Cutter, Edward Ahern

1870 - 1933  (63 years)

• Name	Cutter, Edward Ahern
  Birth	1870	New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Fresno (Ward 3), Fresno, California   [2]
  	Age: 26y
  	Address: 142 J Street
  Occupation	1 Jun 1900	Fresno (Ward 3), Fresno, California   [2]
  	Druggist
  Census	22 Apr 1910	1910 US Census, Berkeley, Alameda, California   [3]
  	Age: 39y
  	Address: 1524 Church St
  Occupation	22 Apr 1910	1910 US Census, Berkeley, Alameda, California   [3]
  	Chemist
  	General nature of industry, business or establishment: Drug House Whether employer, employee, or working on own account: Wage earner
  Census	9 Jan 1920	Berkeley, Alameda, California   [4]
  	Age: 49y
  	Address: 1321 Spruce St
  Occupation	9 Jan 1920	Berkeley, Alameda, California   [4]
  	Owner
  	Industry, business or establishment: Medical Mfg. Co. Employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account: Employer
  Census	2 Apr 1930	Berkeley, Alameda, California   [5]
  	Age: 59y
  	Address: 1320 Spruce St.
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  Occupation	2 Apr 1930	Berkeley, Alameda, California   [5]
  	Manufacturer
  	Industry: Commercial Laboratory Class of worker: Employer
  Death	14 May 1933	Alameda, Alameda Co., California, USA
  	Age: 62y
  	Ancestry.com, California Death Index. Also corroborated by Cutter Labs history (interview with EA Cutter Jr., p 6)
  Notes	Founded Cutter Laboratories, Fresno CA -- later moved to Berkeley. Pharmaceutical company carried on by his son, Robert Kennedy Cutter From, The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis by Paul A Offit, Yale University Press, Sep 1, 2007. ---- P. 72: Cutter Laboratories was founded by Edward Ahern Cutter. The son and grandson of physicians and community leaders, EA Cutter was born and raised in Sutton Quebec, a small village south of Montreal. When he was eighteen years old EA moved to Traver California, in Joaquin Valley, to become an apprentice pharmacist. In the late 1800's Traver was a down alive with commerce and energy, but when the rail line that would later become the Santa Fe Railroad was built on the east side of the valley, Traver deteriorated badly. So, EA Moved to San Jacinto, California, where he bought a small drugstore in the center of town. At the back of the store, in a room approximately eight feet by eight feet, he set up a laboratory. The laboratory served local doctors by performing tests on blood and urine. In 1897, at age twenty-seven, EA Cutter moved from San Jacinto to Fresno, California, married and bought another drugstore - the first in town to have an ice cream parlor. Again EA set up a diagnostic laboratory in the back and called it Cutter Analytic Laboratory. .... ---- In 1903 Cutter Analytic Laboratory moved from Fresno to Berkeley and became Cutter Laboratories. one of the first pharmaceutical companies in the United States, Cutter's flagship product was black leg vaccine. Cutter Labs faced several challenges, the most newsworthy incident involved tainted polio vaccine that was recalled, but not until over a hundred thousand doses had been administered. The exposure is blamed for 56 polio cases and 5 deaths. Cutter Labs was not found guilty of negligence but was successfully sued for breach of implied warranty. As with any incident of this magnitude, there were many factors involved. The Cutter family took this issue quite personally and successfully changed their procedures and processes, providing quality pharmaceutical products for many years. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutter_Laboratories Cutter Labs was sold to Bayer in 1974.
  Person ID	I790	Bratt Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Cutter, Dr. Frederic Augustus,   b. 24 Feb 1843, Quebec, Canada d. 7 May 1909, Berkeley, Alameda, California (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Ahern, Elizabeth T,   b. 10 Mar 1840, Limerick Ireland d. 30 Dec 1921, Sutton, Quebec, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Sutton, Quebec, Canada
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kennedy, Margaret,   b. 5 Oct 1875, California d. 18 Aug 1957 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1897	Fresno, Fresno, California
  Children	+ 1. Cutter, Robert Kennedy,   b. 23 May 1898, Fresno, Fresno, California d. 10 Aug 1973, Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley, CA, USA (Age 75 years) + 2. Cutter, Edward Ahern,   b. 1902, California d. 12 Aug 1975, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA (Age 73 years) + 3. Cutter, Frederic Amaziah,   b. 27 Mar 1904, California d. 22 Feb 1967, Alameda Co., California, USA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Census - Age: 49y,Address: 1321 Spruce St - 9 Jan 1920 - Berkeley, Alameda, California Occupation - Owner - 9 Jan 1920 - Berkeley, Alameda, California Census - Age: 59y,Address: 1320 Spruce St. - 2 Apr 1930 - Berkeley, Alameda, California Occupation - Manufacturer - 2 Apr 1930 - Berkeley, Alameda, California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S88] Canadian Census Quebec, 1881. [S147] Cutter, Edward Ahern, 1900, Census, USA, Ward 3, Fresno, Fresno, California, (SD 5, ED 7, sheet 2). [S265] Cutter, Edward Ahern, 1910, Census, USA, 1910 US Census, Berkeley, Alameda, California, (1910 US Census, Berkeley CA SD 3, ED 41, P 11). [S266] Cutter, Edward Ahern, 1920, Census, USA, Berkeley, Alameda, California, (1920 US Census, Berkeley, CA, SD 5, ED 193, sheet 11). [S267] Cutter, Edward Ahern, 1930, Census, USA, Berkeley, Alameda, California, (1930 US Census, Berkeley, CA, ED 1-320, SD 8, sheet 2).