Pete Torroni of San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA was born on June 27, 1899 in Vogorno, Ticino, County Switzerland to Maria Berri and Valente Torroni. He had siblings Gildo Torroni, Erminia Torroni, Battista Torroni, Julia (Torroni) Morando, Valentino Torroni, and Mollia Torroni. He married Santina (Barioni) Torroni, and had a child Florance (Torroni) Brown. Pete Torroni died at age 85 years old on February 9, 1985 in San Jose, Santa Clara County.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...