In May of 2016, I re-arranged the deilers site. Now, my author site will stand as the entry point to this domain. The research storage area (an internet beacon if you will) has become a secondary site. I will rebuild this as time allows.
Anton Eilers by Rossiter W. Raymond From the Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol 103, No. 17. Pages 762 – 764. April 28, 1917. Frederic Anton Eilers was born in Nassau, Germany, Jan 14, 1839. He received his technical education at the University of Gottingen and the mining school of Clausthal. In 1859 he came to the United States and in 1863 became an assistant in the office of Adelberg and Raymond, New York City, consulting mining engineers and metallurgists, of…
While not true blood relatives, Rossiter was Anton’s close friend and Uncle Ros to his kids (I have 3 of Rossiter”s books signed, in part, ‘Uncle Ros & Aunt Sally’ to Karl E. Eilers in 1905). Since his wide ranging interests and successes do not get their due elsewhere on the web, they will get it here (and eventually wikipedia). As Walter R. Ingalls once noted, “Dr. Raymond was one of the most remarkable cases of versatility that our country has ever…
Arthur S. Dwight was a friend of Karl’s since they were boys. He was also Rossiter Raymond’s nephew. Arthur was a mining engineer who worked for Anton Eilers and with Karl Eilers for several years. Karl Emrich Eilers, Engineer of Mines, Master of Science (Hon.) Honorary Member, Director and Treasurer of the Institute, one of the most distinguished and probably the most widely beloved of its members, died at his Sea Cliff, Long Island home on August 18, 1941. In…
This address from Rossiter Raymond, long time friend of Anton Eilers, was printed in Anton’s 1920 memorial book. To my thought, it is not out of place, on an occasion like this, after the solemn words of Hoy Church have been spoken, that there should be heard also the familiar, homely, heart-felt words of human friendship, in witness of love and gratitude and grief. Especially appropriate is such testimony when it voices not merely the tribute of one, but the…
This is an abbreviated Family Tree that includes Farny, Wurlitzer, Billing, Eilers, Dielmann, and Emrich, from my family’s perspective(click to see full image):
Author Elsbeth Eilers (1864-1949) prepared the bulk of the material below. Some of the information came from Meta Caroline Adolphine Eilers around 1883. Hans Eilers. B1691 Feb. 8. A porter at the Junkernhof, had his daughter baptized Anna Catherine at Ilsenburg (or found in the records of Ilsenburg). Son, JOHANN ACHATES EILERS? JOHANN ACHATES EILERS. B1720 Nov. 5. Born in Ilsenburg. Married to Miss Elizabeth Roth (possibly found in the records at Druebreck). 1. JOHANN GEORGE EILERS. B1722 Feb. 23….
Short biography of Anton Eilers’ father: ERNST JULIUS ADOLPH FRIEDRICH EILERS (1779 – 1851) Called Fritz, he was born at Wernigerode in the Hartz Mountains, then Kingdom of Hannover, Dec. 22, 1779. (Hand written addition, Braunschweig). This Fritz Eilers, continued to live at Wernigerode with his wife Elizabeth of 1838 when he felt he would like to move to a farm Hof Roedel at Mensfelden, Hessen, Nassau. Mensfelden is in the valley north of Frankfurt. At Mensfelden a few months…
This is the house on Wilgus (2804 S. Wilgus Rd, Prosser, WA, 99350). Bought April 2021. After a couple years of searching, we discovered this house. The key features, 1) no stairs, 2) big shop (think jeeps), 3) house only 20 years old, 4) no old barns/buildings, 5) Property with good bones, but needing work, 6) located off a busy road, 6) plenty of parking (think jeep event), 7) quiet, 8) not too far from services, 9) price was right….