Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Callegaro, Lorenzo ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 13, 2006, 5:02 pm Author: History of Grundy County, 1914 Callegaro, Lorenzo, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, dry goods and other commodities at South Wilmington, is one of the leading merchants of Grundy County. He was born in 1862 in northern Italy, as were his parents, Baptista and Osvalda (Demelo) Callegaro, who died in their native land. In 1885 Lorenzo Callegaro came to the United States, first locating at Aramont, Mich., where he worked in the coal mines until 1900, but in that year came to South Wilmington, where he was employed by the Chicago, Wilmington and Vermillion Coal Company in their mines for about six months. During this time he looked into existing conditions very carefully, and seeing an opening for a store of the kind he proposed conducting, he opened it, and has since conducted it with marked success. He not only owns his residence in South Wilmington, but also his business property and is now one of the substantial men of the village. On February 2, 1898, Mr. Callegaro was married to Flora Baldowin, a daughter of Corine and Mary (Vecelia) Baldovin, natives of northern Italy. Mr. and Mrs. Callegaro have had six children: Lena; John, who died in infancy, is buried in Braidwood Cemetery; and Mary, John, Anna and Louis, all of the living children being at home. Mrs. Callegaro ably assists her husband in the store and both have made many friends by their pleasing, genial manners and accommodating spirit. They are member of the Catholic Church. Mr. Callegaro belongs to the White Tie, the Italian Lodge of Eagles, the Marco Polo Italian Lodge and the Christopher Columbus Italian Lodge. In politics he is a Republican having taken out his naturalization papers at Aramont, Mich. He is a good citizen, highly respected by all who know him, and beloved by his family to whom he is a kind and loving husband and father. page 782 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/callegar741nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb