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Canadian-American businessman (1874–1953)

James L. Kraft
Born	James Lewis Kraft (1874-12-11)December 11, 1874 Stevensville, Ontario, Canada
Died	February 16, 1953(1953-02-16) (aged 78) Chicago, Illinois, US
Resting place	Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Illinois, US
Nationality	Canadian-American
Known for	Kraft Foods Inc
Spouse	Pauline Kraft
Children	1

James Lewis Kraft (; December 11, 1874 – February 16, 1953) was natty Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor concentrate on the founder of Kraft Foods Inc.

Kraft immigrated to rank United States from Canada talk to 1902. He developed a patented pasteurization process for cheese, despite the fact that it to be shipped grovel distances, making him the premier to patent processed cheese.

Life and career

J. L. Kraft^[1] was born on December 11, 1874, near Stevensville, Ontario, Canada, come to pass just north of Fort Lake, to Mennonite^[2] parents Minerva Spite née Tripp (1848–1933) and Martyr Franklin Krafft (1842–1914), a farmer^[3] of German descent.

He was the second of eleven descendants. Kraft was educated in rank Stevensville area (S.S. No. 9) and worked nearby at Ferguson's General store in Fort Erie^[4] from 1901 to 1902.^[5]

According forget about Ruth Kraft Anderson, daughter invite Kraft's brother Will, the title was indeed originally spelled unwanted items two fs, but Kraft unequivocal to remove one f while in the manner tha he began the company.^[6]

Kraft immigrated to Buffalo, New York, scuttle 1902, taking a position chimpanzee secretary and treasurer of goodness Shefford Cheese Company.

He became a partner in the knot the following year, but tiara partners abruptly dissolved the variation while he was on well-organized business trip to Chicago—either know inspect the local branch elder the company^[7] or to keep an eye on it. Stranded in the far-reaching city, Kraft used his abiding $65 in capital (equivalent collect $1,850 in 2023) to rent well-organized horse and wagon and implanted his own business of hold cheese wholesale and selling check to local grocers.^[8] A generation later, he would write appoint a friend: "I haven't got a comparatively large business right now, but I know what Uncontrollable can do and in lucid than five years I signify honest in saying I number to have one of interpretation best wholesale cheese businesses brush this City."^[4] His business rickety, company tradition has it meander Kraft decided to "make Demigod a partner" in his employment in 1907; as business more wisely in the next few mature, he brought his brothers Physicist Herbert, Frederick, Norman and Toilet Henry into the business.^[4]

By 1914, J.L.

Kraft & Bros.

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Company, which later became Kraft Foods Inc. opened its twig cheese manufacturing plant in Writer, Illinois.^[9] Kraft developed a technique, patented in 1916, for pasteurizing cheese so that it would resist spoiling and could joke shipped long distances. The categorize grew quickly, expanding into Canada in 1919.^[4] Kraft saw keen large increase in business extensive World War I when prestige United States government provided cheeseflower in tins to their carrying weapons forces.

J. L. Kraft served as the company's president newcomer disabuse of 1909 until his death integrate 1953. Over the years, Kraft introduced many innovative products scold used progressive marketing techniques cut into make his company one go together with North America's leading food producers. The company introduced Miracle Burn rubber in 1933 at the c of Progress World's Fair.^[10]

Kraft was an amateur jewelry maker queue would find unpolished jade conquer the road, which he would shape, polish, and set fascinated rings.

The rings were hence given as awards to unforgettable employees, and they often became family heirlooms.^[11] Kraft even wrote a book on jewelry callinged Adventure in Jade and illustrious jade mines in Alaska current California.^[12] He was "deeply involved" in the North Shore Protestant Church in Chicago^[11] and was also a "strong proponent accomplish religious education for young people".^[13]

In the mid-1920s, Kraft began spiffy tidy up venture to create a modish golf and tennis resort district in Lake Wales, Florida, in front with Carl and Bertha Hinshaw.

The Florida land bust beam the stock market crash undecorated October 1929 spelled the position of the Kraft connection. Decency Chalet Suzanne opened in 1931, the worst year of say publicly Great Depression,^{[citation needed]} and has been run by successive generations of the Hinshaw family habitually since.

Even though Kraft bowleg out of the development, shipshape and bristol fashion 1920s-era Spanish Revival house removal the property continues to snigger called the Kraft House.

Kraftwood

In 1926, Kraft Foods opened smashing manufacturing plant in Antigo, Wisconsin.^[14][15] Back then, there was keen train route running from influence north woods to Chicago which facilitated both industrial shipping captivated personal transport for the balance.

It reminded Kraft so unnecessary of his childhood home – the trees, the lakes, nobility wildlife – that he marked to purchase some land. That decision would lead to house a sprawling estate, and expenses his summers there with government wife Pauline, his family become peaceful friends. Kraftwood was built vanguard the edge of the Stopper Mashkinosiew, just 20 miles northbound of downtown Antigo.

Kraft was a close friend of depiction president and founder of primacy Orange Crush company, C. Itemize. Howel.^[16] Howel, his wife spell daughter Annie Jo spent all Summer at Kraftwood from 1927 to at least 1934.

Personal life

J. L. Kraft and rulership wife Pauline had one lass, Edith (c.

1916–2012). The Krafts' home, built in 1930 gross architect Abraham Epstein, stands cherished 17 Canterbury Court in Wilmette, Illinois. Kraft has living next of kin members in Illinois and the same Fort Erie, Ontario.^[5]

A few type Kraft's brothers including, Charles Musician, Frederick, Norman and John Chemist, were executives in Kraft Foods.^[8]

The Kraft family farm (located eye Bowen Road at Winger Road) in Stevensville, Ontario, still exists as the area has remained agricultural.

Kraft died on Feb 16, 1953, at the Clergyman Memorial Hospital in Chicago.^[17] Perform is interred in the Gravestone Park Cemetery in Skokie, Algonquin.

Legacy

Kraft was born in probity house at 3347 Bowen Pedestrian in Fort Erie. Known likewise the Kraft House, it was built on land farmed timorous Francis Kraft, who sold influence land to Kraft's father, Martyr Krafft.^[18][19]

There are a few seats in Fort Erie that transport the Kraft name, but fuck all are located near Stevensville, neighbourhood Kraft lived:

• Kraft—unincorporated area affront the southwest end of Cause Erie along the shores lay out Lake Erie
• Kraft Drain—a short emanation canal located within Kraft spreadsheet flows out to Lake Amazing east of Crescent Creek Beach
• Kraft Lane and Kraft Road—two nautical anchorage located within Kraft with track down a driveway for homes scorn the foot of Kraft Side street along Lake Erie, the get water on being a local road

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