Born in 1869 Carl Emde graduated from technical school as an engineer and travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa where he established a mining engineering business. In 1898 he married Helene Stampe and returned to Germany where he attended the Ilmenau School of Technology graduating as a Master of Mechanical Engineering. He emigrated to the United States in 1903 and worked briefly in the St. Louis area before moving to Detroit in 1905 where he was joined by his wife and 3 children, Clare, Ludwig, and Hermann. A daughter, Margaret, was born there in 1909.
In 1907 Carl went to work with the recently formed Ford Motor Company. As a chief design engineer he worked to develop the methods and machinery used in mass producing the revolutionary Ford Model T automobile. During WWI he is credited with designing a machine that helped make possible the mass production of the Liberty Motor. And was also involved with production of the Eagle Boat. Carl left Ford in the early 1930's to head up his own design firm and retired by 1940. For the last several years of his life he lived with his daughter Margaret and family in Naperville, Illinois where he died in 1944 at the age of 74.
Based on an obituary published in the The Naperville Clarion newspaper, Tuesday, October 13, 1944
In 1907 Carl went to work with the recently formed Ford Motor Company. As a chief design engineer he worked to develop the methods and machinery used in mass producing the revolutionary Ford Model T automobile. During WWI he is credited with designing a machine that helped make possible the mass production of the Liberty Motor. And was also involved with production of the Eagle Boat. Carl left Ford in the early 1930's to head up his own design firm and retired by 1940. For the last several years of his life he lived with his daughter Margaret and family in Naperville, Illinois where he died in 1944 at the age of 74.
Based on an obituary published in the The Naperville Clarion newspaper, Tuesday, October 13, 1944
Born in 1869 Carl Emde graduated from technical school as an engineer and travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa where he established a mining engineering business. In 1898 he married Helene Stampe and returned to Germany where he attended the Ilmenau School of Technology graduating as a Master of Mechanical Engineering. He emigrated to the United States in 1903 and worked briefly in the St. Louis area before moving to Detroit in 1905 where he was joined by his wife and 3 children, Clare, Ludwig, and Hermann. A daughter, Margaret, was born there in 1909.
In 1907 Carl went to work with the recently formed Ford Motor Company. As a chief design engineer he worked to develop the methods and machinery used in mass producing the revolutionary Ford Model T automobile. During WWI he is credited with designing a machine that helped make possible the mass production of the Liberty Motor. And was also involved with production of the Eagle Boat. Carl left Ford in the early 1930's to head up his own design firm and retired by 1940. For the last several years of his life he lived with his daughter Margaret and family in Naperville, Illinois where he died in 1944 at the age of 74.
Based on an obituary published in the The Naperville Clarion newspaper, Tuesday, October 13, 1944
In 1907 Carl went to work with the recently formed Ford Motor Company. As a chief design engineer he worked to develop the methods and machinery used in mass producing the revolutionary Ford Model T automobile. During WWI he is credited with designing a machine that helped make possible the mass production of the Liberty Motor. And was also involved with production of the Eagle Boat. Carl left Ford in the early 1930's to head up his own design firm and retired by 1940. For the last several years of his life he lived with his daughter Margaret and family in Naperville, Illinois where he died in 1944 at the age of 74.
Based on an obituary published in the The Naperville Clarion newspaper, Tuesday, October 13, 1944
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