page_title: John Augustus Raffetto Jr.
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: John Augustus Raffetto Jr. / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Bell Tower, Placerville
context_page_description: John Augustus Raffetto Jr. also known as John A. Raffetto and John Raffetto, was an American entrepreneur and banker who owned the Ivy House Hotel of Placerville, California and co-founded the Placer National Bank of Rocklin, California.
context_section_description: John Augustus Raffetto Jr. was born on September 1, 1908, in Placerville, California.  His parents were John Augustus Raffetto Sr. and Adela Creighton Raffetto.  He was the third son of four surviving children, preceded by Lloyd Raffetto and Michael Raffetto and followed by Isadeen Adela Raffetto (future wife of Alexander Howison Murray Jr.).  He attended El Dorado High School and the University of California, Berkeley.
caption: Bell Tower in Placerville, California, where Raffetto was born
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