Brooklyn Eagle,
Thursday, January 26, 1939
Henry J. Hartig, Boro Inventor, 83
Funeral services for Henry J. Hartig of 1469 E. 9th St., inventor of one of the first successful gas engines and a widely known resident of Brooklyn, will be held this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place. Mr. Hartig, who was 83, died suddenly of a stroke on Tuesday.
Born in Germany, Mr. Hartig had lived in this borough for 69 years, the last 26 of which were spent in Flatbush. To a host of friends throughout Brooklyn he was known affectionately as "Pop." His engine, which used illuminating gas for fuel, was manufactured for a time by the Hartig Standard Gas Engine Company at York and Washington Sts. Mr. Hartig retired from that concern about 20 years ago and later operated a Ford cylinder block exchange.
For the last nine years Mr. Hartig had lived in retirement. His principal hobby was painting and his art work earned an extensive reputation. He was working on a painting at the time of his death. He was a charter member of the Bremer Foerder Verein in Germany and a member of the Lutheran Church of the Advent in Flatbush.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Louise Kopf; three sons, Henry W., Clarence F., and Irving O. Hartig; and two brothers, Fred and John Hartig. Another daughter, the late Mrs. Viola E. Pollice, died with her husband in the Morro Castle disaster.
Thursday, January 26, 1939
Henry J. Hartig, Boro Inventor, 83
Funeral services for Henry J. Hartig of 1469 E. 9th St., inventor of one of the first successful gas engines and a widely known resident of Brooklyn, will be held this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place. Mr. Hartig, who was 83, died suddenly of a stroke on Tuesday.
Born in Germany, Mr. Hartig had lived in this borough for 69 years, the last 26 of which were spent in Flatbush. To a host of friends throughout Brooklyn he was known affectionately as "Pop." His engine, which used illuminating gas for fuel, was manufactured for a time by the Hartig Standard Gas Engine Company at York and Washington Sts. Mr. Hartig retired from that concern about 20 years ago and later operated a Ford cylinder block exchange.
For the last nine years Mr. Hartig had lived in retirement. His principal hobby was painting and his art work earned an extensive reputation. He was working on a painting at the time of his death. He was a charter member of the Bremer Foerder Verein in Germany and a member of the Lutheran Church of the Advent in Flatbush.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Louise Kopf; three sons, Henry W., Clarence F., and Irving O. Hartig; and two brothers, Fred and John Hartig. Another daughter, the late Mrs. Viola E. Pollice, died with her husband in the Morro Castle disaster.
Brooklyn Eagle,
Thursday, January 26, 1939
Henry J. Hartig, Boro Inventor, 83
Funeral services for Henry J. Hartig of 1469 E. 9th St., inventor of one of the first successful gas engines and a widely known resident of Brooklyn, will be held this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place. Mr. Hartig, who was 83, died suddenly of a stroke on Tuesday.
Born in Germany, Mr. Hartig had lived in this borough for 69 years, the last 26 of which were spent in Flatbush. To a host of friends throughout Brooklyn he was known affectionately as "Pop." His engine, which used illuminating gas for fuel, was manufactured for a time by the Hartig Standard Gas Engine Company at York and Washington Sts. Mr. Hartig retired from that concern about 20 years ago and later operated a Ford cylinder block exchange.
For the last nine years Mr. Hartig had lived in retirement. His principal hobby was painting and his art work earned an extensive reputation. He was working on a painting at the time of his death. He was a charter member of the Bremer Foerder Verein in Germany and a member of the Lutheran Church of the Advent in Flatbush.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Louise Kopf; three sons, Henry W., Clarence F., and Irving O. Hartig; and two brothers, Fred and John Hartig. Another daughter, the late Mrs. Viola E. Pollice, died with her husband in the Morro Castle disaster.
Thursday, January 26, 1939
Henry J. Hartig, Boro Inventor, 83
Funeral services for Henry J. Hartig of 1469 E. 9th St., inventor of one of the first successful gas engines and a widely known resident of Brooklyn, will be held this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place. Mr. Hartig, who was 83, died suddenly of a stroke on Tuesday.
Born in Germany, Mr. Hartig had lived in this borough for 69 years, the last 26 of which were spent in Flatbush. To a host of friends throughout Brooklyn he was known affectionately as "Pop." His engine, which used illuminating gas for fuel, was manufactured for a time by the Hartig Standard Gas Engine Company at York and Washington Sts. Mr. Hartig retired from that concern about 20 years ago and later operated a Ford cylinder block exchange.
For the last nine years Mr. Hartig had lived in retirement. His principal hobby was painting and his art work earned an extensive reputation. He was working on a painting at the time of his death. He was a charter member of the Bremer Foerder Verein in Germany and a member of the Lutheran Church of the Advent in Flatbush.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Louise Kopf; three sons, Henry W., Clarence F., and Irving O. Hartig; and two brothers, Fred and John Hartig. Another daughter, the late Mrs. Viola E. Pollice, died with her husband in the Morro Castle disaster.
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