Editing John A. Roebling (section)

==Personal life==
Roebling was the youngest of four children. He was baptized in the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] church [[Divi Blasii, Mühlhausen|Divi Blasii in Mühlhausen]]. As a young boy he played the [[bass clarinet]] and the [[french horn]]. He also exhibited great artistic talent for sketches and paintings. His father owned a small tobacco shop, but the business was insufficient to provide livelihood for all three sons. Roebling's sister Friederike Amalie married Carl August Meissner, a poor merchant in the town, and his oldest brother Herman Christian Roebling prepared to take over the tobacco shop.<ref>Schuyler, Hamilton, ''The Roeblings'', 1931, p. 9, Princeton NJ</ref> As noted earlier, Roebling and his brother Carl immigrated to the United States, settling first in Pennsylvania.

John Roebling and Johanna Herting had nine children:
* son: [[Washington Roebling|Washington Augustus Roebling]] (b. 1837, d. 1926)
* daughter: Laura R. Methfessel (b. 1840, d. 1873)
* son: Ferdinand William Roebling (b. 1842, d. 1917)
* daughter: Elvira R. Stewart (b. 1844, d. 1871)
* daughter: Josephine R. Jarvis (b. 1847,)
* son: [[Charles Roebling|Charles Gustavus Roebling]] (b. 9-Dec-1849, d. 1918)
* son: Edmund Roebling (b. 1854, d. 1930)
* son: William Elderhorst Roebling (b. 1856, d. 1860)
* daughter: Hannah Roebling (died in infancy)

Roebling's son Washington 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 designed and invented a huge 80-ton wire rope machine and founded the town of [[Florence-Roebling, New Jersey|Roebling, New Jersey]]. Here the John A. Roebling's Sons company [[Florence-Roebling, New Jersey#Roebling Steel Mill|steel mill]] was built.

His granddaughter [[Emily Roebling Cadwalader]] was a married Philadelphia socialite noted as the owner of historic [[yachts]]. His grandson [[Washington A. Roebling II]] died as a passenger on the {{RMS|Titanic}}. His great-grandson [[Donald Roebling]] was a noted philanthropist and inventor who devised the [[amphtrack]]. His great-great-grandson [[Paul Roebling]] was a well-regarded actor.