Family
John Roebling and Johanna Herting had nine children:
- son: Washington A. Roebling (b. 1837, d. 1926)
- daughter: Laura R. Methfessel (b. 1840, d. 1873)
- son: Ferdinand W. Roebling (b. 1842, d. 1917)
- daughter: Elvira R. Stewart (b. 1844, d. 1871)
- daughter: Josephine R. Jarvis (b. 1847)
- son: Charles Gustavus Roebling (b. 9-Dec-1849, d. 1918)
- son: Edmund Roebling (b. 1854, d. 1930)
- son: William Roebling (b. 1856, d. 1860)
- daughter: Hannah Roebling (died in infancy)
Roebling's son Washington Roebling and his daughter-in-law Emily Warren Roebling continued his work on the Brooklyn Bridge. His son Ferdinand expanded his wire rope business. His son Charles Roebling designed and invented a huge 80 ton wire rope machine and founded the town of Roebling, New Jersey where the John A. Roebling's Sons company steel mill was built. His grandson Washington A. Roebling II perished on the RMS Titanic. His great-grandson Donald Roebling was a noted philanthropist and inventor who devised the amphtrack.
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