"History of Placer and Nevada Counties" published 1924. Available at the Placer County Library in Auburn.
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Louis A. Cortopassi owned and operated a fine fruit orchard located a little south of the old mining town of Colfax, California. He was a native of Italy who obtained his U.S. citizenship in Judge Prewitt's court in Auburn. He was born in Tuscano, Italy, January 7, 1855, the youngest of eight children. His parents were Angelo C. and Louisa (Paternie) Cortopassi. Louis' two brothers, Joseph and Eugene left Italy for America in 1872; 6 years later, Louis set sail on the S.S. America from Havre, France to New York, arriving September 20, 1878. He joined his brother Eugene in Rocklin, California, where he found employment in the section crew on the Central Pacific Railroad. He later worked in the harvest field in the vicinity of Hills Ferry, Stanislaus County, at two dollars a day and board. He came successful working in several locations over the years, raising "choice mountain apples, and peddling vegetables and fruits in the mining and lumber camps as far as Emigrant Gap. In 1900, he invested in the land where he now lives; and in 1902 he built the winery known as the Placer County Winery, but he closed the winery in 1919 on account of the Eighteenth Amendment." Upon visiting Italy in 1883, he married Miss Olivia Simonetti, a native Tuscano. She died in Sacramento, September 1,1905, survived by five children. In 1908, Louis married Miss Elisa Bertolucci, a native of Lucca, Italy; she had two children, Stella and Iolanda. The children of his first wife: Mrs. Elvira Carney, of Willows; Mrs.Ida Ridolfi, of Weimar; Americo of San Francisco; Mrs.Lillie Del Greco,of San Francisco; and Mrs.Hilda Van Scyoc, of Willows
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Louis A. Cortopassi owned and operated a fine fruit orchard located a little south of the old mining town of Colfax, California. He was a native of Italy who obtained his U.S. citizenship in Judge Prewitt's court in Auburn. He was born in Tuscano, Italy, January 7, 1855, the youngest of eight children. His parents were Angelo C. and Louisa (Paternie) Cortopassi. Louis' two brothers, Joseph and Eugene left Italy for America in 1872; 6 years later, Louis set sail on the S.S. America from Havre, France to New York, arriving September 20, 1878. He joined his brother Eugene in Rocklin, California, where he found employment in the section crew on the Central Pacific Railroad. He later worked in the harvest field in the vicinity of Hills Ferry, Stanislaus County, at two dollars a day and board. He came successful working in several locations over the years, raising "choice mountain apples, and peddling vegetables and fruits in the mining and lumber camps as far as Emigrant Gap. In 1900, he invested in the land where he now lives; and in 1902 he built the winery known as the Placer County Winery, but he closed the winery in 1919 on account of the Eighteenth Amendment." Upon visiting Italy in 1883, he married Miss Olivia Simonetti, a native Tuscano. She died in Sacramento, September 1,1905, survived by five children. In 1908, Louis married Miss Elisa Bertolucci, a native of Lucca, Italy; she had two children, Stella and Iolanda. The children of his first wife: Mrs. Elvira Carney, of Willows; Mrs.Ida Ridolfi, of Weimar; Americo of San Francisco; Mrs.Lillie Del Greco,of San Francisco; and Mrs.Hilda Van Scyoc, of Willows
"History of Placer and Nevada Counties" published 1924. Available at the Placer County Library in Auburn.
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Louis A. Cortopassi owned and operated a fine fruit orchard located a little south of the old mining town of Colfax, California. He was a native of Italy who obtained his U.S. citizenship in Judge Prewitt's court in Auburn. He was born in Tuscano, Italy, January 7, 1855, the youngest of eight children. His parents were Angelo C. and Louisa (Paternie) Cortopassi. Louis' two brothers, Joseph and Eugene left Italy for America in 1872; 6 years later, Louis set sail on the S.S. America from Havre, France to New York, arriving September 20, 1878. He joined his brother Eugene in Rocklin, California, where he found employment in the section crew on the Central Pacific Railroad. He later worked in the harvest field in the vicinity of Hills Ferry, Stanislaus County, at two dollars a day and board. He came successful working in several locations over the years, raising "choice mountain apples, and peddling vegetables and fruits in the mining and lumber camps as far as Emigrant Gap. In 1900, he invested in the land where he now lives; and in 1902 he built the winery known as the Placer County Winery, but he closed the winery in 1919 on account of the Eighteenth Amendment." Upon visiting Italy in 1883, he married Miss Olivia Simonetti, a native Tuscano. She died in Sacramento, September 1,1905, survived by five children. In 1908, Louis married Miss Elisa Bertolucci, a native of Lucca, Italy; she had two children, Stella and Iolanda. The children of his first wife: Mrs. Elvira Carney, of Willows; Mrs.Ida Ridolfi, of Weimar; Americo of San Francisco; Mrs.Lillie Del Greco,of San Francisco; and Mrs.Hilda Van Scyoc, of Willows
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Louis A. Cortopassi owned and operated a fine fruit orchard located a little south of the old mining town of Colfax, California. He was a native of Italy who obtained his U.S. citizenship in Judge Prewitt's court in Auburn. He was born in Tuscano, Italy, January 7, 1855, the youngest of eight children. His parents were Angelo C. and Louisa (Paternie) Cortopassi. Louis' two brothers, Joseph and Eugene left Italy for America in 1872; 6 years later, Louis set sail on the S.S. America from Havre, France to New York, arriving September 20, 1878. He joined his brother Eugene in Rocklin, California, where he found employment in the section crew on the Central Pacific Railroad. He later worked in the harvest field in the vicinity of Hills Ferry, Stanislaus County, at two dollars a day and board. He came successful working in several locations over the years, raising "choice mountain apples, and peddling vegetables and fruits in the mining and lumber camps as far as Emigrant Gap. In 1900, he invested in the land where he now lives; and in 1902 he built the winery known as the Placer County Winery, but he closed the winery in 1919 on account of the Eighteenth Amendment." Upon visiting Italy in 1883, he married Miss Olivia Simonetti, a native Tuscano. She died in Sacramento, September 1,1905, survived by five children. In 1908, Louis married Miss Elisa Bertolucci, a native of Lucca, Italy; she had two children, Stella and Iolanda. The children of his first wife: Mrs. Elvira Carney, of Willows; Mrs.Ida Ridolfi, of Weimar; Americo of San Francisco; Mrs.Lillie Del Greco,of San Francisco; and Mrs.Hilda Van Scyoc, of Willows
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