Peter Zamaroni
Still another of the sons of Switzerland contributing to the citizenship of California is Peter Zamaroni, who is engaged in dairying in Marin county. He was born in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, in 1856, and in sight of the hills and valleys which make Switzerland the beautiful spot that it is, he continued to make his home until attaining his majority.
Among the immigrants who landed on our shore in the year 1866 was Peter Zamaroni, a young man full of enthusiasm and determination to make a success of the venture which he had made in departing from the land of his forefathers to begin life anew in the midst of strange conditions. Nearly forty- five years have come and gone in the meantime, and he has at no time expressed a desire to return to his native land for a permanent residence. Many of his countrymen had preceded him to Sonoma county and it was this circumstance no doubt which attracted him to this part of the west also. Here he leases three hundred and fifty acres of fine land, twenty-five acres of which is under cultivation, and the remainder in pasture land for his fifty head of cows and young stock and four head of horses. In his native land he had become proficient in farming and dairying, so that in coming to this country he had only to adapt himself and his knowledge to conditions as he found them here and continue the work for which he was so well fitted. He is one of the most enterprising and up-to-date ranchers in this vicinity, and the ranch not only has the appearance of thrift, but the returns at the end of the year prove that appearances have not been deceiving.
Mr. Zamaroni’s marriage united him with Miss Ramilda Mattei, who is also a native of Switzerland, born in the year 1864. Seven children, three sons and four daughters, have been born of this marriage, as follows: Emeilo, Pereino, Waldo, Egedia, Emma, Jessie and Lillian. The parents are training their children in the faith of the Roman Catholic Church, the same in which they themselves were trained, and to which they have adhered all of their lives. Politically Mr. Zamaroni is a Republican.
History of Sonoma
County, California
History by Tom Gregory : Historic Record Company, 1891
Los Angeles, Ca. 1911
Transcribed by Roberta Hester Leatherwood
May 21, 2012 Pages 1055-1056
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