San Diego County Biographies
 
MARCO BRUSCHI

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Hotel proprietor, San Diego, was born in the province of Parma, Italy, December 
26, 1840; his parents are natives of Italy. Marco was the youngest of a family 
of seven children, five sons and two daughters; he came to America in 1860, 
landing at New York; after a few days he embarked for the Isthmus of Panama, 
taking the steamer from there to San Francisco. He went at once to visit a 
brother who resided at Colterville, Mariposa County, who conducted a general 
mercantile business. Marco entered his store as clerk, remaining about two 
years, when he went to the mining districts in Mariposa and Tuolumne counties, 
taking up claims and following placer mining for two-and-a-half years, then 
prospected in quartz mining; a company was formed and a crusher erected, but 
meeting with no favorable results he went to Colorado as manager of the Delphina 
mines. In 1869 he quit mining, and coining to San Diego started a general 
merchandise business under the firm name of Marco Bruschi & Co., which in 1874 
was changed to G. Ginacchio & Co. Marco retained his interest and continued with 
the firm until 1880, when they sold their entire stock. They were the leading 
merchants in town and carried a stock of $80,000. After settling the affairs of 
the business, in 1883, Marco leased ground and erected a hotel on the corner of 
I and Fifth streets, which he now occupies.
        In 1882 he returned to his native country for a short visit and was 
married while absent to Columba Rossi, of Parma, Italy, on December 22, 1882. 
She returned with him to his California home. They have two children: Angelino 
and Anton. Mr. Bruschi is a member of the Encampment of Odd Fellows, resident in 
San Diego.
 
SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California… Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.  p.-  271-272