Hotchkiss time line:

1.December 21, 1895 - Incorporated in Norwalk, Connecticut as The Jones Manufacturing Company. George and Eli Hubbell Hotchkiss were among the incorporators.

2. November 12, 1897 - Name changed by court order to the E. H. Hotchkiss Company.

3. 1910 - First shipment of the Hotchkiss Fastener to Japan (with no word to identify a paper fastener, the Japanese adopt the name “Hotchkiss”. Shortly after, Japan occupies Korea and again, “Hotchkiss” becomes the word to describe the fastener in that country )

3. March 16, 1917 - Eli Hubbell Hotchkiss died.

4. 1918 - Norwalk Directory lists E. H. Hotchkiss Company with Julia S. Hotchkiss as Vice President and William C. Jessup (Eli’s widow and her father).

5. August 19, 1919 - George Hotchkiss died.

6. Sometime in the 1940's or early 50's the name of the company was changed to Gertrude H. Heyn, Incorporated (Gertrude Hotchkiss Heyn was the daughter of Eli Hubbell Hotchkiss.)

7. 1953 - Norwalk directory list E. H. Hotchkiss Company, address as 10 Hoyt Street, David Mcgilvray, President.

8. 1954 - Register of American Manufacturers shows the E. H. Hotchkiss Co. in Illinois and controlled by Vail Manufacturing Company.

9. March 18, 1955 - E. H. Hotchkiss Co. sold plant at 10 Hoyt Street in Connecticut to Vanderbuilt Chemical Corporation.

10. June 25, 1957 - The company was legislated out of business by the State of Connecticut.

11. 1962 - Gertrude Hotchkiss Heyn died.