This city directory from 1902 tells us that very soon after Giovanni arrived in the United States (according to census records, he arrived sometime between 1900 & 1901), he and his brothers Angelo and Vincenzo had employment at Sargent and Company in New Haven.
A little bit about the Sargent company, a wholesale hardware business in New Haven, can be found below; "SARGENT’s original New Haven location was along Water Street on land now occupied by the Teletrack Theatre and The Maritime Building(s) with a portion of the plant bordering Wallace and Hamilton Street. Prior to the Sargent brothers acquiring this property, it was owned by such historical names as colonial patriot Jesse Leavenworth (1760), Benedict Arnold (1778), Eli Whitney (1807), and the Fulton Steamboat Company (1817). The original plant started out with a series of five-story brick buildings, storage sheds, and, as the business grew, other buildings were added. Connecting these various structures were “catwalks” or bridges, often spanning busy city streets. By 1914, the SARGENT product catalog listed some 60,000 different items, making it one of the largest hardware manufacturing plants in the United States." If you'd like to learn more, click here.
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