- Patrick Cudahy
Patrick Cudahy, Jr. (kŭd ŭ hay);
March 17 ,1849 -July 25 ,1919 ) was an American industrialist and patriarch of the Cudahy family.Cudahy was born on
St. Patrick's Day inCallan, County Kilkenny Ireland . [ [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1213& Cudahy, Patrick 1849 - 1919] - Dictionary of Wisconsin History - Wisconsin Historical Society] [ [http://www.livestockexpo.org/ssclub/ssbook_pdfs/abc.pdf "Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Catalogue"] - North American International Livestock Exposition - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)] [Sherman, Jeff. [http://staff.onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/cudahy.html "Milwaukee Talks: Michael Cudahy"] - OnMilwaukee.com - August 28, 2002] A few months after he was born, his family moved toMilwaukee, Wisconsin . He worked his way up at the Plankinton and Armour meat packing plant in the Menomonee River Valley, becoming the superintendent in 1874. In 1888, the owner,John Plankinton , transferred the company to Patrick and his brother, John. The company became known as "Cudahy Brothers." The company changed its name to "Patrick Cudahy, Inc." in 1957, long after Cudahy's death.In 1892, Cudahy moved the company to a 700 acre (2.8 km²) plot of land south of
Milwaukee which he and his brother John bought for the purpose. This land was in the former Town of Lake, which is now divided between the municipalities of Milwaukee, St. Francis, and Cudahy.Patrick Cudahy is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee.
Family
Patrick Cudahy's family includes:
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Patrick Cudahy, Sr. , father*** John Clarence Cudahy (1887-1943), son (lawyer, real estate broker and U.S. ambassador to
Poland ,Ireland andBelgium )
*** Michael Cudahy, son (President of Patrick Cudahy, Inc from 1919 onwards)
**** Michael Cudahy, grandson (Founder ofMarquette Electronics and philanthropist)
*****Robert J. Beck , great, great grandson (educator and international law scholar).
** John Cudahy (1843-1915), brother (silent partner in the meat packing plants, Milwaukee and Chicago; Louisville self)
** Michael Cudahy (1841-1910), brother (president of Armour-Cudahy company, co-founder ofCudahy Packing Company (Omaha), and the city ofCudahy, California )
** Edward Aloysius Cudahy, Sr. (1860-1941), brother, co-founder Cudahy Packing Company (Omaha)
*** Edward Aloysius Cudahy, Jr. (1884-1961), nephewReferences
External links
* [http://www.patrickcudahy.com/company-founder.html Biography of Patrick Cudahy at Patrick Cudahy, Inc.]
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