Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Richardson, Frank Edward September 3, 1866 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

FRANK EDWARD RICHARDSON, Engineer and Merchant. Frank E. Richardson at the age 
of seventeen apprenticed himself in the Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco, to 
learn the machinist trade. After five years there he went to sea aboard the 
steamer “Mariposa” on the San Francisco-Australia run via Honolulu, remaining 
on the vessel two years to gain a thorough knowledge of marine engineering.
  Returning to San Francisco in 1889 he became superintendent of the Union Ice 
Co., a position he held until 1898, when he came to Honolulu to stay. Working 
for Gear, Lansing & Co., Mr. Richardson surveyed and laid out the Kaimuki 
district, and aided in the opening of that large tract. In 1900 he began 
business for himself as a consulting engineer and dealer in engineering 
supplies. F. E. Richardson & Co., Ltd., is now one of the leading houses in 
the Territory handling ship and plantation machinery. In 1920the Richardson 
firm introduced the Diesel engine here for the large manufacturing house of 
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., and more than one hundred engines of this type have 
been installed in ships and industrial plants in the islands, sales increasing 
from $5,000 in 1920 to $175,000 in 1925. Frank E. Richardson is president of 
the company, his son-in-law, Henry S. Turner, is treasurer.
  Born in San Francisco, Sept. 3, 1866, the son of J. M. and Alice (Carrick) 
Richardson, Mr. Richardson attended the public schools of San Francisco, and 
St. Matthew’s School, San Mateo. In 1895 he married Alice Davis of San 
Francisco, and they have two children, Mrs. H. S. Turner and Franklin D. 
Richardson. Mr. Richardson is an Elk, Mason, Shriner, and a member of the 
Chamber of Commerce and the Oahu Country Club.


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