Edgar Earl Lackner

Edgar Earl Lackner was born on 8 June 1918 in Houston to Fred William Lackner and Laura Quensell (1). His grandfather was Karl Wilhelm Adolph Quensell who came to Texas from Kingdom of Hannover.
Edgar's father was a ticket agent and worked for Southern S. Railroad (2). E E Lackner was the youngest of the three sons of Fred and Laura's.

 

Edgar Earl was fluent in German which he learned from his grandma Louise who seemed to live with Edgar's immediate family after hear husband's death (3).

During WW2 E E Lackner served in the U S Army Air Force intelligence photo reconnaissance squadron. He was enlisted on 26 Oct 1942 (4). The end of the war found him at Eschwege in Germany.
Mr. Lackner worked as a book keeper in Second national Bank in Houston (5). Later he was also an internal editor.

Edgar Earl Lackner married Miss Ann Evelyn Ross (b. in Waco on 19 Nov. 1913). His in-laws were Ewander McIver and Margaret Napier (6).
Mr Lackner was a member of the Harris County Historical Society. He was engaged in his German ancestry research which resulted in writing the book "From Tyranny to Texas" (7).

Resources

1. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLFB-LJM : 22 August 2020), Edgar E Lackner, 24 Apr 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HBP6-5T2 : accessed 18 September 2020), Edgar E Lackner in household of Fred W Lackner, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 3A, line 15, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2346; FHL microfilm 2,342,080.

3. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MV-YD6 : accessed 19 September 2020), Edgar Lackner in household of F W Lackner, Houston Ward 3, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1560; FHL microfilm 1,375,573.

4. "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GD-4PX : 5 December 2014), Edgar E Lackner, enlisted 26 Oct 1942, Houston, Texas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HBP6-5T2 : accessed 18 September 2020), Edgar E Lackner in household of Fred W Lackner, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 3A, line 15, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2346; FHL microfilm 2,342,080.

6. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLS4-LB6 : 4 April 2020), Ann Evelyn Ross, 19 Nov 1913; citing Waco, Mclennan, Texas, United States, certificate 49674, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,149,950.

7. "From Tyranny to Texas (A German Pioneers in Harris County)" by E E Lackner, The Naylor Company Book Publishers of South West, San Antonio, Texas, 1975.