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WALTER E. LAFFEY
Originally published in 1900 |
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WALTER E. LAFFEY, member of the Board of Aldermen and First
Assistant Engineer of the Fire Department of Kearny, Hudson County, and
President of the Staniar & Laffey Wire Company, of Harrison, was born in
Belleville, Essex County, N. J., January 16, 1864, the son of John Laffey
and Hannah Staniar. He is of English descent. Receiving a good practical
education in the schools of his native town, he entered the establishment
with which he is now connected and steadily advanced from employee
to proprietor and employer. For more than a quarter of a century
his father. John Laffey. was associated with William Staniar, the founder
of the wire industry in New Jersey. They erected a large and commodious
plant in Harrison, Hudson County, for the manufacture of brass and copper
wire and wire cloth, the latter an indispensable factor in the manufacture
of paper. The founders and originators of this enterprise successfully
conducted the business for thirty years under the firm name of Staniar
Laffey, and became widely known for the excellence of their product and
their honorable methods. Finally the senior member, William Staniar,
retired, after the death of John Laffey. In 1895 their sons, Walter E.
Laffey, J. W. Laffey, W. E. Staniar, and G. W. Staniar, succeeded to the
business, incorporating the Staniar & Laffey Wire Company, and are still
conducting it with energy, ability. and success. This is not only one of
the chief manufacturing industries in Harrison, but one of the best known
and most successful of the kind in the country. Its product finds a ready
market throughout the Union.
Mr. Laffey, while eminently successful and constantly engrossed in their extensive manufacturing business, has from boyhood taken a deep and at times an active interest in public affairs, and as a resident of Kearny, Hudson County, is prominent and influential in the community. He is a member of the Kearny Board of Aldermen, representing the Second Ward, and was First Assistant Engineer of the Fire Department for two years. He it a member of the Masonic order, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Royal Arcanum, and as a citizen is public spirited and progressive. He married Margaret McCloskey, and has three children, namely: Edward, Anna, and Helen.
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