The Smucker Family: Jelly Pioneers

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The Smucker Family Jelly Pioneers Jelly Giants What is your favorite kind of sandwich If you said peanut butter and jelly you are not alone In fact it is one of the top ten favorite sandwiches in the United States The next time you make a PB J sandwich take a close look at the labels on the jars There is a good chance you will see Smucker’s displayed in big bold letters For more than 100 years the Smucker family has been making some of the country’s most popular jams jellies and spreads Today the Smucker name is on all types of products including coffee peanut butter and chocolate syrup Smucker’s was not always the massive company that it is now It began with one man J M Smucker He sold apple butter out of the back of a wagon in the 1800s Jerome Monroe Smoker was born on December 5 1858 in Orrville Ohio His parents Gideon and Martha Magdalena were Mennonite farmers Jerome was the oldest of eight children He had three sisters and four brothers Jerome’s ancestor Christian Schmucker came to the United States from Switzerland in 1752 Years later Christian’s 4