Navorska tree » Wessel Kuper (1867-1924)
Personal data Wessel Kuper
- Alternative name: Wessel Kuiper
- He was born on July 7, 1867 in Holthuserheide, Ostfriesland, Hannover.Source 1
- He was christened on August 11, 1867 in Weener Par., Ostfriesland, Hannover.
- (note1) .Source 2
Sources: Katherine Johnson, James Hanson, & Jan-Dirk Zimmermann
- He died on April 16, 1924 in Spanaway, Pierce Co., WA, he was 56 years old.
- He is buried after April 15, 1924 in Lakewood, Pierce Co., WA (Mt. View Mem. Pk.).
- A child of Berend Jans Kuper and Antje Wessels
- This information was last updated on June 12, 2018.
Household of Wessel Kuper
He is married to Christina Amelia Johanna Thaden.
They got married on March 26, 1890 at Luverne, Rock Co., MN, he was 22 years old.Source 3
Wessel Kuper oo Christina Amelia Johanna Thaden
Marriage source: 1900 Lincoln Co., SD census
Author: Hanson, James, Title: "Our Family Stories," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: worldconnect.rootsweb.com, Publication date: iii Mar MMIII), Repository: The Cloud
"... Christina Amelia Johanna Thaden ... Marriage 1 Wessel Kuper b: Jul 1867 in Germany Married: 26 Mar 1890 in Luverne, Minnesota
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Child(ren):
- Gerret W. Kuper 1899-1988
Notes about Wessel Kuper
Wessel Kuper
Source: Author: Johnson, Katherine, Title: Kuper/Thaden FGS, (Publication location: Milbank SD, Publisher: KOWJ, Publication date: vi Apr MCMXCV)
Mrs. Johnson writes, "1900 LINCOLN CO CENSUS GOT WIFE'S NAME AND CHILDREN'S NAMES."
Mrs. Johnson cites her source for birth: LDS WEENER CHURCH RECORDS 1256904
Mrs. Johnson cites her source for christening: LDS WEENER CHURCH RECORDS 1256904
Author: Hanson, James, Title: "Our Family Stories," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: worldconnect.rootsweb.com, Publication date: iii Mar MMIII), Repository: The Cloud
"... Wessel Kuper ... Sex: M Birth: Jul 1867 in Germany Death: 1924 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington Burial: 1924 Mountain View Memorial Park, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Immigration: 1884 NATU: 1891 South Dakota ... Wessel Kuper may be a native of Westfalen, Preussen. Change Date: 19 Jan 2003 ...
Photograph ... Title: Kuper, Greenlaw and Doersam Family (1923) Note: Top Row: Hannah Kuper Doersam, Wessel Kuper, Loren Greenlaw, Anna Kuper Greenlaw, Christine Thaden Kuper~~Middle Row: Fred Kuper, Evelyn Greenlaw, Arnold Doersam, Vernon Greenlaw, Irene Kuper~~Bottom Row: Alfred Greenlaw, Lorraine Greenlaw, Dorothy Doer ...
Father: Ben Kuper b: ABT 1835 in Germany
Mother: Annie Unknown b: ABT 1840 in Germany
Marriage 1 Christina Amelia Johanna Thaden b: 14 Apr 1872 in German Township, Grundy County, Iowa Married: 26 Mar 1890 in Luverne, Minnesota
Children
1. Anna Marie Luella Kuper b: 12 Nov 1892 in Lennox, Lincoln, South Dakota
2. Hannah Kuper b: Jun 1894 in Lennox, Lincoln, South Dakota
3. Ben L. Kuper b: 3 Aug 1897 in Lennox, Lincoln, South Dakota
4. George Kuper b: 2 Jun 1899 in Lennox, Lincoln, South Dakota
5. John Kuper b: ABT 1901 in Lennox, Lincoln, South Dakota
6. Ernest Arthur Kuper b: 22 May 1904 in Lennox, Lincoln, South Dakota
7. Fred W. Kuper b: 8 Nov 1910 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington
8. LIVING"
Author: NN (anonymous), Title: "Wessel Kuper," (Publication location: Lakewood, WA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: ii Jan MMXIII), Repository: The Cloud
Link: https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kuper&GSfn=Wessel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=102981102&df=all&
"Wessel Kuper Birth: Jul. 7, 1868, Germany Death: Apr. 16, 1925
Record Series: Death Records Collection: Washington State Death Records County: Statewide
First Name: Wessel Last Name: Kuper Date Of Death: 16 Apr 1925 Age: 57 Gender: Male
Father Name: Bernard Kuper
Mother Name: Anna Wessels Batch Id: 276356 Batch Locality: Washington, United States Death Place: Parkland, Pierce, Washington
Spouse Name: Christina
Family links:
Children:
Hanna Doersam Kuper Shervin (1894 - 1955) *
* Reverse Relationships: This relationship was not directly added to this memorial. Rather, it is calculated based on information added to the related person's memorial. For example: if Joe Public is linked to Jane Public as a spouse, a reciprocal link will automatically be added to Jane Public's memorial. Calculated relationship
Note: Source: Piper Funeral Home Records
Burial: Mountain View Memorial Park Lakewood Pierce County Washington, USA Plot: Juniper 139 1
Created by: Taweret Record added: Jan 02, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 102981102"
Author: Zimmermann, Jan-Dirk, Title: Familienbuch der Ev.-ref. Kirchengemeinde WEENER ... 1674-1900, Teilband iii, (Publication location: Weener, Niedersachsen, Publisher: Eigenverlag, Publication date: MMXV), Seite 1488, Repository: Ostfriesen Heritage Soc., Grundy Ctr., IA, with holdings at Wellsburg, IA pub. lib.
[Seite1488]
"9764. Berend 9804, Arbeiter, * 8.1.1834 Holthuserheide, + 26.6.1894 South Dakota, Sohn des Arbeiters Jan Jans Kuiper und Grietje Berends Braak, oo 7.12.1857 Weener, Grietje Jans Meyer 10909, * 14.1.1833 Smarlingen, + 5.2.1861 Holthuserheide, Tochter des Arbeiters Jan Arends Meyer und Hilke Christians Hartog
Kinder: Grietje * 18.4.1858 Holthuserheide
II. oo 4.4.1863 Weener
Antje Wessels 15928 [sic] [should be 15628], * 1.3.1833 Holthuserheide, Tochter des Arbeiters Wessel Wessels und Geeske Christians
Kinder: Geeske * 26.5.1863 Holthuserheide + 12/13.11.1863 Holthuserheide
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[3] Wessel * 7.7.1867 Holthuserheide
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Birthday July 7, 1867
- The temperature on July 7, 1867 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
- March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
- May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
- September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
- November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
Christening day August 11, 1867
- The temperature on August 11, 1867 was about 23.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
- March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
- May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
- July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
- October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
- December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
Day of marriage March 26, 1890
- The temperature on March 26, 1890 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
- July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
- July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
- November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
- December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of death April 16, 1924
- The temperature on April 16, 1924 was between 3.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
- January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
- February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
- April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
- September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
- November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
- December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
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