Freda Ehmann

Freda Ehmann

Freda Ehmann (1839 – 1932) was a farmer who has been credited with launching California's olive industry by perfecting a process to preserve the fruit for shipment. [1]

Early life

Freda Loeber was born in Niederuff, Hesse, Germany. She moved to Kassel and immigrated to America with her mother at a young age. In 1856 she married Ernst Cornelius Ehmann, a fellow German immigrant, in St. Louis. The couple moved to Quincy, Illinois. [2]

Career

She owned a small olive grove outside Oroville in the Sacramento Valley, and sought ways to increase her market beyond olive oil. At the time, olives could not be successfully preserved for long-term storage or shipment. Working with a University of California food scientist, she experimented with a number of pickling methods before hitting on a formula that resulted in a marketable product.

She founded the Ripe Olive Industry of California. [2]

Today, Ehmann's home is the headquarters of the Butte County Historical Society, and tours are offered regularly. [3]

She was active in Women's Clubs affairs and was Chairman of the Financial Committee of the YMCA Building Fund. [2]

She was a member of the Oroville Monday Club. [2]

Personal life

She lived in Illinois and moved to California in 1892, following the death of her husband. She had two children: Emma Bolles and Edwin W. Ehmann. She lived at 402 Lincoln Street, Oroville, California. [2]

References

  1. ^ Krissman, Carol. Encyclopedia of Women in Business. Greenwood Publishing, 2005, pp. 171-172.
  2. ^ a b c d e Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 40. Retrieved 8 August 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Home of the California Ripe Olive to host Olive Festival on Saturday. Kavenaugh, Laurie. Chico Enterprise-Record, 20 June 2012

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