Edgar Jacob Laschinger

1872 - 1937  (64 years)

• Name	Edgar Jacob Laschinger
  Born	6 Nov 1872	Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Evangelical Association
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-149838
  Died	20 Mar 1937	Johannesburg, , Gauteng, South Africa
  Person ID	I149838	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Solomon M. Laschinger,   b. 22 May 1848, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1921, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Krause,   b. 16 Jun 1846, , Germany ,   d. 6 May 1928, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1870
  Family ID	F24777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Local News Items: Mr. Ed. Laschinger, son of Mr. Sol. Laschinger, of the Elmira foundry, has passed his examination at the Toronto School of Science with honors, and first in his class. He has just been called to a situation at Niagara Falls, as assistant engineer at a high salary. Signet 15 Jun 1893 pg 4, col. 4 __________________ DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA Word has been received of the death of Edgar J. Laschinger in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the age of 65 years. The deceased was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Laschinger, of Elmira, and was wellknown in New Hamburg where he spent many of his boyhood days, being a nephew of the late postmaster, Jacob Laschinger. The late Mr. Laschinger went to South Africa in 1896 and played an important part in the mining engineering problems of the South African mining district. He graduated as B. Sc. at the School of Practical Science, Toronto. He was a fellow of the University of Toronto and later received post-graduate degrees in mechanical engineering. On his arrival in South Africa Mr. Laschinger joined the Goldfields Corporation. He was intimately associated with the Vierfontein Syndicate and earlier hydrographic surveys in the Transvaal. In 1909 Mr. Laschinger joined the iRand Mines as assistant mechanical engineer and contributed invaluable aid in laying the foundation of sound engineering on which the success and longevity of the mines is based. He was author of numerous papers on different aspects of Rand mining. He received several awards from technical societies and was past president of the South African Institute on Engineers. New Hamburg Independent 14 May 1937

  
  

• Sources

  [S251] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1881, New Hamburg 1881 Page 32.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Nov 1872 - Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical Association - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Mar 1937 - Johannesburg, , Gauteng, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth