Abel Hoadley

Australian confectioner (1844-1918)

Abel Hoadley (10 September 1844 – 12 May 1918) was an English-born Australian businessman, confectioner, orchardist and manufacturer of jams and sauces, remembered today as establishing the company's that bear his name A. Hoadley and Company and the Hoadley Chocolate Company and inventing of the popular Australian chocolate honeycomb bar the Violet Crumble.²

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Born Sep 10, 1844, died May 12, 1918.¹