Luppolds from Endingen, Württemberg, Who Emigrated to Western Pennsylvania

LUPPOLDS FROM ENDINGEN, WÜRTTEMBERG, WHO EMIGRATED TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA David J. Sautter* P rimarily to escape poverty and overcrowding in the nineteenth century, over 312 men and women left Endingen, Württemberg, Germany, to come to the United States.1 The village was small–there were 740 inhabitants in 1820 and only 536 in 1900.2 Twenty-two with the surname Luppold emigrated, eighteen of whom have been identified as settling in Berks and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania; Palmyra, New York; Franklin County, Massachusetts; Warren County, Missouri; and Warren County, Indiana. As shown below, they frequently married persons from their own or a neighboring village, and they settled in America where other family members also settled. Some of the family members stayed in close touch with each other over the years. The following appeared in the 3 July 1890 Warren [Indiana] Republican: Mathias Luppold and lady, and their daughter, Mrs. E. L. Hottenstein, and Mrs. Keifer and daughter, Miss Mary, last Thursday went to Reading, Pennsylvania, called there by the death of a brother of Mrs. L. and Mrs. K., whose remains were interred last Monday. They will remain sometime after the funeral and visit relatives. Johann Georg Luppold had died in Reading 25 June 1890. He was buried in Gouglersville, Berks County, certainly only a few miles from where two of the children of Mathias and Anna (Kieffer) Luppold and five of the children of Thomas and Anna Maria (Luppold) Kieffer were born. The * 1304 James Court, Warrington, PA 18976; djsautter@aol.com. The author acknowledges with appreciation descendants of the Christian Luppold family who provided much of the documentation regarding that family; staff and members of Westmoreland County Historical Society, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Montgomery County Historical Society, Red Oak, Iowa; Warren County Historical Society, Williamsport, Indiana; and Ms. Lisa McGrattan, Grand River, Ohio, who copied and indexed thousands of death notices and obituaries in the Williamsport, Indiana, newspapers. 1 The figure is a combining of names identified by Dieter Gaiser, historian of Endingen, in Ortsfamilienbuch Endingen im Zollernablkreis in Baden-Württemberg 1600— 1940 (seit 1971 Balingen-Endingen) (Balingen-Endingen: the author, 2002; copy at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 943 B4do ser. A.V. 355) as having left Endingen for America and research of the author contained in fifteen units of Endingen Emigrants to America (available at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City). 2 Stadtarchiv Balingen, Balingen Impressioner einer Stadt (Balingen, Druck+Verlagshaus, Hermann Daniel, n.d.) (copy at Greenfield, Massachusetts, Public Library). 314 Final copy 28 October, 2008 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 (2008) 2008 Luppolds from Endingen, Württemberg 315 writer of the newspaper article was confused; the deceased was a brother of Mathias Luppold and Anna Maria (Luppold) Kieffer. GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY 1. MATTHÄUSA LUPPOLD was born 8 June 1789 in Endingen, Württemberg, son of Johann GeorgB Luppold and Anna Catharina Pfefferlin. He died there 19 December 1839. He married 18 November 1817 in Endingen BEATA KOCH, who was the daughter of Simon Koch and Anna Katharina Eppler, born 24 May 1791 in Endingen, and buried October 1862 in Ebingen, Württemberg.3 Johann GeorgB and MatthäusA were blacksmiths.4 Matthäus and Beata had eight children, seven of whom survived to adulthood. Five emigrated to America and either settled in or passed through Pennsylvania. A son and daughter married siblings named Kiefer, who had been born in the neighboring village of Hesselwangen. Children of MatthäusA and Beata (Koch) Luppold: i. JOHANN GEORG1 LUPPOLD, born 29 August 1818 in Endingen; died in 25 June 1890 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; married 17 October 1842 in Endingen ANNA BARBARA WIDMANN; emigrated to Reading in 1860.5 ii. ANNA LUPPOLD, born 9 January 1821 in Endingen; died 25 February 1861; married 21 November 1847 in Endingen widower JOHANNES LINK, who was born 23 April 1805 in Endingen and died 20 June 1879 in Endingen. 6 iii. BEATA LUPPOLD, born 7 August 1823 in Endingen; married 2 May 1850 in Ebingen LUDWIG FRIEDRICH AMBRUSTER; remained in Germany.7 2 iv. MATTHÄUS1 LUPPOLD, born 12 November 1825 in Endingen; died 9 February 1896 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana; married apparently after August 1854 in America ANNA KIEFFER. 3 v. CHRISTIAN1 LUPPOLD, born 27 September 1828 in Endingen; died 17 December 1897 in West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; married 25 November 1854 in America LUISE/LOUISE KATHARINA EISELE. 4 vi. JACOB1 LUPPOLD, born 30 September 1830 in Endingen; died 9 February 1911 in West Newton; married by say 1855 ANNA MARIA NETH. 5 vii. ANNA MARIA1 LUPPOLD (twin), born 22 March 1835 in Endingen; died 2 January 1913 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana; married by say 1854 probably in Berks County THOMAS KIEFER. viii. annoyma [unnamed, stillborn daughter] (twin), born 22 March 1835 in Endingen.8 3 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister, I:91 (FHL #1,189,990). 4 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister (note 3) I:82b, 91. 5 David J. Sautter, “Emigrants from Endingen, Württemberg, to Reading, Berks County, 1852—1865,” Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 45(2008):64—67. 6 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister (note 3) I:82b. 7 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister (note 3) I:91. Gaiser, Ortsfamilienbuch Endingen (note 1). 8 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister (note 3) I:91. Final copy 28 October, 2008 316 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 2. MATTHÄUS1 LUPPOLD was born 12 November 1825 in Endingen9 and died 9 February 1896 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana.10 He married apparently after August 1854 ANNA KIEFFER, who was born 13 April 1820 in Hesselwangen, Württemberg, a small village contiguous with and now part of the city of Balingen, daughter of Thomas Kiefer and Elisabetha Schneider,11 and died 1 February 1897 in Williamsport.12 Mathias Luppold, aged 25 born in Germany, is listed on the manifest of the Cotton Planter, which arrived in New York 15 April 1851 from Antwerp,13 but cannot be positively identified as the Endingen-born Luppold. Anna Kiefer, 33, and Joh. Luippold, 5, from Württemberg, arrived in New York 9 August 1854 from Le Havre on the Carolus Magnus.14 Both Matthäus and Anna are buried in Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport.15 Mathias1 Luppold and family were first identified in 1860 living in Morgantown, Cumru Township, Berks County, when he was listed as Nathan Loopole. The family immediately next in the census is that of Thomas and Anna Kieffer.16 Thomas Kieffer was a brother of Anna Luppold, and Anna Kieffer was a sister of Matthäus Luppold. The obituary for Mathias states that the family moved to Williamsport, Indiana, in 1861, which is consistent with the census records.17 Children of Matthäus1 and Anna (Kieffer) Luppold: i. JOHANNES/JOHN2 LUPPOLD, born 22 May 1849 in Hesselwangen;18 died 25 July 1914 in Williamsport;19 married about 1873, SARAH/SADIE/ESTER H. SWARTS, who was born 9 January 1848 in Pennsylvania and died 3 9 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister (note 3) I:91. 10 Obituary, Warren Republican, Williamsport, Indiana, 20 February 1896. 11 Evangelische Kirche Hesselwangen, band 1, registry of births (FHL #1,190,209). 12 Gravestone inscriptions, Hillside Cemetery (manuscript, Warren County Historical Society, Williamsport, Indiana). 13 Cotton Planter passenger list, New York City, 15 April 1851, list 342, line 20 (NARA M237, roll 97). 14 Carolus Magnus passenger list, New York City, 9 August 1854, list 994, line 41 (NARA M237, roll 143). 15 Photograph of gravestone, Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport. 16 Nathan Loopole and Thomas Kieffer households, 1860 US Census, Cumru Township, Morgantown, Berks County, page 210 (NARA M653, roll 1075): Nathan Loopole, 35, day laborer; Ann, 40; John, 11; Elizabeth, 3; Mary A., 1, all born in Pennsylvania [sic]. For Thomas Kieffer household, see note 70. 17 Mathias Luppold household, 1870 US Census, Williamsport, Washington Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 411 (NARA M593, roll 368): Matthias, 44, butcher; Ann, 50; John, 21, tan shop; Betty, 12; Mary, 10. Methias Luppold household, 1880 US Census, Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 62, page 76C (NARA T9, roll 320): Methias, 55, farming; Anna, 60; Bettie, 21; Mary, 19. 18 Evangelische Kirche Hesselwangen births (note 11), band 2. The record indicates he was born without benefit of marriage, giving Matthäus Luppold from Endingen as his father and Luppold as his surname. Thomas Kiefer was one of three sponsors at the baptism; it is not known whether he was the father of Anna or her brother. 19 Obituary, Warren Review [Williamsport, Indiana], 30 July 1914. Final copy 28 October, 2008 2008 Luppolds from Endingen, Württemberg 317 November 1931 in Williamsport;20 both buried in Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport.21 They had at least one child, a daughter Adda Luppold, who married –?– Hilkey and died in March 1900.22 In 1910, John was living with his sister Bettie; he may have divorced his wife, as there is a “D” written in the column for age and nothing in the column for marital status; his occupation is “own account.” ii. ELIZABETH/BETTIE LUPPOLD, born 20 September 1857 in Berks County, died 9 January 1934 in Williamsport.23 She did not marry and became a prosperous business woman and entrepreneur. In her early career she was a school teacher and operated a millinery business. During the summers she assisted her father in operating the farms he owned and coal mines he acquired over the years. After his death she continued to add to the real estate. At her death she owned over 1,500 acres and other properties.24 After her brother-in-law’s death, her sister, Mary, and niece, Pauline, lived with her; her brother John was with her in 1910.25 iii. MARY A. LUPPOLD, born 8 July 1859 in Berks County; died 30 May 1910 in Indianapolis, Indiana;26 married 16 June 1881 in Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, EDWARD L. HOTTENSTEIN,27 who died between 1895 and 1900. They had two daughters, one of whom died in infancy.28 The surviving daughter, Pauline B. Hottenstein, born in November 1895, married Thomas McCormack.29 3. CHRISTIAN1 LUPPOLD was born 27 September 1828 in Endingen30 and died 17 December 1897 in West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.31 He married 25 November 1854 in America LUISE/LOUISE 20 Obituary, Williamsport [Indiana] Pioneer, 5 November 1931. 21 Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport, Indiana, gravestone inscriptions (note 12). 22 The only direct reference to this daughter is in a news item, Warren Republican, Williamsport, Indiana, 5 April 1900: “Mrs. John Luppold returned from Auburn, Ind., last week bringing with her the infant child of her daughter, Mrs. Adda Hilkey, who died last week. She will probably take the child and raise it.” The child was in the household with John and Ester in 1900 (John Luppold household, 1900 US Census, Washington Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 126, page 4B—4C [NARA T623, roll 411]: John, May 1847, hardware; Ester S., January 1848, married 27 years; grandchild Esther Hilkey, January 1900). 23 Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport, Indiana, gravestone inscriptions (note 12). 24 Betty Luppold obituary, Review Republic, Williamsport, Indiana, 11 January 1934. 25 Bettey Luppold household, 1900 US Census, Williamsport, Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 126, page 9A (NARA T623, roll 411): Bettey, single, September 1857, merchant; sister May [sic] Hottenstein, widow, July 1859; niece Poline B. Hottenstine, November 1895. Bettie Luppold household, 1910 US Census, Washington, Warren County, Indiana, ED 205, page 10A (NARA T624, roll 375). 26 Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport, Indiana, gravestone inscriptions (note 12); obituary, Warren Review, Williamsport, 9 June 1910. 27 Warren Republican, Williamsport, Indiana, 23 June 1881. 28 Mother’s obituary (note 26). 29 Obituary of Betty Luppold (note 24). 30 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister (note 3) I:91 31 West Newton Cemetery, gravestone transcriptions. Final copy 28 October, 2008 318 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 KATHARINA EISELE,32 who was born 23 May 1833 in Hessingheim, Oberamt Bessigheim, Württemberg, daughter of Timotheus Eisele and Luise Catharine Burk,33 and died 23 August 1897 in West Newton; both buried in West Newton Cemetery.34 In a family Bible, now in the possession of descendants, Christian documented his arrival in New York on 20 April 1854. He also wrote: On 25 November 1854 I married Luise Katharina Eisele from Hessigheim, district of Bößigheim, Kingdom of Württemberg. God’s blessing is given everything. God has given blessing to our marriage. Christian continued his shoemaking trade in America, which his older sons also followed.35 Children of Christian1 and Luise Katharina (Eisele) Luppold, all born probably in West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania: i. MARY ELIZABETH LUPPOLD, born 16 January 1856; died 22 June 1939 in West Newton;36 married 14 September 1876 in West Newton37 CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH/JACOB F.38 STREICHER, who was born 13 November 1849 in Kirchheim, Oberamt Bessigheim, Württemberg, son of Johann Georg and Christina Rosina (Landsperger) Streicher,39 and died sometime after November 1901. He disappeared after a fire destroyed his shoe store 32 Family entry in New Testament in handwriting of Christian Luppold; translated. At least one other person with the surname Eisele from Hessingheim has been documented to have been buried in the West Newton Cemetery (Evangelische Kirche Hesselwangen, Familienregister [note 33], folio 87; West Newton Cemetery, gravestone transcriptions [note 31]). 33 Evangelische Kirche Hesselwangen, Familienregister, band 16, folio 90 (FHL #1,184,914). 34 West Newton Cemetery, gravestone transcriptions (note 31). 35 Christian Lupphold household, 1860 US Census, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, page 1234 (NARA M653, roll 1196): Christian, 31, shoemaker; Louisa, 27; Mary E., 5; John F., 3; Anna C., 7 months. C. Lappold household, 1870 US Census, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, page 675 (NARA M593, roll 1466): C., 40, shoemaker; Louisa, 37; Mary, 15; John, 13; Anna, 11; Shelwell, 6; Louisa, 2. Christ. Luppold household, 1880 US Census, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 109, page 8D (NARA T9, roll 1204): Christ., 52, shoemaker; Louisa C., 47; John F., 22, shoemaker; Anna C., 20; Christian S., 16, shoemaker; Louisa, 11; Luther, 9; Charley, 6. 36 Genealogical data in possession of descendants of Christian Luppold. 37 Marriage certificate, residence of both is West Newton, minister is H. J. H. Lemcke, pastor of Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, copy in possession of author. 38 His baptism (note 39) gives his name as Christoph Friedrich; he was Christoph, age 5, on Westmoreland passenger list, New York City, 26 October 1854, list 1485, line 29 (NARA M237, roll 147); and Christopher in 1860 (Rose Stricler household, West Newton Borough, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, page 1251 [NARA M635, roll 1251]), but Jacob F. in 1880 and Jacob in 1900 (note 41). 39 Evangelische Kirche Kirchheim, Familienbuch, band 17, folio 420 (FHL #1,184,921). Final copy 28 October, 2008 2008 Luppolds from Endingen, Württemberg 319 on Main Street in West Newton and was declared legally dead in 1913.40 Two of their seven children died in infancy. 41 ii. JOHN FREDERICK LUPPOLD, born 29 July 1858;42 died 8 July 1935 in West Newton;43 married 29 July 1903 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, MARY JANE HART, who was born 3 March 1863 in Westmoreland County44 and died in 1948; both buried in West Newton Cemetery.45 iii. ANNA CATHERINE LUPPOLD, born in 1859; died 4 January 1955; married about 1883 JOHN KOCHENDORFER, who was born about 1854 in Germany and died 26 April 1914; two daughters.46 iv. CHRISTIAN SHERWELL/SHELWELL/WILLIAM C. LUPPOLD,47 born 12 August 1863; died 22 January 1929 in West Newton;48 married about 1885 AGNES ELIZABETH HANEY, who was born 14 December 1861 in Pennsylvania and died 31 January 1929;49 both buried in West Newton Cemetery.50 In 1900 his brothers John and Charles, both still unmarried, were living with them in West Newton.51 v. LOUISA LUPPOLD, born in August 1869; married 21 July 1896 in West Newton, JAMES M. GOODWIN,52 who was born in August 1856 in West 40 Genealogical data in possession of descendants of Christian Luppold. 41 Frank Streigher household, 1880 US Census, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 109, page 14D (NARA T9, roll 1204): Jacob F., 30, shoemaker; Elizabeth 24; Frank, 2; infant boy, not named, born in November. Jacob Streicher household, 1900 US Census, Cross Roads, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 118, page 18A (NARA T623, roll 1498): Jacob, November 1849; Mary E., January 1856, married 24 years, 7 children, 5 living; Frank O., July 1877; Grace E., April 1883; Lewis A., June 1886; John F., June 1889; Mary L., February 1892. 42 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, application for marriage, 1903, #17272. 43 Pennsylvania death certificate, 1935, #67611. 44 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, application for marriage, 1903, #17272. 45 West Newton Cemetery, gravestone transcriptions (note 31). 46 Death dates from genealogical data in possession of descendants of Christian Luppold. John Kochendorfer household, 1910 US Census, West Newton, Ward 2, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 216, page 16B (NARA T624, roll 1432): John, 56, married 27 years; Annie K., 50, 2 children, 2 living; Louisa, 25; Bertha, 22. 47 A descendant stated in e-mail to the author that his name was Sherwell Christian; in 1870 he is listed as Shelwell, in 1880 as Christian S. (note 35); in 1900 as William C. (note 51). 48 Pennsylvania death certificate, 1929, #16723. 49 Genealogical data in possession of descendants of Christian Luppold. 50 West Newton Cemetery, gravestone transcriptions (note 31). 51 William C. Luppold household, 1900 US Census, South Huntingdon, West Newton Borough, Westmoreland, ED 144, page 4B (NARA T623, roll 1499): William C., October 1862, ice merchant, married 15 years; Agness, December 1861, 6 children, 4 living; Sarrah L., September 1885; Ray, August 1892; son Humes, August 1895; daughter Paine K., December 1898; boarder John Luppold, July 1858, shoemaker; boarder Charles Luppold, June 1873, lot radiators. 52 Westmoreland County application for marriage license, 1896, #9116. Final copy 28 October, 2008 320 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 Virginia; in 1900 they were living in Washington Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.53 vi. LUTHER LUPPOLD, born about 1871; died 25 March 1893, age 22, and is buried in West Newton Cemetery. 54 vii. CHARLES LUPPOLD, born 28 July 1873; married about 1907 MARY/MAUD ELIZABETH –?–, a widow who was born about 1866 in West Virginia; both living in 1930 in Wilkensburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 55 4. JACOB1 LUPPOLD was born 30 September 1830 in Endingen56 and died 9 February 1911 in West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He married by say 1855 ANNA MARIA NETH, who was born 25 January 1837 in Württemberg and died 18 October 1914 in West Newton; both buried in a small mausoleum in West Newton Cemetery.57 With his brother Christian they settled prior to 1860 in West Newton, fifteen miles southwest of Pittsburgh; both were shoemakers. Subsequently, Jacob was a confectionery and a retail grocer in 1880. In 1900 and 1910, Jacob and Anna Maria were living with their daughter Anna Mary.58 Children of Jacob1 and Anna Maria (Neth) Luppold: i. JACOB WILLIAM2 LUPPOLD, born in June 1856 in Pennsylvania; died prior to 1930; married 15 June 1880 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, 53 James Goodwin household, 1900 US Census, Washington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, ED 72, page 4A (NARA T623, roll 1411): James, August 1856, married 3 years, blacksmith; Louisa, August 1858 [sic]; Anna, August 1897; Bertha, June 1899. 54 Photograph of gravestone, West Newton Cemetery. 55 Charles Luppold, World War I draft registration, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, born 28 July 1873, wife Mary Elizabeth, residence Wilkensburg. Charles Luppold household, 1910 US Census, Swissvale, Ward 1, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, ED 241, page 16A (NARA T624, roll 1297): Charles, 39, married 3 years, laborer in a machine company; Mary, 44. Charles Luppold household, 1930 US Census, Wilkensburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, ED 873, page 15B (NARA T626, roll 1993): Charles, 55, laborer, electric; Maud E., 58. 56 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister (note 3) I:91. 57 Pennsylvania death certificate, 1914, #101792, gives fathers name as Jacob Nith [Neth] (other Neths were living in West Newton at the time; but it is not known if there was a relationship); West Newton Cemetery, gravestone transcriptions (note 31). 58 Jacob Luppold household, 1860 US Census, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, page 1244 (NARA M653, roll 1196): Jacob, 30, shoemaker; H. Amanda [sic] 23; Jacob, 4, Rosena, 1. Christina Brown household, 1870 US Census, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, page 676 (NARA M593, roll 1466): Jacob Luppold, 40, confectionery; Anna, 33; Jacob, 14; Rosana, 11; Anna, 7. Jacob Luppold household, 1880 US Census, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 109, page 8D (NARA T9, roll 1204): Jacob, 49, retail grocer; Anna Mary, 43; Anna Mary, 16. John Houser household, 1900 US Census, West Newton Borough, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 144, page 19B (NARA T623, roll 1499): John Houser, January 1867, weighman in coal mine; A. Mary Houser, September 1863, Pennsylvania; father-inlaw Jacob Luppold, September 1830, married 46 years, immigrated 1849, naturalized; mother-in law A. Mary Luppold, January 1837, 3 children, immigrated 1836. Jacob Luppold household, 1910 US Census, West Newton, Ward 1, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 214, page 13B (NARA T624, roll 1432): Jacob Luppold, 79, immigrated 1849, naturalized; Anna M., 73, immigrated 1849; John Hauser, 43, immigrated 1884, naturalized, superintendant coal mine; Anna M., 46. Final copy 28 October, 2008 2008 Luppolds from Endingen, Württemberg 321 MARY FRANCIS JACKLIN,59 who was born in June 1861 in Canada and died after 1930, probably in Denver, Colorado; four sons and two daughters. 60 ii. ROSENA LUPPOLD, born about 1859/1860 in Pennsylvania; living in Los Angeles at the time of her father’s death in 1911;61 married BRINTON R. PETERS before the West Newton 1880 census was taken; apparently they separated before 1910; he remarried about 1912.62 iii. ANNA MARY LUPPOLD, born 19 September 1863 in Pennsylvania; died 5 April 1942 in West Newton;63 married 27 August 1890 in West Newton JOHANN/JOHN HAUSER,64 who was born 29 September 1867 in Germany and died 17 May 1939 in West Newton;65 both buried in the mausoleum with her parents. 5. ANNA MARIA1 LUPPOLD, born 22 March 1835 in Endingen;66 died 2 January 1913 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana;67 married by say 1854 probably in Berks County, Pennsylvania, THOMAS KIEFER, who was born 6 May 1828 in Heselwangen, son of Thomas and Elisabetha (Schneider) Kiefer,68 and died 30 March 1877 in Liberty Township, Warren County;69 both buried in Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport. The church 59 Rev. J. Allender, Minister, book 1 page 162, obtained from Montgomery County Historical Society, Red Oak, Iowa. 60 William Luppold household, 1900 US Census, Red Oak Township, Montgomery County, Iowa, ED 114, page 9B (NARA T623, roll 450): William, June 1856, married 20 years, immigrated 1885, tanner; M. L., June 1861, 6 children, all living; William H., June 1882 [sic]; Charles, November 1882; Albert, February 1884; Jesse, November 1886; Dora, February 1890; Anna, April 1891. Jacob Luppold household, 1920 US Census, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, ED 255 page 7A (NARA T625, roll 162): Jacob W., 64, salesman at a tire company; Mary F., 58; Dora F., 20. Mary F. Luppold household, 1930 US Census, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, ED 163 page 4B (NARA T626, roll 238): Mary F., 69, widow, owns home, landlady; with four lodgers. 61 Register of Wills, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, records of estate of Jacob Luppold, affidavit 16 March 1911. 62 Brinton Peters household, 1880 US Census, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 109, page 8D (NARA T9, roll 1204): Brinton, 24, works in paper mill; wife Rosia, 20; daughter Anna Mary, 3; sister Sarah E., 17; brother Adam, 18. They are residing next to her uncle Christian. Brinton R. Peters household, 1900 US Census, West Newton Borough, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 144, page 16A (NARA T623, roll 1499): Brinton R., March 1856, married 24 years, constable; daughter Annie, June 1877. Brinton R. Peters [indexed as Devas on Ancestry.com] household, 1910 US Census, West Newton, Ward 1, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, ED 214, page 106C (NARA T624, roll 1432): Brinton R., 52, married 8 years; Clara A., 28, no children. 63 Pennsylvania death certificate, 1942, #10861. 64 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, application for marriage, 1890, #3672; Certificate of Marriage, copy in possession of author. 65 West Newton Cemetery, gravestone transcriptions (note 31). 66 Evangelische Kirche Endingen, Familienregister (note 3) I:91. 67 Birth and death dates from photograph of gravestone, Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport; Indiana death certificate, 1913. 68 Evangelische Kirche Hesselwangen births (note 11), band 1. The surname was usually spelled Kieffer in America. 69 Birth and death dates from photograph of gravestone, Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport; death notice, Warren Republican [Williamsport, Indiana], 5 April 1877. Final copy 28 October, 2008 322 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 records of Endingen indicate Anna Maria Luppold left for North America in 1854. Thomas Kieffer was a farmer, first in Berks County, then in Warren County, Indiana. Only one of their children married; their children lived together until their deaths, including Eliza, who returned to Indiana from Kansas after she became a widow.70 Children of Thomas and Anna Maria1 (Luppold) Kieffer: i. ELIZA E.2 KIEFFER, born in July 1855 in Pennsylvania; married 30 November 1873 at the home of her uncle Mathias Luppold in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana, FREDERICK HETRICT,71 who was born in July 1851 in Ohio; at least two children.72 ii. ANNA MARY KIEFFER, born in December 1857 in Pennsylvania; died in 1918, buried in Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport.73 iii. MATHIAS KIEFFER, born 9 April 1859 in Pennsylvania; died 18 May 1938, buried in Hillside Cemetery.74 iv. THOMAS WILLIAM KIEFFER, born 8 December 1860 in Pennsylvania; died 30 July 1895 in Warren County by drowning in the Wabash River, buried in Hillside Cemetery.75 v. JOHN K. KIEFFER, born 21 November 1862 in Pennsylvania; died 10 January 1941, buried in Hillside Cemetery.76 vi. FRANKLIN N. KIEFFER, born 2 April 1868 in Indiana; died 25 December 1934, buried in Hillside Cemetery.77 70 Thomas Kieffer household, 1860 US Census, Cumru Township, Morgantown, Berks County, page 210 (NARA M653, roll 1075): Thomas, 32; Mary, 24; Eliza, 4; Mary, 3; Mathew, 1. Thomas Kieffer household, 1870 US Census, Washington Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 311 (NARA M593, roll 368): Thomas, 43; Mary, 33; Eliza, 14; Mary, 12; Mathew, 10; William, 9; John, 8; Frank, 2. Mary Kiffier household 1880 US Census, Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 61, page 66B (NARA T9, roll 320): Mary 45, widow; Mary, 22; Mathew, 21; William, 19; John, 17; Frank, 12. John Keeffer household, 1900 US Census, Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 9A—9B (NARA T623, roll 411): John K., November 1862; mother Mary N., March 1835; sister Mary A., December 1857; brother Mathia, April 1859; brother Franklin N., April 1868; all the males were farmers. Anna Keiffer household, 1910 US Census, Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 197, page 7B (NARA T624, roll 375): Anna, 75; Mary, 52; Mathies, 50; John, 47; Frank, 42. John Kieffer household, 1920 US Census, Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 205, page 7A (NARA T625, roll 473): John, 56; Frank, 52; Mathias, 40; Eliza Hedrick, 43. Mathias Kieffer household, 1930 US Census, Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 6, page 3A (NARA T626, roll 631): Mathias, 71; John L., 67; Franklin N., 62. 71 News item, Warren Republican, Williamsport, Indiana, 11 December 1873. 72 Fred Hitrick household, 1880 US Census, Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 62, page 77A (NARA T9, roll 320): Fred, 29; Eliza, 23; Rosa, 5; Mary, 4. Fredrick Hetrick household, 1900 US Census, Tioga Township, Neosho County, Kansas, ED 158, page 6B (NARA T623, roll 493): Fredrick, 48; Eliza E., 44; Mary, 24. Frederick Hetrick household, 1910 US Census, Chanute Ward 4, Tioga Township, Neosho County, Kansas, ED 199, page 13B (NARA T624, roll 451): Fredrick, 58; Eliza E., 53. 73 Photograph of gravestone (name is Anna Mary), Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport. 74 Photograph of gravestone, Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport. 75 Photograph of gravestone, Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport; obituary, Warren Republican, 15 August 1895. 76 Photograph of gravestone, Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport. 77 Photograph of gravestone, Hillside Cemetery, Williamsport. Final copy 28 October, 2008