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George Washington Whistler (May 19, 1800 – April 7, 1849) was a prominent American civil engineer best known for building steam locomotives and railroads. He is credited with introducing the steam whistle to American locomotives.
George Washington Whistler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 19, 1800 and died in St Petersburg, Russia, Apr. 7, 1849. Within that time period, Whistler graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, surveyed boundaries, and designed several railroads and canals.
Born in 1800, George Washington Whistler was a West Point graduate. A soldier, draftsman, engineer and builder with a knack for constructing railroads, he is credited with bringing the steam...
1 giorno fa · His father, George Washington Whistler, was a renowned engineer and moved the family to St. Petersburg, Russia in 1843 having won a contract to build railways for the Russian Tzar, Nicholas I. However, George contracted cholera and died six years later, so the family returned to the US, with James stopping off in England on the way.
Major George Washington Whistler. Born 19 May 1800 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. Son of John Whistler and Anna Bishop. Brother of William Whistler. Husband of Anna Matilda (McNeill) Whistler — married 3 Nov 1831 [location unknown] Father of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Died 7 Apr 1849 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Male
- May 19, 1800
- Anna Matilda (Mcneill) Whistler
- April 7, 1849
Whistler’s first marriage (23 January 1821) was an elopement with Mary Roberdeau Swift (see Image 10) against her parents’ wishes. 3 Three children – George William (see Images 12–13), Joseph Swift, and Deborah Delano (see Images 17–19, 21) – were born to them within a period of four years (1822–1825).
cut. One son, George William Whistler later was active in Russia, as a railroad engineer; another, William Gibbs McNeill Whistler became a well-known physician in London; and a third, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who had entered West Point in 1851 and left three years later before graduation, became the great artist. With her children all living
