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Frank Manley Warren, Sr. (May 10, 1848 – April 15, 1912) was a prominent American businessman from Oregon who made his fortune in the salmon canning industry. The community of Warrendale, Oregon, the site of one of his canneries, was named for him. He died in the sinking of the ''Titanic''. ==Biography== Warren was born on May 10, 1848, in Ellsworth, Maine, and came to the Oregon Territory with his parents, Francis M. Warren and Elizabeth Dyer Warren, when he was 3. The family lived on a donation land claim in Rainier, Oregon.〔 Francis Warren (1818 – 1900) was a member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature in 1857. When Frank Warren was 9, the family moved to Portland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Frank Manley Warren )〕 When he was 15, he worked for Wells Fargo; he also worked for Ladd & Tilton Bank.〔〔 In 1866, Warren was a member of The Pioneer Base Ball Club. Warren founded the Warren Packing Company, a salmon canning business, and was considered a pioneer of the salmon canning industry on the Columbia River, building his first cannery at Cathlamet, Washington, in 1869.〔 He later built a cannery in Warrendale, which was also the site of a state-run fish hatchery in 1889 and 1890.〔 Warren married Anna Sophia Atkinson, the daughter of pioneer missionary George H. Atkinson, in 1872.〔 They had four children, Frank, Frances, George, and Anna. The Warrens were members of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Portland. In the 1890s the Warrens were active members of the church and their patronage helped acquire the land and complete the church building next to the South Park Blocks.〔 Frank Warren was on the board of trustees of Pacific University, which was co-founded by Anna's father.〔 By the time of the sinking of the ''Titanic'' it was said Warren was a millionaire.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank M. Warren, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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