NameJohn Batista DULCICH83
Birth9 Jul 1883, Hunter’s Valley, Mariposa Co., California
Death29 Aug 1957, Merced Co., California5
Spouses
Birth23 May 1885, West Point, Calaveras Co., CA
Death13 Oct 1972, San Francisco Co., California5
FatherJames Manna WICKHAM (1859-)
MotherEmma Jane SMALLING (1858-1943)
Marriage19 Dec 1904, Merced Co., California
Divorceabt 1936
ChildrenHarold Vernon (1905-1983)
 Verna Adelaide (1907-1999)
 Orval Clyde (1911-1969)
 Elma Vivian (1914-1983)
Birth2 Dec 1891, Colorado
Death29 Nov 1964, Merced Co., California
Notes for John Batista DULCICH
BORN- In Hunter's Valley, July 9th, 1883, to the wife of George
DOLCICH, a son. Mariposa Gazette: July 28, 1883

DULCICH-WICKHAM December 24, 1904 Mariposa Gazette: MARRIED.
John B. DULCICH, 21 years old, and Eloise WICKHAM, aged 19, both of Hornitos, were married in this city Monday by Justice of the peace J. J. GRIFFIN.- Merced Star.

1910 Census > California > MARIPOSA > 1-TWP > Series: T624 Roll: 87 Page: 142
DULCICH, John B., head, M, W, age 26, married (1) five years, born Calif, father born Austria, mother born Switz., occupation: electrician
DULCICH, Eloise N., wife, F, W, age 25, married (1) five years, mother of 2 children, 2 still living, born CA, both parents born CA

J B DULCICH BIOGRAPHY; From the book "History of Merced County":
submitted by Sharon DULCICH
One who has taken advantage of the opportunities that have come in his way, and when the opportunities were not coming has made some, is J. B. DULCICH, the owner of a sixteen and one-half acre ranch in the Second Bradley addition of Merced, which he acquired by purchase in 1908. It is not a large ranch, but developed as he is doing it, into orchard and vineyard, it will furnish a comfortable livelihood whenever he may wish to retire from other business. Though of foreign parentage, Mr. Dulcich is a native of California, born in Hunter's Valley, Mariposa County, July 9 1883, the youngest of two sons born to George and Adelaide (SPAGNOLI) Dulcich. His brother, Jacamore, died when eleven months old. His father, was born in Jugo Slavia and died at his home in Merced January 8, 1914. The mother was born in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, and died in Hunter's Valley in 1903. The father left home at the age of twenty and went to sea and, after traveling the seven seas of the world, left his ship at San Francisco in 1861, went to Stockton on a river boat, and by stage from there to the home of his cousin near Hornitos, crossing the ferry at Merced Falls. For twelve years he worked in the Washington Mine. He became a naturalized citizen and a prominent figure in mining circles. In 1873 he took up Government land in Hunter's Valley, built a house there and engaged in stock and fruit production, planting one of the earliest orchards in that section. It proved a wonderful success and he won the esteem of his fellow men and had a wide circle of friends. The property was held till his death, when his son sold it in accordance with a plan of his father's. The mother came out to California in 1868, preceded by her brothers, Joseph and Valentine SPAGNOLI, both prominent Swiss-Americans at the time of their death, the oldest having come to California in 1849. J. B. DULCICH received a good education in the Hunter Valley school then attended by some twenty pupils. At sixteen years of age he took up ranch work with his father and remained at home till he was twenty-three. He was married at Merced to Miss Eloise N. WICKHAM, born at West Point, Calaveras County. Her father was a pioneer miner of that place and lost his life in a mine catastrophe. Her mother then married Winfield Scott McSWAIN and resides in the Bradley addition. They have four children: Harold; Verna, a student in the Merced High School; Orval; and Elma. Mr DULCICH is a member of Merced Camp, W. O. W. He left the home ranch to work for the Exchequer Mine and Power Company at Exchequer, and three years later he went to the BARRETT ranch at Merced Falls, where he was occupied until 1913. He then moved to Merced, and in 1915 came to his own ranch property. Besides his ranching he was in the employ of the Standard Oil Company for three years and delivered oil throughout Merced County with a horse-drawn vehicle; in 1918 he entered the employ of the Associated Oil Company of Merced and with motor vehicles covered forty miles a day, going as far as Chowchilla, Madera County. Mr. DULCICH holds the high esteem of his fellow men and his family is well and favorably know, their home being the center of many happy and social occasions.
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