16 Facts About HJ Heinz

Henry John Heinz was an American entrepreneur who, at the age of 25, co-founded a small horseradish concern in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania.

HJ Heinz was involved in the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act.

HJ Heinz's fortune became the basis for the Heinz Foundations.

Henry John HJ Heinz was born in Birmingham, Pennsylvania to John Henry HJ Heinz and Anna Margaretha Schmidt.

Anna's husband, John HJ Heinz, was a Lutheran, and they raised and confirmed their son to that faith.

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Henry John HJ Heinz began packing foodstuffs on a small scale at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869.

HJ Heinz said he chose "5" because it was his lucky number; the number "7" was his wife's lucky number.

HJ Heinz Company was incorporated in 1905 with HJ Heinz serving as its first president, retaining that position for the rest of his life.

HJ Heinz Company had more than 20 food processing plants and owned seed farms and container factories.

HJ Heinz led a successful lobbying effort in favor of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.

HJ Heinz was a director in many financial institutions, and was chairman of a committee to devise ways of protecting Pittsburgh from floods.

HJ Heinz was of Scots-Irish ancestry and had grown up in the Presbyterian Church.

Later in life HJ Heinz worshipped as a member of Methodist and Presbyterian churches, and worked closely with Baptists as well.

When HJ Heinz visited England, his "tourist stops" included the graves of religious leaders John Bunyan, Isaac Watts, and John Wesley.

HJ Heinz died at his home on May 14,1919, after contracting pneumonia.

HJ Heinz was buried at Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh, in the Heinz Family Mausoleum.