Joseph Barudoni
(credit: information given by Lori Barudoni wife of Mark Barudoni who is the great grandson)

1865-1914

Joseph, born Guissepe, Barudoni, a native of Switzerland, was born in the year 1865. He came to California at the turn of the century and worked as a cattle buyer in Sparks and Reno Nevada and Rocklin, Placer County. He also operated a slaughter house in Rocklin as well as a butcher shop in that place, Loomis, Roseville and Reno.In 1905 he erected a Rocklin landmark, the two story granite building on front street to which he subsequently moved his Palace Meat Market.

Joe Barudoni died in December, 1914, age forty nine. He was survived by his wife, Louise Trosi Barudoni, also a native of Switzerland, and sons: Ray of Auburn and Louis of Sacramento.

The old Barudoni Building , a long-time Rocklin landmark, still stands on Front Street, It now houses an antique shop.

From: Rocklin: Past, Present, Future by Leonard M. Davis. Published by the Rocklin Friends of the Library, Rocklin Ca., 1981.


The following was provided by Lori Barudoni, great grandaughter of Joseph, on September 23, 2001

Joseph Barudoni was born “Guiseppe Barudoni” in the year of 1865 in the Canton of Ticino, in Chironico in the Leventina Valley, Switzerland. He immigrated to the Sierra Valley in NE California where he was involved in ranching. He married Louise Trosi, born 1878, and settled in Rocklin, CA. He built a granite building in Rocklin at 5250 Front Street in 1905 and opened a butcher shop at that location. That building still stands today and is Rocklin Historical Landmark #3. We believe that he left behind a brother and sister when he left Switzerland and his Father may have come to America briefly, living in Salinas, CA before returning to Switzerland. We also believe that his brother and sister died in Switzerland and at the time of their death left some money for the foundation of a school, which may or may not be named after them. Joseph “Guiseppe” Barudoni died in Dec. 23, 1914 at 49 years of age and is buried in Rocklin.