Domingo Amestoy

Domingo Amestoy —an haife shi Dominique — (kimanin 1822–1892)   makiyayin tumaki ne na Basque, kuma ma'aikacin banki, ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa asusun tallafawa Bankin Manoma da 'Yan Kasuwa a Los Angeles, California, a 1871. 

 Rayuwa 
An haife shi a ƙauyen Basque na Saint-Pierre-d'Irube, Faransa,   Domingo Amestoy ya zo California ta hanyar Argentina a 1851. Amestoy ya fara kasuwancin tumaki mai sauƙi kuma cikin 'yan shekaru ya mayar da shi abin arziki. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu samar da ulu a Kudancin California a shekarun 1860. A 1871, ya sayi hannun jari na dala $500,000 a sabon Bankin Manoma da 'Yan Kasuwa da aka kafa a Los Angeles. A 1874 ya koma Faransa ya yi aure. A 1875 Amestoy ya ƙaura da iyalinsa zuwa    na "Rosecrans Rancho" a cikin abin da ake kira Gardena a yanzu. Zuwa shekarar 1880, yana da tumaki sama da 30,000, yawancinsu nau'ikan tumaki ne na Spain masu laushi da ulu.

A shekara ta 1889 ya sayi dukkan    na Rancho Los Encinos a kwarin San Fernando . Bayan mutuwar Domingo Amestoy a ranar 11 ga Janairu, 1892, 'ya'yansa maza, John da Peter Amestoy, suka fara aikin kiwon dabbobi suka canza sunan zuwa gonar Amestoy. Kamar sauran gonaki a kwarin San Fernando a lokacin, Amestoys sun noma alkama da sha'ir. Iyalan Amestoy sun riƙe madafun ikon rancho na tsawon shekaru hamsin da biyar. A shekarar 1915, yankin rancho ya fara girma daga baya zuwa al'ummomin Sherman Oaks da Encino . Amestoys ya riƙe   , wanda ya haɗa da tsohon adobe har zuwa lokacin da aka sayar da kadarorin a shekarar 1944.

 Gado 
An sanya wa Makarantar Firamare ta Amestoy da ke Gardena, California suna don girmama shi. An sanya wa Amestoy Avenue da ke San Fernando Valley suna don girmama shi. Amestoy Avenue yana da nisan 7 miles (11 km) Arewa maso Kudu ta hanyar unguwannin Encino, Reseda, Northridge, da Granada Hills daga Ventura Boulevard (an katse shi) zuwa babbar hanyar 118 .

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