Talk:Milton S. Hershey

Needs more information

this artical nrd mo info ok— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.45.79 (talk) 23:41, 17 February 2005 (UTC)

the info is pretty good — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.63.52 (talk) 01:09, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

i agree with both..a little more information would be nice, such as who owns the business now, it needs more recent information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.62.218.203 (talk) 20:48, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

it does need mo info — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.100.171.179 (talk) 22:50, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

It needs to tell a quote from him — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.38.102.3 (talk) 17:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Be bold! --Thisisbossi 10:01, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

The info on here is pretty weak. There's only a date of death with no cause (even if it was natural) and no real exploration on his life. A lot of insperation could be taken from documentries on television or buying a DVD from A&E, the History Channel or another network. And could someone at least put a picture up of him or even his grave sight?

By the way the above comment was left my myself, I recently remebered my password.My eyes see all 03:35, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Medical Center

I don't have the time to find "verifiable" info on this, but Milton Hershey did not build the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The Hershey Trust Co. used the M.S. Hershey Foundation as a conduit to donate the money. It was built well after Milton Hershey's death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.254.198.242 (talk) 01:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

The Hershey Company's major owner is the Hershey Trust Co., who controls the assets of the Milton Hershey School, the school Milton Hershey founded. The remainder of the stock is publicly held. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.254.198.242 (talk) 01:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, what's going on now would be really, really nice, especially for those of us who have to do SCHOOL REPORTS on him and the company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.206.107.229 (talk) 17:11, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Category Jewish Americans

I would delete this since it was not sourced. Any thoughts? Thanks--Tom 02:15, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

He isn't Jewish at all. Mennonite Germanic and the like. The category was just added by that anon who is trying to muscle up the "Jewish American businesspeople" list for his own special reasons, no doubt. I removed the Swiss and German categories also. Although they are likely true, they were unsourced. And besides, the Hersheys have been in the US for a couple of generations before Milton's birth. Mad Jack 06:47, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

His ancestry was Swiss. This is commemorated by a huge mural map of Switzerland in the Hershey Lodge...or WAS...I haven't been in there in ages. But I'd have to look for footnotable sources on this...don't think you can cite a wall decoration. PurpleChez (talk) 18:40, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

According to "History and Records of the Hershey Family from the year 1600" written in 1913 after a family reunion in 1908 (sponsored by Milton), the writer, Scott F Hershey, traces the Hershe (Hirsch, Herschel, etc) family to Jewish decent, first migrating to Italy, and then Switzerland where they converted to Christianity in the 1600s. But labeling Milton Hershey Jewish based on that would be a stretch. Interesting history though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikezung (talk • contribs) 06:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Well that genealogy is bogus. According to Family Tree DNA's "Mennonite and Amish Immigrants - Y-DNA Classic Chart," the Hersey/Hershey/Hirschi lines of Switzerland/Germany all fall under the same Y-DNA subclade:

R1b1a1a2-M269 > L23 > L51 > L151 > P312 > DF99 > FGC16982 > S16136 > FGC16979 > FGC55515 > BY62958 > BY98354

This is a non-Jewish Y-DNA line that's a part of the greater R1b-DF99 subclade, which is found in various European ethnic groups, especially those from Northern, Northwestern, and Central Europe. Here's a link to FTDNA's Y-DNA chart: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/MennoniteandAmishImmigrants?iframe=yresults

Furthermore, Family Search has baptism records going back to 1510-1570 in the Swiss village of Appenzell, which demonstrate the baptisms of several Hersche/Herschi children. So in terms of both genealogy and Y-DNA, there is no evidence of a Jewish origin, in fact, in light of both of these factors it's an impossibility: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KHND-6DF 2600:1700:DAE0:1AA0:992B:9F0A:C6D6:6D03 (talk) 03:49, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

References

Weak about Hershey's wife

The article is weak about Milton S. Hershey's wife.What desease killed her?I found some years ago, on an internet site, that she went to charlatans, but such as the doctors, they were useless. Agre22 (talk) 00:11, 8 June 2008 (UTC)agre22

This article is about Milton Hershey, not about his wife. Thus, it is weak on her life, that of his parents, and any other acquaintences he may have had. It is weak because it is not about them, and only says enough to help fill out the description of the main topic, Milton Hershey himself. Loren.wilton (talk) 05:43, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Catherine E. S. Hershey died of muscular dystrophy

The Hershey's wife, Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Sweeney Hershey(1872-1915), died of muscular dystrophy in 1915.I think that Mrs. Hershey deserved, an article about her on wikipedia.On an internet site http://www.nndb.com/people/969/000160489/ , I found some informations about Mrs. Hershey. Agre22 (talk) 23:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)agre22

Agre22 - That's the first record I've seen discuss her illness. I believe most accounts say that she had lung problems, either cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis or chronic asthma/bronchitis. (They traveled quite a bit to find suitable climates, which would not fit with an MS-like illness.) --Typetive (talk) 17:54, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

@Agree22 and Typetive:Hershey's wife was not Mrs. Cathrine Elizabeth Sweeney Hershey. It was Veronica Snavely, or Fanny as she was known by her friends and family. Cathrine E. S. Hershey must have been a Henry Hershey's mother or some other relationship like that. Checks Facts (Talk) 22:56, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

To clarify, Fanny or Fannie is his mother. Catherine or Katherine is his wife. His wife's mother is also Catherine. Henry is his father. This duscussion may be OBE but I wanted to chime in. SWP13 (talk) 04:42, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

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Vandalism

I reverted the article back to the April 4, 2008 version, as it appeared that much of the article (about 6k) had gone missing due to vandalism. If any of the information had been removed intentionally, please comment here - and in your edit summary removing it - for future reference. I've also semi-protected the article for 2 weeks - if the vandalism resumes, please leave a message on my talk page and I'll re-protect it. Thank you. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 17:57, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you @Philosopher:. Checks Facts (Talk) 22:46, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Founder's Hall

The acoustics in the Founder's Hall auditorium at the Milton Hershey school may well be the best in the world. A stage whisper can be heard in any of the 3000 seats. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.233.156 (talk) 04:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

It's been my understanding that Hershey's transfer of his stock to the school was made entirely in secret and that, when he died, he was technically penniless. Don't know how much of this is verifiable, but I always thought those were great details. PurpleChez (talk) 18:43, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

who was Mattie?

If I read and re-read very carefully, I can infer that Mattie was his aunt -- is that right? If that's correct then then the relationship should be made clear with the first mention of her name. Sorry for the nit-pick - it's a small but worthwhile point Cabbageears (talk) 16:18, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Mattie Snavely was Milton's aunt, you are correct. She was Veronica Snavely's sister Checks Facts (Talk) 22:40, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Nonsensical sentence, poor punctuation/grammar, lack of antecedents

"Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857, to Veronica "Fanny" Snavely and Henry Hershey, in the tricks of caramels, Milton went back home to prove himself to his uncles, who had by then stopped aiding Milton financially and as Milton suspected had stopped believing in him too. He stopped by Chicago and sold some of his candy there too, but soon grew tired of the big city life and headed back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania leaving his father behind.

"Milton returning was a great joy for Mattie who loved Milton as if he were her own son. Milton's return was short-lived though. He soon left for New York."

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That first sentence makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. "In the tricks of caramels"??!!!

The writer here seems to have an aversion to commas. "Milton went back home to prove himself to his uncles, who had by then stopped aiding Milton financially and, as Milton suspected, had stopped believing in him, too." "... headed back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, leaving..." "a great joy for Mattie, who loved Milton..." "Milton's return was short-lived, though. He soon left for New York." Better yet: "His return, however, was short lived; he soon left for New York."

Grammar: "Milton's return," not "Milton returning"

Who is Mattie?? There is no previous reference.

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I couldn't bring myself to read beyond these two paragraphs of the article. I've not seen something this poor on any other Wikipedia entry.

Lms419 (talk) 02:12, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

@Lms419:

Hello Lms419, That first sentence actually does make sense. When Milton Hershey took his first job, he began with the Lancaster Caramel Company. Mattie Snavely was Veronica Snavely's sister, or in other words, Milton Hershey's aunt. I will fix what you have brought up, as I have reliable resources to use.Checks Facts (Talk) 13:11, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Incomplete (Resolved)

The article is incomplete. Under the Hershey Chocolate company section, at the last paragraph:
The factory was in the center of a dairy farmland, but with Hershey’s support, houses, businesses, churches, and a transportation infrastructure accreted around the plant. Because the land was surrounded by dairy farms, Hershey was able to use fresh milk to mass-produce quality milk chocolate. Hershey continued to experiment and perfect the process of
THE PROCESS OF WHAT?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.112.56.127 (talk) 03:24, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

That part has been resolved, when I do not know, but I know that it is resolved. Checks Facts (Talk) 00:38, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Milton Snavely Hershey

make that his name not milton s hershey — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.157.63.130 (talk) 13:07, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

he was a very good man — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.145.82.243 (talk) 15:48, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Birthday discrepancies

According to the book "Hershey" by Michael D'Antonio, Milton Snavely Hershey's birthday is October 13, 1945 in Lebanon Valley, Pennsylvania. Is there a reason for this problem? Checks Facts (Talk) 23:26, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Close call of the Titanic

I believe that the check is still on display, although how at "The Hershey Story," which replaced the old Hershey Museum a decade or so ago.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.249.207.195 (talk) 19:36, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

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