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He was the son of Charles Gustavus Roebling (b. 1849) and Sarah Mahon Ormsby (b. 1856) and was named for his father's eldest brother, Washington Augustus Roebling (1837-1926), an American Civil War veteran and civil engineer whose best known work included the Brooklyn Bridge.
Washington Augustus Roebling II was an American businessman and early automobile manufacturer who perished in the sinking of RMS Titanic. Washington August Roebling was born in Trenton, New Jersey on March 25, 1881 into the prominent Roebling family of American Industrialists.
Washington Augustus Roebling (May 26, 1837 – July 21, 1926) was an American civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, designed by his father John A. Roebling. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as an officer at the Battle of Gettysburg.
The first child of renowned bridge designer John Augustus Roebling, Washington Augustus Roebling was born just about the time his father began experimenting with production of the wire rope that would make suspension bridges practical.
Washington Roebling, the Civil War hero and official Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, appeared pale, showed no excitement, and could stand for only ten minutes at a time. But Washington Roebling recovered, although he continued to live in great pain.
Washington Augustus Roebling (born May 26, 1837, Saxonburg, Pa., U.S.—died July 21, 1926, Trenton, N.J.) was a U.S. civil engineer under whose direction the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, was completed in 1883; the bridge was designed by Roebling with his father, John Augustus.
"You will be back with us on the ship again soon", were the lastwords of Washington A. Roebling, II, so far as Trenton relatives know.In an interview this morning at the Waldorf-Astoria between MissCaroline Bonnell and Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr., of this city.
