cultural studies in the heartland of america

 

In 1915 Charles David Fraunfelter founded the Fraunfelter China Company in Zanesville, Ohio, America’s pottery capital at that time, and his company soon counted among the most successful in the nation. Son George Emerson Fraunfelter followed in his father’s footsteps and for four years managed a new plant in Chesterton, Indiana. Following his father’s death, George Fraunfelter became the president of Fraunfelter China Company until it closed in 1939.

Based upon both genealogical and newspaper archive research, this book tells the engaging story of the rise and fall of the Fraunfelter China Company in Chesterton, and uncovers a wealth of data about the founder and his family that are interwoven to create a detailed family portrait.

90 pp., 49 fig.

Contents:

1 Preface  5

2 Research  5

2.1 www.peoplesearch.com  6

2.2 www.familysearch.org/eng  7

2.3 Sources provided by Ms. Eva Hopkins  9

2.4 www.ancestry.com  10

2.5 www.findagrave.com  16

3 The Rise and Fall of the Fraunfelter China Company  21

3.1 Pottery  22

3.2 Founding the company  25

3.3 Chesterton and Porter's China Factories  26

4 Fraunfelter Family Tree  33

5 The Life Story of George Emerson Fraunfelter  35

6 Creating a Timeline and Mind Map Biography of G.E. Fraunfelter 65

6.1 Timeline  65

6.2 A Mind Map  67

7 Fraunfelter Project Legacy  70

7.1 Bibliography  70

7.2 Online Sources  73

7.3 Figures  73

8 Appendix  80