GATTI

Carlo . b. Dongio, valley of Blenio, canton Ticino, Switzerland 27 July 1817; walked to Paris with 25 francs in his pocket 1829, sold roast chestnuts in the streets and a peculiar dough called goffre, in Paris 1829–47, and in London 1847–49; chocolate maker with Battista Bolla at 129 Holborn hill 1849; pastry cook at 33, 34 and 65 Great hall, Hunger ford market; built Hunger ford hall, Villiers st. Strand 1851, pulled down for Charing Cro station 1862; an ice merchant at Caledonian road, King’s Cro 1857 to death, imported ice from Norway. d. Dongio 6 Sep. 1878. Penny pictorial news 21 Sep. 1878 pp. 1, 3, portrait ; Graphic xviii , 341 (1878), portrait ; Marcus Fall’s London Town (1880) i , 244–52.