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United States of America / Re: Isadore Louis Cash
« on: Tuesday 17 March 09 10:46 GMT (UK) »
"Would there be school records or any other local material that might confirm his name as Isadore (Isidore?) Louis Cash? Isador must have been educated as he was an Electrical Engineer, although again I don't know how much of that would have taken place in America and how much S. Africa."
Because my own research only involves Canada, England and Ireland, I have to rely on the internet and "googling." I have found a few school sites that not only mention student names, it also shows photographs of the classes and in a few cases, mentions the students in the photos. Unfortunately, almost all findings have been schools from small towns.
In answer to your question, there are sites about Canadian and American schools from the mid to late 1800's, but they seem to be mainly for towns and small cities.
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I know today's electricians are different from the original electrical engineers, but in case this helps...we know several electricians, and the majority of their coworkers became employed through relative's connections. It's possible that Isadore started his employment not through schooling, but rather as an apprentice and worked his way up to becoming an electrical engineer. We also know two electrical engineers and while they both had extensive schooling, maybe that wasn't required when Isadore started?
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I just found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering
According to the above site, the University of Missouri was the first university in the United States to have a department of electrical engineering (1886).
[I am new to this site. Is it ok to quote material, stating the site address? I do know we cannot copy and paste genealogical or copyrighted material.]
Because my own research only involves Canada, England and Ireland, I have to rely on the internet and "googling." I have found a few school sites that not only mention student names, it also shows photographs of the classes and in a few cases, mentions the students in the photos. Unfortunately, almost all findings have been schools from small towns.
In answer to your question, there are sites about Canadian and American schools from the mid to late 1800's, but they seem to be mainly for towns and small cities.
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I know today's electricians are different from the original electrical engineers, but in case this helps...we know several electricians, and the majority of their coworkers became employed through relative's connections. It's possible that Isadore started his employment not through schooling, but rather as an apprentice and worked his way up to becoming an electrical engineer. We also know two electrical engineers and while they both had extensive schooling, maybe that wasn't required when Isadore started?
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I just found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering
According to the above site, the University of Missouri was the first university in the United States to have a department of electrical engineering (1886).
[I am new to this site. Is it ok to quote material, stating the site address? I do know we cannot copy and paste genealogical or copyrighted material.]