MATTEO RUBBA was born April 1, 1864 in Gesso, the province of Messina, Sicily, the son of Angelo Rubba and Maria Sacca.
They say he arrived in Hammonton, New Jersey in 1894 with just 50 dollars in his pockets, went to work picking cranberries and working at the Union General Store.
He also experimented with the manufacturing of bricks at the Winslow Brick Yard before purchasing farm land on 15th Street.
After about four years of farming, Matteo entered a partnership in a wholesale fruit business at 5th and Monroe Streets, Philadelphia, however he returned to Hammonton, buying a general store from Billy Williams. It was a successful enterprise to the point where he needed to buy a larger building on Bellevue Avenue in Hammonton. Here, he operated a grocery, fruit and vegetable business. The store later became RUBBA FURNITURE STORE.
Matteo also was successful in real estate.
On October 4, 1895 he married the former MARIA MANGANO, and they raised 10 children in all.
Matteo's success in Hammonton, New Jersey led to his helping fellow Sicilians from his hometown of Gesso to emigrate to Hammonton.
He also saw to it that most of his sons would go to college, one of them becoming a priest, Rev. John C. Rubba,
and his son Russell R. Rubba becoming a reputable doctor.
They say he arrived in Hammonton, New Jersey in 1894 with just 50 dollars in his pockets, went to work picking cranberries and working at the Union General Store.
He also experimented with the manufacturing of bricks at the Winslow Brick Yard before purchasing farm land on 15th Street.
After about four years of farming, Matteo entered a partnership in a wholesale fruit business at 5th and Monroe Streets, Philadelphia, however he returned to Hammonton, buying a general store from Billy Williams. It was a successful enterprise to the point where he needed to buy a larger building on Bellevue Avenue in Hammonton. Here, he operated a grocery, fruit and vegetable business. The store later became RUBBA FURNITURE STORE.
Matteo also was successful in real estate.
On October 4, 1895 he married the former MARIA MANGANO, and they raised 10 children in all.
Matteo's success in Hammonton, New Jersey led to his helping fellow Sicilians from his hometown of Gesso to emigrate to Hammonton.
He also saw to it that most of his sons would go to college, one of them becoming a priest, Rev. John C. Rubba,
and his son Russell R. Rubba becoming a reputable doctor.
MATTEO RUBBA was born April 1, 1864 in Gesso, the province of Messina, Sicily, the son of Angelo Rubba and Maria Sacca.
They say he arrived in Hammonton, New Jersey in 1894 with just 50 dollars in his pockets, went to work picking cranberries and working at the Union General Store.
He also experimented with the manufacturing of bricks at the Winslow Brick Yard before purchasing farm land on 15th Street.
After about four years of farming, Matteo entered a partnership in a wholesale fruit business at 5th and Monroe Streets, Philadelphia, however he returned to Hammonton, buying a general store from Billy Williams. It was a successful enterprise to the point where he needed to buy a larger building on Bellevue Avenue in Hammonton. Here, he operated a grocery, fruit and vegetable business. The store later became RUBBA FURNITURE STORE.
Matteo also was successful in real estate.
On October 4, 1895 he married the former MARIA MANGANO, and they raised 10 children in all.
Matteo's success in Hammonton, New Jersey led to his helping fellow Sicilians from his hometown of Gesso to emigrate to Hammonton.
He also saw to it that most of his sons would go to college, one of them becoming a priest, Rev. John C. Rubba,
and his son Russell R. Rubba becoming a reputable doctor.
They say he arrived in Hammonton, New Jersey in 1894 with just 50 dollars in his pockets, went to work picking cranberries and working at the Union General Store.
He also experimented with the manufacturing of bricks at the Winslow Brick Yard before purchasing farm land on 15th Street.
After about four years of farming, Matteo entered a partnership in a wholesale fruit business at 5th and Monroe Streets, Philadelphia, however he returned to Hammonton, buying a general store from Billy Williams. It was a successful enterprise to the point where he needed to buy a larger building on Bellevue Avenue in Hammonton. Here, he operated a grocery, fruit and vegetable business. The store later became RUBBA FURNITURE STORE.
Matteo also was successful in real estate.
On October 4, 1895 he married the former MARIA MANGANO, and they raised 10 children in all.
Matteo's success in Hammonton, New Jersey led to his helping fellow Sicilians from his hometown of Gesso to emigrate to Hammonton.
He also saw to it that most of his sons would go to college, one of them becoming a priest, Rev. John C. Rubba,
and his son Russell R. Rubba becoming a reputable doctor.
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