Stanley Dexter Jupp Sr. (1894 - 1973)

Born 4 Aug 1894 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Son of William Charles Jupp and Fannie Bradford (Bartlett) Jupp

Husband of Eva Josephine (Place) Jupp — married 21 Jan 1920 in San Diego, California, United States

Husband of Margaret Lewis Marshall (McNair) Jupp — married 1 Aug 1939 in Agana, Agana, Guam, USA

Husband of Elizaberth Tyson (Russell) Jupp — married 19 Aug 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1973 at age 78 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

United States Navy

Stanley Jupp Sr. was awarded the Commanders of the Order of the British Empire.

Stanley Jupp Sr. was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Commodore Stanley Jupp Sr. served in the United States Navy in World War I
Service started: 28 Jun 1917
Unit(s): USS Kansas (BB-21); USS Flusser (DD-368)
Service ended: 30 Jun 1949

Commodore Stanley Jupp Sr. served in the United States Navy in World War II
Service started: 28 Jun 1917
Unit(s): USS Griffin (AS-13) - Commanding Officer; Battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) - Commanding Officer
Service ended: 30 Jun 1949

Stanley Dexter Jupp Sr. was born on the 4th of August, 1894, in Detroit, Michigan. He was the son of William Charles Jupp and Fannie Bradford Bartlett. ^[1][2]

Stan Graduated from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis in the spring of 1917, winning varsity letters in crew and football (Technically he was in the class of 1918, but the graduation was accelerated due to the onset and escalation of World War I). He is lsited as one of their 'Distinguished Alumni.' His official enlistment date was the 18th of June, 1917.^[3]

He was stationed on the Battleship USS Kansas (BB-21) for the majority of the Great War.

After the treaty was signed ending the state of war, he married Eva Josephine Place in San Diego, California.^[4] They had children Stanley Jr., Daniel and William.^[5][6][7]

He received a Masters of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 1924, and eventually returned to the US Naval Academy in 1933 to teach Engineering for the following three years.

After his divorce wirh Eva, he married Margaret Lewis Marshall McNair in Guam, just prior to the start of World War II. She was the 3rd great granddaughter of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall^[8] They had just one child together, Marshall.

As his service career continued, he was promoted to Captain and took command of the Submarine Tender USS Griffin (AS-13) on the 31st of July, 1941, near the start of the United State's involvement in World War II.

Perhaps his most significant achievement was while on assignment as the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Naval Operating Base at Auckland, New Zealand, beginning in September of 1942. He served there until January of 1944, simultaneously fulfilling the role of representative of the Commader of the South Pacific (COMSOPAC). Through his exceptional leadership and stategic planning, he helped contribute to the overall prosecution of the war in that region of the Pacific Theater. Escorting First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt during her visit to the island in 1943 was one of the many highlights of his duties. His service earned the respect of many local tribes, including the venerable Māori people. It also led to a life-long friendship and close ally with then New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser.

Stanley was awarded the rank of a flag officer, Commodore (Rear Admiral), on October 13th of 1943.^[9]

Rank Flag of a US Navy Commodore

On July 9th, 1944, the Māori King Koroki Mahuta awarded him with a special Hei-tiki "Whitua Te Aroha," which was traditonally worn by the sitting Queen, and holds significant cultural value to their community. This was to acknowledge his prominant role in developing good relationships between the US Armed Forces stationed in New Zealand and the native Māori people. He humbly accepted this Taonga from the King, along with a few other incredible tribal crafts, that as of today are in our family's possession. They include handmade wooden shields, canoes and swords.

Handover of power on the USS Idaho as Stanley Jupp relieves Herbert John Grassie as Commanding Officer

His next assigment was as the Commanding Officer of the Battleship USS Idaho (BB-42), beginning on the 16th of August, 1945. Toward the end of the war in the Pacific, it made her triumphal entry into Tokyo Bay on the 27th of August, and witnessed the signing of the Japanese surrender on board the USS Missouri on the 2nd of September. Commander Jupp wore the Māori tiki necklace durng the ceremony in order to honor the many tribal groups in New Zealand which greatly aided and sacrificed themselves for the greater good of the war effort.

He utimately returned the Hei-tiki on May 26th of 1968 to the new Queen, Te Atairangikaahu as well as the Māori people in a gracious ceremony following her coronation, noting:

"It is such an Ancient Tiki, worn smooth by generations of tbe female ancestors of the Queen, that I feel this Tiki belongs back in the line of women who produced many of the people I learned to love and admire"^[10][11]

Return of the Hei-tiki to the Māori People in New Zealand

He was awarded the Legion of Merit for "exceptionally meritorious conduct" as well as the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his service at this important post during a critical period of the war.

Legion of Merit Medal

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Four days after the surrendor documents were signed, he guided the Idaho (along with multiple destroyer escorts) on the long voyage through the Panama Canal and back to Norforlk, Virginia on October 16th, 1945, where it was to be soon decommissioned.

Following the death of his second wife in 1945, Stan married Elizabeth Tyson Russell , the great granddaughter of John Murray Forbes, in August of 1948 on the Naval Base in Charleston, South Carolina.^[12] They had no children together. He officialy retired from the Navy, following his last assignment as the assistant chief of Staff for operations of the Sixth Naval district, on June 30th, 1949. He subsequently finished his working career returning to education, teaching Physics and Mathematics at a private school unitl 1966.

Stan passed away in the Naval Hospital on the 11th of June, 1973, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was buried two days later at the Old Saint Andrew's Parish Church Cemetery .^[13][14]

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ Birth Record - "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995", database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42H-FY5 : 16 January 2020), Stanly B. Jupp, 1894.
2. ↑ Birth Record - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Certificate of Live Birth (4 August 1894), Stanley D. Jupp, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
3. ↑ Military Recrod - Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
4. ↑ Marriage Record to Eva Pace- California Board of Health, Marriage Certificate (21 January 1920), Stanley Dexter Jupp and Eva Josephine Place, County of San Diego, Bureau of Vital Statistics.
5. ↑ 1940 Federal Census - United States Federal Census, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-04643-00246?pId=160955174. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
6. ↑ Birth Record - Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. riginal data: State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
7. ↑ Birth Record - Connecticut Department of Health, Certificate of Birth (7 July 1925), William Bradford Jupp, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Connecticut.
8. ↑ Marriage Record to Margaret McNair - Sourced from the marriage announcements in the Baltimore Sun Newspaper, 20 Aug 1939.
9. ↑ Military Record - Ancestry.com. U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. United States Military Registers, 1902–1985. Salem, Oregon: Oregon State Library. Ancestry Sharing Link
10. ↑ Military Record - Tiki Return to New Zealand, "News And Courier", Tuesday, June 18, 1968. Charleston, South Carolina.
11. ↑ Journal Article - Article from Te Ao Hou, September 1968, pp. 24-27.
12. ↑ Marriage Record to Elizabeth Russell - Sourced fom the marriage announcenments in the Charlotte Observer; Publication Date: 20/ Aug/ 1948; Publication Place: Charlotte, North Carolina.
13. ↑ Death Record - Find a Grave, memorial page for Stanley Dexter Jupp (4 Aug 1894–11 Jun 1973), Find A Grave: Memorial #41915607, citing Old Saint Andrew's Parish Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA.
14. ↑ Death Record - South Carolina Board of Health , Certificate of Death number 731103 (11 June 1973), Stanley Dexter Jupp, Naval Hospital, Charleston, SC.

Source list:

• Original Photograph of the Handover of power on the USS Idaho to Commodore Stanley Dexter Jupp Sr.

• Original Photograph of Commadore Stanley Jupp walking with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt during her tour of Auckland, New Zealand during WW II (photograph in my possession).

• Original Photograph of Commadore Stanley Jupp talking with Fleet Admiral William Halsey at the US Naval Operating Base in New Zealand during WW II (photograph in my possession).

• Original Photograph of Fleet Admiral William Halsey's book: Halsey, William F. Admiral Halsey's Story. New York: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1947. (photograph in my possession).

• Orginal Photograph of Stanley Dexter Jupp in Auckland during WW II (with a Koala cub).

DNA

Confirmed MRCA: Fannie Bradford Bartlett and William Charles Jupp

• Paternal & Maternal relationships confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Brian Quesnell and his 2nd cousin once removed J.F.. Their most-recent common ancestors are Fannie Bradford Bartlett and William Charles Jupp, the 2nd great grandparents of Brian Quesnell and the great grandparents of his cousin J.F.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 138 cM across 8 segments.