Born in St. Antonino, canton Ticino, Switzerland, February 14, 1862, Alessio Bassi came to California in 1879, and to San Luis Obispo County in 1882. His father, Andrea Bassi, was a dairyman; and Alessio was raised on the home farm, pursuing his studies at the public school until fourteen years of age. After that he worked for his uncle until he reached the age of seventeen years, when he decided to come to California. Two of his brothers had located at Fort Ross; so after his arrival, in 1879, Alessio went to Fort Ross, where he found employment on a dairy. Later he was in the employ of N. Sartori, at Duncan's Mill. In 1882 he came to Cayucos. He worked on dairy ranches on Morro creek till 1885, when he started business on his own account on little Morro creek, running a dairy ranch of five hundred acres, with a herd of about fifty cows. For a while he did well; but low prices of butter and hogs caused the loss of all he had made, and he again went to work for wages, to get another start.
Mr. Bassi then home steaded eighty acres on San Bernardo creek and ran a small dairy, increasing his acreage by renting land, and adding to his herd until he had a dairy of fifty-eight cows. He then sold out, and in 1908 leased his present place of seven hundred seventy acres in the Harmony district, bought stock and implements, and now milks about one hundren cows, separating the cream with a power separator. He owns a ranch of eighty-seven acres in Luguna Valley, two and one-half miles from San Luis Obispo; and this he leases out.
Alessio Bassi was married in San Luis Obispo to Miss Ermina Georgia, also a native of Ticino, by whom he has six children: Ida, Mrs. Guerra of San Luis Obispo; Lillie, Mrs. Filipponi of Los Osos valley; Dora, Mrs. Madonna of Villa Creek; and Louis, Alessio, and Virginia, who live at home.
Mr. Bassi is a stockholder in the Harmony Creamery Association. In politics, he is a Republican.
Morrison, Annie. History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1917. p.1031.
ALESSIO BASSI FUNERAL HELD
One of San Luis Obispo's most impressive funerals was held Friday when friends and relatives of Alessio Bassi, prominent rancher, killed by an automobile Tuesday night, gathered to pay their last respects.
The long funeral procession moved from the Bassi ranch home to the Old Mission church, where high mass was said by Rev. Father McCabe.
Interment was the the Catholic mausoleum, with Rev. Father Buckly in charge of services there.
Pallbearers were Joseph Pelascini, Henry Paulsen, Douglas Hynes, Pete Tartaglia, Antone Pilacci and Antone Franchini.
Banks of flowers attested to the respect held for Mr. Bassi by the many mourners.
A verdict of accidental death was rendered Thursday night at a coroner's jury, and A. L. Gabrielson, whose car struck Mr. Bassi as he crossed the highway five miles south of San Luis Obispo, was not held.
Dr. J.W. Nielsen, who was called after the accident, Alessio Bassi Jr., A.L. Gabrielson, H.N. Nickson and M.H. Fish were witnesses at the inquest.
Mr. Nickson and Mr. Fish were driving automobiles behind that of Mr. Gabrielson when the fatal accident occurred.
The jury which rendered the verdict of accidental death was composed of: C.W. Reynolds (foreman), F.E. Gist, H.W. Greenfield, M. Green, L.L. Fisher, J. Luchessa, Fred Juhl, A.T. Souza, E.D. Bray, William Lehnhoff.
According to the story told by Mr. Gabrielson and other witnesses, Mr. Bassi had just stepped across the highway and into the path of the car before he was hit. Mr. Gabrielson was reported to have been traveling at a moderate rate of speed.
Surviving Mr. Bassi are his widow and six children, Mrs. Dora Madona, Mrs. Mary Filiponi, Virginia Bassi, Louis Bassi and Alessio Bassi of San Luis Obispo and Mrs. Erminio Beffa of Gonzalez.
San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, Fri. Mar.28, 1930 p.1
Mr. Bassi then home steaded eighty acres on San Bernardo creek and ran a small dairy, increasing his acreage by renting land, and adding to his herd until he had a dairy of fifty-eight cows. He then sold out, and in 1908 leased his present place of seven hundred seventy acres in the Harmony district, bought stock and implements, and now milks about one hundren cows, separating the cream with a power separator. He owns a ranch of eighty-seven acres in Luguna Valley, two and one-half miles from San Luis Obispo; and this he leases out.
Alessio Bassi was married in San Luis Obispo to Miss Ermina Georgia, also a native of Ticino, by whom he has six children: Ida, Mrs. Guerra of San Luis Obispo; Lillie, Mrs. Filipponi of Los Osos valley; Dora, Mrs. Madonna of Villa Creek; and Louis, Alessio, and Virginia, who live at home.
Mr. Bassi is a stockholder in the Harmony Creamery Association. In politics, he is a Republican.
Morrison, Annie. History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1917. p.1031.
ALESSIO BASSI FUNERAL HELD
One of San Luis Obispo's most impressive funerals was held Friday when friends and relatives of Alessio Bassi, prominent rancher, killed by an automobile Tuesday night, gathered to pay their last respects.
The long funeral procession moved from the Bassi ranch home to the Old Mission church, where high mass was said by Rev. Father McCabe.
Interment was the the Catholic mausoleum, with Rev. Father Buckly in charge of services there.
Pallbearers were Joseph Pelascini, Henry Paulsen, Douglas Hynes, Pete Tartaglia, Antone Pilacci and Antone Franchini.
Banks of flowers attested to the respect held for Mr. Bassi by the many mourners.
A verdict of accidental death was rendered Thursday night at a coroner's jury, and A. L. Gabrielson, whose car struck Mr. Bassi as he crossed the highway five miles south of San Luis Obispo, was not held.
Dr. J.W. Nielsen, who was called after the accident, Alessio Bassi Jr., A.L. Gabrielson, H.N. Nickson and M.H. Fish were witnesses at the inquest.
Mr. Nickson and Mr. Fish were driving automobiles behind that of Mr. Gabrielson when the fatal accident occurred.
The jury which rendered the verdict of accidental death was composed of: C.W. Reynolds (foreman), F.E. Gist, H.W. Greenfield, M. Green, L.L. Fisher, J. Luchessa, Fred Juhl, A.T. Souza, E.D. Bray, William Lehnhoff.
According to the story told by Mr. Gabrielson and other witnesses, Mr. Bassi had just stepped across the highway and into the path of the car before he was hit. Mr. Gabrielson was reported to have been traveling at a moderate rate of speed.
Surviving Mr. Bassi are his widow and six children, Mrs. Dora Madona, Mrs. Mary Filiponi, Virginia Bassi, Louis Bassi and Alessio Bassi of San Luis Obispo and Mrs. Erminio Beffa of Gonzalez.
San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, Fri. Mar.28, 1930 p.1
Born in St. Antonino, canton Ticino, Switzerland, February 14, 1862, Alessio Bassi came to California in 1879, and to San Luis Obispo County in 1882. His father, Andrea Bassi, was a dairyman; and Alessio was raised on the home farm, pursuing his studies at the public school until fourteen years of age. After that he worked for his uncle until he reached the age of seventeen years, when he decided to come to California. Two of his brothers had located at Fort Ross; so after his arrival, in 1879, Alessio went to Fort Ross, where he found employment on a dairy. Later he was in the employ of N. Sartori, at Duncan's Mill. In 1882 he came to Cayucos. He worked on dairy ranches on Morro creek till 1885, when he started business on his own account on little Morro creek, running a dairy ranch of five hundred acres, with a herd of about fifty cows. For a while he did well; but low prices of butter and hogs caused the loss of all he had made, and he again went to work for wages, to get another start.
Mr. Bassi then home steaded eighty acres on San Bernardo creek and ran a small dairy, increasing his acreage by renting land, and adding to his herd until he had a dairy of fifty-eight cows. He then sold out, and in 1908 leased his present place of seven hundred seventy acres in the Harmony district, bought stock and implements, and now milks about one hundren cows, separating the cream with a power separator. He owns a ranch of eighty-seven acres in Luguna Valley, two and one-half miles from San Luis Obispo; and this he leases out.
Alessio Bassi was married in San Luis Obispo to Miss Ermina Georgia, also a native of Ticino, by whom he has six children: Ida, Mrs. Guerra of San Luis Obispo; Lillie, Mrs. Filipponi of Los Osos valley; Dora, Mrs. Madonna of Villa Creek; and Louis, Alessio, and Virginia, who live at home.
Mr. Bassi is a stockholder in the Harmony Creamery Association. In politics, he is a Republican.
Morrison, Annie. History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1917. p.1031.
ALESSIO BASSI FUNERAL HELD
One of San Luis Obispo's most impressive funerals was held Friday when friends and relatives of Alessio Bassi, prominent rancher, killed by an automobile Tuesday night, gathered to pay their last respects.
The long funeral procession moved from the Bassi ranch home to the Old Mission church, where high mass was said by Rev. Father McCabe.
Interment was the the Catholic mausoleum, with Rev. Father Buckly in charge of services there.
Pallbearers were Joseph Pelascini, Henry Paulsen, Douglas Hynes, Pete Tartaglia, Antone Pilacci and Antone Franchini.
Banks of flowers attested to the respect held for Mr. Bassi by the many mourners.
A verdict of accidental death was rendered Thursday night at a coroner's jury, and A. L. Gabrielson, whose car struck Mr. Bassi as he crossed the highway five miles south of San Luis Obispo, was not held.
Dr. J.W. Nielsen, who was called after the accident, Alessio Bassi Jr., A.L. Gabrielson, H.N. Nickson and M.H. Fish were witnesses at the inquest.
Mr. Nickson and Mr. Fish were driving automobiles behind that of Mr. Gabrielson when the fatal accident occurred.
The jury which rendered the verdict of accidental death was composed of: C.W. Reynolds (foreman), F.E. Gist, H.W. Greenfield, M. Green, L.L. Fisher, J. Luchessa, Fred Juhl, A.T. Souza, E.D. Bray, William Lehnhoff.
According to the story told by Mr. Gabrielson and other witnesses, Mr. Bassi had just stepped across the highway and into the path of the car before he was hit. Mr. Gabrielson was reported to have been traveling at a moderate rate of speed.
Surviving Mr. Bassi are his widow and six children, Mrs. Dora Madona, Mrs. Mary Filiponi, Virginia Bassi, Louis Bassi and Alessio Bassi of San Luis Obispo and Mrs. Erminio Beffa of Gonzalez.
San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, Fri. Mar.28, 1930 p.1
Mr. Bassi then home steaded eighty acres on San Bernardo creek and ran a small dairy, increasing his acreage by renting land, and adding to his herd until he had a dairy of fifty-eight cows. He then sold out, and in 1908 leased his present place of seven hundred seventy acres in the Harmony district, bought stock and implements, and now milks about one hundren cows, separating the cream with a power separator. He owns a ranch of eighty-seven acres in Luguna Valley, two and one-half miles from San Luis Obispo; and this he leases out.
Alessio Bassi was married in San Luis Obispo to Miss Ermina Georgia, also a native of Ticino, by whom he has six children: Ida, Mrs. Guerra of San Luis Obispo; Lillie, Mrs. Filipponi of Los Osos valley; Dora, Mrs. Madonna of Villa Creek; and Louis, Alessio, and Virginia, who live at home.
Mr. Bassi is a stockholder in the Harmony Creamery Association. In politics, he is a Republican.
Morrison, Annie. History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1917. p.1031.
ALESSIO BASSI FUNERAL HELD
One of San Luis Obispo's most impressive funerals was held Friday when friends and relatives of Alessio Bassi, prominent rancher, killed by an automobile Tuesday night, gathered to pay their last respects.
The long funeral procession moved from the Bassi ranch home to the Old Mission church, where high mass was said by Rev. Father McCabe.
Interment was the the Catholic mausoleum, with Rev. Father Buckly in charge of services there.
Pallbearers were Joseph Pelascini, Henry Paulsen, Douglas Hynes, Pete Tartaglia, Antone Pilacci and Antone Franchini.
Banks of flowers attested to the respect held for Mr. Bassi by the many mourners.
A verdict of accidental death was rendered Thursday night at a coroner's jury, and A. L. Gabrielson, whose car struck Mr. Bassi as he crossed the highway five miles south of San Luis Obispo, was not held.
Dr. J.W. Nielsen, who was called after the accident, Alessio Bassi Jr., A.L. Gabrielson, H.N. Nickson and M.H. Fish were witnesses at the inquest.
Mr. Nickson and Mr. Fish were driving automobiles behind that of Mr. Gabrielson when the fatal accident occurred.
The jury which rendered the verdict of accidental death was composed of: C.W. Reynolds (foreman), F.E. Gist, H.W. Greenfield, M. Green, L.L. Fisher, J. Luchessa, Fred Juhl, A.T. Souza, E.D. Bray, William Lehnhoff.
According to the story told by Mr. Gabrielson and other witnesses, Mr. Bassi had just stepped across the highway and into the path of the car before he was hit. Mr. Gabrielson was reported to have been traveling at a moderate rate of speed.
Surviving Mr. Bassi are his widow and six children, Mrs. Dora Madona, Mrs. Mary Filiponi, Virginia Bassi, Louis Bassi and Alessio Bassi of San Luis Obispo and Mrs. Erminio Beffa of Gonzalez.
San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, Fri. Mar.28, 1930 p.1
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