Philipp Schuppe (1882 - 1969)

Born 26 May 1882 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Husband of Amalia (Dumler) Schuppe — married before 1902 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Died 23 Apr 1969 at age 86 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Philip Schuppe was a Volga German.

Philip Schuppe has German Roots.

Birth Date and Place

• 26 May 1882
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Parents

• Philip Schuppe
• Katharina Wolf

Marriage

• Amalia "Mollie" Dumler
• by 1902

Children

• Philipp Schuppe, born 1903
• Amalia Schuppe Schneider, born 1905
• Emilia Schuppe, born 1907
• Alexander Schuppe, born 1909
• Maria Schuppe, born 1910
• August Schuppe, born 1911

Immigration

• 09 May 1912
• S.S. Brandenburg
• From Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Traveling with family, Philipp and Mollie Schneider, 6 children, and his brother Karl, age 21
• Family first settled in Trever, Wisconsin, on the border of Wisconsin and Illinois, directly north of Chicago.
• Family moved to Fond du Lac, a town where almost all former Grimm, Russia, residents settled.
• His parents and two younger brothers followed their son to Wisconsin 6 months later, stating their destination was Kenosha to stay with their son. Kenosha was the county, Trever was the town.

Death Date and Place

• 23 April 1969
• Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards

Name Phillip Schuep [sic]

Event Type Draft Registration

Event Date 1917-1918

Event Place Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States

Gender Male

Nationality Russia

Birth Date May 1882

Birthplace , , Russia

1920 United States Federal Census

Note that in this census, their surname was spelled incorrectly. Although he was of German heritage, born in the Volga German villages in Russia, his birth place and that of his parents was Russia, not Germany. Surname was spelled Schuppe.

Name: Philip J Schuppie [sic] [Philip J Schuppe] [Philip J Schuppel]

Age: 38

Birth Year: abt 1882

Birthplace: Germany [sic]

Home in 1920: Fond du Lac Ward 15, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

House Number: 112

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Male

Immigration Year: 1912

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Mollie Schuppel

Father's Birthplace: Germany [sic]

Mother's Birthplace: Germany [sic]

Native Tongue: German

Able to Speak English: Yes

Occupation: Laborer

Industry: Tannery

Employment Field: Wage or Salary

Home Owned or Rented: Own

Home Free or Mortgaged: Free

Naturalization Status: Alien

Able to Read: No

Able to Write: No

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Philip J Schuppie 38

Mollie Schuppel 39

Philip Schuppel 17

Alex Schuppel 12

Mollie Schuppel 15

Emil Schuppel 13

Marie Schuppel 10

Charley Schuppel 6

August Schuppel 5

Jacob Schuppel 4

Annie Schuppel 1

Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index

Name Phillip Schuppe

Event Type Naturalization

Event Place Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Event Date 1940

Birth Year 1882

Birthplace Russia

1940 United States Federal Census

Name: Philip Schuppe

Respondent: Yes

Age: 57

Estimated birth year: abt 1883

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: Russia

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1940: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Map of Home in 1940: View Map

Street: North Sibley Street

House Number: 429

Farm: No

Inferred Residence in 1935: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Residence in 1935: Same Place

Citizenship: Naturalized

Sheet Number: 3A

Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 62

Father's Birthplace: Russia

Mother's Birthplace: Russia

Occupation: Tanner

House Owned or Rented: Owned

Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 1800

Attended School or College: No

Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade

Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 32

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work

Weeks Worked in 1939: 52

Income: 1304

Income Other Sources: No

Native Language: German

Social Security Number: Yes

Usual Occupation: Tanner

Usual Industry: Tannery

Usual Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Philip Schuppe 57

Molly Schuppe 59

August Schuppe 25

Herman Schuppe 20

Bertha Schuppe 20

Walter Schuppe 17

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Name Philip Schuppe

Event Type Draft Registration

Event Date 1942

Event Place Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

Residence Place Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Gender Male

Employer Philip/Schuppe

Birth Date 26 May 1882

Obituary

From the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, dated April 24, 1969:

"City Resident Died at 86, Funeral Set"

Phillip Schuppe, 86, a resident of the Lutheran Home For Aged, died at 3:25 p.m. Wednesday at St. Agnes Hospital.

He was born May 26, 1882, in Grimm, Russia, of German decent, a son of Phillip And Catherine Wolf Schuppe. He married Molly Dumler and she died in 1945. He married Katherine Leonhardt in 1947.

Mr. Schuppe came to the US from Russia in 1912. He was employed at the Fred Rueping Leather Co. for 25 years, retiring 21 years ago. He was a member of the Church of Peace United Church of Christ.

Surviving are his widow: 12 children, Phillip, Alex and Mrs. Bill Rendall, all of Racine; Mrs. Alex Krause of Newberry, Mich., Mrs. Jacob Schneider, Carl, August, Jacob, Mrs. Peter Kaiser Jr., Bertha, Herman and Walter, all of the city; 28 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; two step-children, August Leonhardt and Mrs. Rose Pemberton, both of the city; six step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son in infancy.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Church of Peace.

United States Social Security Death Index

Name Phillip Schuppe

Age 87

Given Name Phillip

Surname Schuppe

Birth Date 26 May 1882

State Wisconsin

Last Place of Residence Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Previous Residence Postal Code 54935

Event Date Apr 1969

Sources

• Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964 for Amalia "Mollie" Schuppe, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Records of the US Customs Service, RG36; NAI Number: 2655153; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests. National Archives, Washington, D.C. See: http://ancstry.me/2DsqN14.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8QR-5RY : 12 December 2014), Phillip Schuep, 1917-1918; citing Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,674,745.

• 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Fond du Lac Ward 15, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1986; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 44. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. See: http://ancstry.me/2BP5XID.

• "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKGT-V33 : 12 December 2014), Phillip Schuppe, 1940; citing Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 149; FHL microfilm 1,432,149.

• 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: T627_4479; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 20-17. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. 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. See: http://ancstry.me/2CUgly4.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5QB-VJQ : 8 April 2016), Philip Schuppe, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, April 24, 1969, Obituary for Philip Schuppe, "City Resident Died at 86, Funeral Set."

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLQV-22J : 20 May 2014), Phillip Schuppe, Apr 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).