Kathrena Gambetta Zanoni

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Kathrena Gambetta Zanoni

Date of Birth: 4 Mar 1851

Born In: Switzerland

Age: 48

Occupation: 

Marital Status: Married

Died: 16 Feb 1910

Cause of Death: Carcinoma of Breasts

Death Location: La Honda

Burial Plot: 16

FindaGrave ID: 111900828

Kathrena Gambetta Zanoni

Obituary

By John Edmonds:

Chris Zanoni wrote the following about his family: “It began in Switzerland when James Zanoni received a letter from his cousin living in Pescadero, California working on the Humphrey Dairy Ranch. He wrote of the wealth one could attain from the gold fields that lay on the grounds of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. James gathered two of his brothers to make the move to California. They did so well in their first year panning for gold on the Feather River that they decided to invest their initial riches back into their claim, new tools, sluice boxes, cradle rockers, etc.
Unfortunately, their claim was washed away during the next rainy season and they lost everything. Heartbroken from loss of their investments they decided to find work in San Francisco. The brothers worked at the International Hotel but the low wages and strict employment made them realize their true passion: farming. Working on a dairy ranch owned by the Gambetta Family in Novato, James met and married one of the daughters in 1882, Kathrena Gambetta. They set out immediately to Santa Cruz County and worked on a dairy farm doing what they did best. James worked at the Mindigo Ranch in San Mateo County and conjointly started a family.
Eventually the brothers ventured off on their own. One went to Hollister and the other one travelled up north towards Eureka. James and Kathrena stayed in La Honda to start their own dairy ranch with their eight children.

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