. Returning to Stockton he worked for the Sperry Flour Company for four months; then he rented twenty acres in the Oak Park tract where he engaged in raising vegetables. When he sold his interest he bought a home at 1437 East Oak Street, Stockton, where he worked for wages until he purchased his present place in 1922. With a partner he bought thirty acres on the Upper Sacramento Road, a few miles out from Stockton, and later, when his partner retired, he assumed his share and now is the sole owner.
On May 26, 1918, in Stockton, Mr. Mangini was married to Miss Lena Garrozola, also a native of Genoa, Italy, and a daughter of Giacomo and Mary Garrozola. Mrs. Mangini was two years old when her parents removed to California and settled near Stockton in the Fair Oaks district and she received her education in the Fair Oaks grammar school. There are seven children in the family, Mrs. Mangini being the eldest; Tony, Albina, Mary, Rosie, James and Lilly, all residing in Stockton. The parents still live in the Fair Oaks district near Stockton. Mr. and Mrs. Mangini had one daughter, Louise, who died in infancy. Mr. Mangini is a member of Karl Ross Post No. 16, American Legion.
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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