Lloyd Raffetto

Lloyd Raffetto
Born
Lloyd Alexander Raffetto

December 27, 1897
Placerville, California
DiedApril 5, 1988(1988-04-05) (aged 90)
Placerville, California
NationalityAmerican
Other namesLloyd A. Raffetto, L.A. Raffetto, Raff
Alma materUniversity of California at Berkeley
Occupation(s)Ice cream process inventor, hotel owner, bank co-founder
Years active1920s-1970s
EmployerRaffles Hotel (owner)
Known forco-founding Mother Lode Bank
SpouseEthel Quigley
Children1 son
Parent(s)John Augustus Raffetto, Adela Isadeen Creighton
RelativesMichael Raffetto (brother), John Augustus Raffetto Jr. (brother), Alexander Howison Murray Jr. (brother-in-law)

Lloyd Raffetto also known as Lloyd A. Raffetto, Lloyd Alexander Raffetto, and "Raff" (1897-1988), was a noted[1] Italian-American-Irish-American co-inventor of an ice cream manufacturing process, entrepreneur, and banker who owned the Raffles Hotel (now Carey House) and co-founded the Mother Lode Bank, both of Placerville, California.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ J.T. White, ed. (1977). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. p. 192. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Oakland Mayor, Visiting Newspapermen, Other Dignitaries to Sample "Hangtown Fry" Breakfast". Mountain Democrat. 19 July 1951. pp. 12 (column 3).
  3. ^ "Carlos S. "Nic" Nicolas". Mountain Democrat. April 26, 1995. p. 9. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Yoholam, Betty (1 October 2001). I Remember" Stories and Pictures of El Dorado County Pioneer Families. Cedar Ridge Publishing. pp. 144–147. ISBN 9780965876346. Retrieved 25 December 2018.