John Einig
Inventor
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- Occupation
Inventor
- Date of birth
25 December 1854
- Date of death
18 February 1912 (57 years)
- Burial place
- Citizenship (s)
United States of America - Birthplace
Ohio, USA
Biography
Mr. John Einig invented the 32 inch steam whistle "Big Jim" which sounded four times a day in Jacksonville, Florida since 1890. It sounded the alarm for the Great Fire of 1901, for the end of World War I and II, and for the death of John Einig. He built the first horseless carriage in Jacksonville in 1896. It was featured in Scientific American. He owned and operated several steamboats during his lifetime.
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Family
Father - Bartholomaus Einig
Mother - Magdalena Schneider
Wife - Mary Ellen Patterson (1856-1930)
Ten children:
William A Einig
John Patrick Einig
Joseph James Einig
Rosina E Einig
Charles Daniel Einig
Anne Theresa Einig
Karl Germanus Einig
Granddaughter - Carol Einig Howell
