Cudahy

Irish–US family of meatpackers. Michael Cudahy (1841–1910) and Edward A(loysius) Cudahy (1859–1941) In 1887 the brothers bought a packing plant near Omaha, Nebraska with Philip D Armour. The Armour–Cudahy partnership broke up and the plant became the Cudahy Packing Company in 1890. Under Edward's supervision the company expanded significantly.

Michael was born in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland; his brother, Edward, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The brothers' family came to Milwaukee in 1849 and at age 14 Michael began working for meatpackers. Edward had started working as a meatpacker at age 12. By 1869 Michael was supervising the Plankinton & Armour Packing House and by 1875 was a partner of Armour & Company in Chicago. During the 1870s, Michael brought refrigeration into warehouse packing plants. Edward's son, Edward A Cudahy Jr, entered the family's business in 1905, and became president in 1926.

Cudahy

City in Los Angeles County, southwestern California, USA, 10 km/6 mi southeast of downtown Los Angeles, on the Los Angeles River just south of Bell; population (1990) 22,800.

Cudahy is a predominantly Hispanic suburb of Los Angeles.

Cudahy

City in Milwaukee County, southeastern Wisconsin, USA, on Lake Michigan, 11 km/7 mi southeast of Milwaukee; population (1990) 18,700. Cudahy is a residential and industrial suburb of Milwaukee. It was founded in 1892 as a site for meatpacking, still its major industry. There are also tanneries here, and forgings, machinery, and building equipment are among its manufactures.

General Mitchell Field is just west of the city.