Herman Emil KUPFER
1849 - 1888 (38 years)-
Name Herman Emil KUPFER Birth 23 Dec 1849 Hamberg, Saxony, Germany 
Gender Male Census 1870 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts [1] Census 1880 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa [2] Death 4 Jul 1888 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa [3] Burial 6 Jul 1888 Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa [4] Person ID I8912 bmds Last Modified 3 Jul 2022
Family Margaret JANN, b. 29 Mar 1858, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa d. 10 Dec 1946, Newton, Jasper, Iowa (Age 88 years) Marriage 10 Oct 1878 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa [5] Age at Marriage Herman : 28 years old | Margaret : 20 years old. Children 2 sons and 2 daughters + 1 . Carl Albert KUPFER, b. 28 Jul 1879, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa d. 2 Jan 1943, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon (Age 63 years)2 . Walter Hugh KUPFER, b. 8 Apr 1881, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa d. 29 Mar 1948, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska (Age 66 years)+ 3 
. Clara Louise KUPFER, b. 24 Apr 1885, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa d. 1 Apr 1981, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota (Age 95 years)+ 4 . Margaret Eleanor KUPFER, b. Mar 1887, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa d. Jan 1952 (Age 64 years)Family ID F37 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 23 Dec 1849 - Hamberg, Saxony, Germany 
Census - 1870 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
Marriage - 10 Oct 1878 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Census - 1880 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Death - 4 Jul 1888 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa 
Burial - 6 Jul 1888 - Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Pin Legend 
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Notes - Herman was naturalized on 24 Jul 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts. The name Kupfer H[erman] is mentioned in successive editions of the Des Moines City Directory:
1877 – Kupfer Emil, cabinet mkr C. & L. Harbach, bds Walnut cor Third.
1877 – Kupfer Herman, cabinet mkr C. & L. Harbach.
1879 – Kupfer H., cabinet maker L. Harbach, r 112 Sycamore
1881 – Kupfer Herman E., cabinet mkr, r 108 Chestnut.
1886 – Kupfer H. E., cabinet maker L. Harbach, r 112 w Chestnut.
1889 – Kupfer Hermann Mrs. r 112 Chestnut
DROWNINGS AT DES MOINES. Des Moines, July 5. — This city furnished her quota of victims to the Des Moines river yesterday, a man and a boy. Late in the afternoon a gentleman by the name of H. E. Kupfer, living at 112 Chestnut street, wend down to the river just below the old mill, accompanied by his two boys. The latter went out wading in the edge of the water. One of them went beyond his depth and the father seeing his danger plunged in to save him. Someone on the bank gave the alarm and Elmer Wickham ran around to the other side of the mill while Col. Olmstead jumped into a boat and rowed up to the dam and pushed over. No one was able to reach the man, and Mr. Wickham having his clothes on was compelled to head for the shore in order to save himself. Mr. Fitzgerald who had followed Olmstead to the bank jumped off to save the boy but was taken with a cramp and his daring effort to save the boy’s life nearly cost him his own. Col. Olmstead and Mr. Griffiths got the boy out before he went down for the last time and the colonel returned with Messrs. Hartley and Wickham and picked up Mr. Kupfer. They took him ashore and done all they could but life was extinct. Mr. Kupfer was about 30 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. (Source: Atlantic Daily Telegraph, July 6, 1888.)
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Sources - [S22] 1870 US Census, 7 Jul 1870, Boston Ward 9, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Herman Kubfer | Occupation: Cabinet maker | Birthplace: Saxony
- [S18] 1880 US Census.
Age: 30 | Occupation: Cabinet maker | Birthplace: Saxony | Father’s birthplace: Saxony | Mother’s birthplace: Saxony
- [S14] Source, Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990.
- [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 94308309.
- [S14] Source, Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992.
Groom: Herman E. Kupper | bride: Margarita Jann | date: 10 Oct 1878 | place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
- [S18] 1880 US Census.
- [S22] 1870 US Census, 7 Jul 1870, Boston Ward 9, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
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