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MICHAEL DE MATTEI
Bio-Sawyers
SURNAMES: NICORA, BAIOCCHI,
In commercial circles the San Jose Ravenna Paste Company holds a
position as one of the strongest and largest concerns or its kind in
California. The business of the firm is "transacted at its main office
and factory in San Jose, located at 49-55 North San Pedro Street, where
macaroni and kindred products are manufactured. This is a San Jose
concern, which has grown from a small beginning and has become an
important industry, tcur tons of food products being produced every
day. The manager of the company, Michael De Mattei, is one of the able
and deserving business men of San Jose. Much of his time is spent in
travel throughout California selling the products manufactured" by the
company. He is a native son of San Jose, born July 4, 1880. His father,
August Mattei, was born in Italy and came to .San Jose in 1865. After
arriving in the United States, he learned the butcher's trade and
followed it for many years. He was married in San Jose in 1875 to Miss
Teresa Nicora, also a native of Italy. They were the parents of four
children, three now "living: August, Michael, and Teresa, 'the wife of
Louis J. Trinchero, who resides at Niles, Cal"
Mr. De Mattei attended St. Joseph's College and graduated with the
class of 1896. Soon after leaving school, he was employed as bookkeeper
for the San Jese Paste Company. In 1915 a consolidation of the San Jose
Paste Company and the Ravenna Paste Company. was effected and Mr. De
Mattei assumed the managership of the new company, and to his native
ability is due, in a large measure, the success that has come to the
enterprise. The factory is commodious and sanitary in every respect,
and their
products are of a high grade.
The marriage of Mr. De Mattei united him with Miss
Flavia Baiocchi, a native of San Jose, educated at the College of
Notre Dame. They are the parents of three children: " Elmer, Arthur,
and Bernadette.
Mr. De Mattei is affiliated fraternally with the Knights of Columbus,
is an active member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, also' of the
Chamber of Commerce of San Jose. The family are members of the Catholic
Church of San Jose. Pre-eminently a business man, finding his greatest
pleasure in the management of his commercial interests, he nevertheless
does not" neglect any duty that falls upon him as a citizen. but has
always been. a con-ributor to the development of his community.
Transcribed from Eugene T. Sawyers' History
of Santa Clara
County,California, published by Historic Record Co. , 1922.
page 1363