Finding Aid of the Domenico Ghiradelli Papers C057973
Finding aid prepared by Nick Scales
Society of California Pioneers
4/10/2012
300 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA, 94107-1272
(415) 959-1849
pkeats@californiapioneers.org
Title: Ghiradelli, Domenico Papers
Identifier/Call Number: C057973
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
(2 letters, 2 ledger pages)
Date (inclusive): 1867 to 1872
Abstract: Two handwritten copies of legal responses in a case before the 12th Circuit Court of San Francisco in the case "Domenico Granoni,
Plantiff vs Domenico Ghiradelli, Defendant" over a claim for payment of $308. Also 2 ledger pages, handwritten. One for D.
Ghiradelli Co and the other for San Pablo Ranch both cover periods from 1867 to 1868.
creator:
Ghirardelli, Domenico, 1817-1894
Existence and Location of Originals note
The Society of California Pioneers, 300 Fourth St. San Francisco, CA 94107
Related Archival Materials note
the Society has the following institutional records for Domingo Ghirardelli: Archives Record, vol. 2, pg. 61; SCP Records,
vol. 2, pg. 89; Mortuary Record, 1892-1906, pg. 29.
Gift of Mrs. Mollie Berry, February 25, 1943.
Two handwritten copies of legal responses in a case before the 12th Circuit Court of San Francisco in the case "Domenico Granoni,
Plantiff vs Domenico Ghiradelli, Defendant" over a claim for payment of $308. Also two ledger pages, handwritten. One for
D. Ghiradelli Co and the other for San Pablo Ranch both cover periods from 1867 to 1868. The two ledger pages are a gift of
Mrs. Mollie Berry, February 25, 1943.
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection open for research
There are no restrictions on access
Domenico Ghiradelli, Papers, The Society of California Pioneers
Domenico (Domingo) Ghirardelli, founded the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company in San Francisco. He was born in Genoa, Italy on
Feb 21, 1817. He arrived in San Francisco in 1849 from Lima, Peru aboard the brig "Mazeppa. He died in 1984 in Rapallo, Italy.
His wife was Carmen Alvarado and they had six children. He established himself in the chocolate business in 1853 with the
opening of Ghirardelli and Girard. The Ghirardelli Company moved to its location on North Point in San Francisco in 1895.
He began to use the Spanish form of his name, Domingo, when he arrived in Peru in 1838.
Ghirardelli was a member of the Society of California Pioneers, the Gariabaldi Guard, the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the
Italian Benevolent Society
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company.
San Pablo Ranch (Calif.)