Frederick Arthur Hagedorn
1891 - 1952 (61 years)-
Name Frederick Arthur Hagedorn Nickname Papaw Born 8 Apr 1891 Fremont, Newaygo, MI, USA 
Gender Male Occupation 1 Jan 1931 Edinburg, Hidalgo, TX, USA [1] opened Golden Jersey Creamery Died 9 Nov 1952 Edinburg, Hidalgo, TX, USA Buried Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery, McAllen, Hidalgo, TX, USA Person ID I78 Martin Ancestry | Mathias Grill Branch Last Modified 31 May 2022
Father George Frederick Fitzsimmons, b. 24 Mar 1850, MI, USA , d. 20 April 1891, Fremont, Newaygo, MI, USA (Age 41 years) Mother Emma H. DuBois, b. 20 June 1856, Ulster, NY, USA , d. 9 March 1899, Fremont, Newaygo, MI, USA (Age 42 years) Married 5 Jan 1876 Bankers, Hillsdale, MI, USA Family ID F34 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Henrietta Blanche 'Harriette' Grill, b. 22 Nov 1894, Manistee, Manistee, MI, USA , d. 1 Nov 1977, Edinburg, Hidalgo, TX, USA (Age 82 years) Married 11 Jul 1916 Flint, Genesee, MI, USA Children 1. Harriette Dorothy Hagedorn, b. 18 Sep 1917, Lansing, Eaton, MI, USA , d. 16 Dec 2006, Edinburg, Hidalgo, TX, USA (Age 89 years)2. Frederick Norman Hagedorn, b. 26 Jul 1919, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI, USA 3. Living 
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2 Photos Last Modified 16 Sep 2006 Family ID F33 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Golden Jersey Creamery
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Notes - Adopted into the Simon Hagedorn family when 9. Father died only 12 days after birth, Mother died just before his 9th birthday.
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Sources - [S70] Martin Farm and Ranch Supply, The Valley Spotlight.
In the 1920s and 1930s Rio Grande Valley land speculators, such as John H. Shary, promoted "The Magic Valley" in midwestern states as a place where citrus and vegetables could be grown all year 'round. They even had private trains which would bring prospective land buyers from all over the midwest to the Valley where they were given tours of the citrus groves and truck farms which by this time were doing big business.
It was perhaps through this promoting that Frederick Norman Hagedorn left Michigan and traveled to Edinburg, Texas to try his hand in the citrus industry. Mr. Hagedorn had been a successful businessman but the Great Depression of 1929 had destroyed his creamery business in Trenton, Michigan. The idea of a fresh start in "The Magic Valley" of South Texas piqued his interest and he packed up and headed south.
After unsuccessfully trying to establish himself as a citrus farmer, Hagedorn returned to what he knew best and opened the Golden Jersey Creamery in Edinburg on January 1, 1931...
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- [S70] Martin Farm and Ranch Supply, The Valley Spotlight.
