I HAVE A VERY VAGUE RECOLLECTION OF SEEING OUR CASTANEA DELIVERY MAN COMING DOWN HARTLEY AVENUE IN ONE OF THEIR RUBBER TIRED HORSE WAGONS. I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE LATE 1930'S.
THANKS TO A VIEWER WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS "KEN" FOR THIS VERY INTERESTING HISTORIC BACKGROUND ON THE GENESIS OF CASTANEA. THANKS, KEN!
KEN WRITES:
Castanea Dairy was owned by Henry W. Comfort, of Morrisville, PA. Mr. Comfort (1863-1930) was a prominent businessman and well-known Quaker, in the Trenton, east Pennsylvania area. He was the second son of George M. and Ann Elizabeth Comfort, and was born in Falls township. At an early age, he became manager of the homestead farm and became the owner of one of the finest herds in the county, which furnished Trenton with a large part of its milk supply. Mr. Comfort was also president of the Gazette Publishing Co., president and treasurer of the International Pottery Co., Trenton; president of the Yardley National Bank; vice president of the Moon Nursery Co.; a manager of the Friends' Asylum for the Insane, and a director in many other companies.He was also known for cultivating Japanese Chestnut trees on the farm in Morrisville (which later became a part of the Levittown housing development). The botanical name for chestnut is "castanea", from which his dairy's name was derived.His third and final marriage was to my mother's (Lillian Van Aken) aunt, Elizabeth Van Aken.
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Castanea Dairy was owned by Henry W. Comfort, of Morrisville, PA. Mr. Comfort (1863-1930) was a prominent businessman and well-known Quaker, in the Trenton, east Pennsylvania area. He was the second son of George M. and Ann Elizabeth Comfort, and was born in Falls township. At an early age, he became manager of the homestead farm and became the owner of one of the finest herds in the county, which furnished Trenton with a large part of its milk supply. Mr. Comfort was also president of the Gazette Publishing Co., president and treasurer of the International Pottery Co., Trenton; president of the Yardley National Bank; vice president of the Moon Nursery Co.; a manager of the Friends' Asylum for the Insane, and a director in many other companies.
He was also known for cultivating Japanese Chestnut trees on the farm in Morrisville (which later became a part of the Levittown housing development). The botanical name for chestnut is "castanea", from which his dairy's name was derived.
His third and final marriage was to my mother's (Lillian Van Aken) aunt, Elizabeth Van Aken.
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