Otto Ernest Staack

1876 - 1930  (53 years)

• Name	Otto Ernest Staack
  Birth	16 Dec 1876	Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	35C87B0055E345A3A308E3639ED2265D7C14
  Death	3 Apr 1930	Seattle, King County, Washington, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I67	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Mathias Staack,   b. 16 Jun 1826, Süderhastedt, Dithmarschen District, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark d. 4 May 1917, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Peterson,   b. 26 Jul 1836, , , , Germany d. 9 Sep 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1855	Camanche, Clinton County, Iowa, USA
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Dec 1876 - Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Death - 3 Apr 1930 - Seattle, King County, Washington, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Article in the Winona Republican Herald, Winona, MN, 9 Jan 1900, p. 3 PECULIAR ACCIDENT Otto Thurow Hurt Playing with a Torpedo Otto Thurow, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thurow, living at 625 West Howard street, nearly lost his right ear as the result of playing with a torpedo..The torpedo was of the railroad variety used in warning trains. The boy picked it up on his way home and then tried to open it with an axe. The result was that when, he struck it out in the, barn it exploded and the axe was thrown back and cut off his ear with the exception of a narrow strip of flesh, and he was thrown into a corner of the bam. Prompt medical attendance was given the lad, Seventeen stitches were used in replacing the ear, and it is hoped it will grow back all right. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S464] 1880 Federal Census, (Washington D.C., National Archives microfilm publications), 28 Aug 2004 (Reliability: 3). [S481] Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960, ( Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 .), 20 Aug 2015 (Reliability: 3). [S4] Winona Republican-Herald, 21 May 2023, Article published 9 Jan 1900, p. 3 (Reliability: 3).