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Loop Norman Monroe Loop (paid through 1992) Rob Loop (paid through 1992) William H. Loop Thelma Loxton Shelby McBee William V. Middough Mary Ellen Schroeder Karen Loop Shipway Fae (Loop) Stromquist Teresa Taylor Dorothy Wait Subscription rates are $15 for one year, four issues July, October, January and April. The next volume will be Numbers 29 through 32. If you are retired on a fixed income and would find the $15 to be a hardship, you may subscribe for $5, as in the past. Please make checks payable to Victor L. Bennison. I CANNOT cash checks made out to the Loop Scoop. (c) Victor L. Bennison, 1991 ****************************** ARTICLE ********************************* [NOTE: There are two articles in this issue.] The Family of Gerlach Lupp of New Jersey Victor L. Bennison [A draft of a chapter from "The Early Loop Family in America", in preparation, (c) 1991] Gerlach LUPP [Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)]. For over a century it was mistakenly believed by Loop family researchers that Gerlach Lupp was the patriarch of the New York Loops as well as the New Jersey Lupps. For this reason, for most of us who research the Loop family, there is a certain magic to the name of Gerlach Lupp. Gerlach Lupp was born in Langenbach in the parish of Bad Marienberg in 1699. His parents were Johann Jacob LUPP and Anna Elisabeth ROSS. He was the brother of Christian Lupp and the half brother of Martin and Sebastian Lupp, all New York immigrants. Gerlach married, February 17, 1723 to Anna Veronica KEMPEL of Vielbach in the parish of Nordhof, also in the Hesse-Nassau region. She was the daughter of Christian KEMPEL and Anna Maria STAAT. Following tradition, the couple went to live in Vielbach, the town of the bride's family. There they had six sons and one daughter. Three of the sons, Johann Peter, Henricus, and Adam, died young, as did the daughter Anna Maria. The surviving sons, Johann Christian, a second Johann Peter, and Johannes (i.e., Christian, Peter, and John) came with their father to Philadelphia in 1751 (Peter probably in 1754) and settled in New Jersey. Gerlach and his family continue to appear in the parish registers of Nordhof until 1749. Christian appears as a godparent in 1743 and Peter appears as a godparent in October, 1749, which means he is not the Johann Peter Lupp who arrived in Philadelphia in September, 1749 and is therefore probably the Peter who arrived there in 1754. There is no further mention of any LUPP in the parish registers after 1749 (I only searched to 1755). Peter and John both married in New Jersey. As no marriage record appears for Christian in the Nordhof parish registers, it is likely he married in New Jersey also. After their arrival in Philadephia on the ship Two Brothers out of Rotterdam, Gerlach and his family first settled in Amwell Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Gerlach's son Christian died there in 1763, leaving a will in which he mentions his brothers John and Peter. Gerlach, John, Peter, and Christian's son Jacob appear in the Amwell tax records in 1778-1780. Unfortunately, the reformed church records for Amwell were destroyed in a fire. We don't know when or where Gerlach Lupp or his wife died, nor, indeed, whether his wife ever made it to America. Gerlach's sons John and Peter had removed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, by the early 1780's. There they were silversmiths. The children of Gerlach LUPP and Anna Veronica KEMPEL were: + 1. Christian LUPP, b. 1724 in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany, m. Maria, surname unknown, d. between January and May, 1763, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, NJ. 2. Johann Peter LUPP, b. 1725 in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany, christened in Nordhof on August 12, 1725, d. April 22, 1727, in Vielbach. 3. Henrich LUPP, b. 1726 in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany, christened December 22, 1726, in Nordhof, d. April 7, 1727, in Vielbach. + 4. Johann Peter LUPP, b. 1728 in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany, m. Phoebe OGDEN, d. March, 1807, in Somerset County, NJ. + 5. John LUPP, b. October 14, 1734, in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany, m. Anna Maria GRAFF, January 21, 1766, in NJ, d. October 6, 1805, in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ. 6. Anna Maria LUPP, b. 1730 in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany, christened August 20, 1730, in Nordhoff, d. April 13, 1736, in Vielbach. 7. Adam LUPP, b. 1733 in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany, and christened that year in Nordhoff, d. January 14, 1735, in Vielbach. Christian LUPP [Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)], the first child of Gerlach LUPP and Anna Veronica KEMPEL, was born in 1724 in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany. He was christened at the parish church in Nordhoff on February 27, 1724. He was 27 years old when he arrived in Philadelphia with his father and brothers. He married a woman named Maria, probably after his arrival. He died only 12 years later, at the age of 39, leaving a will in which he mentions his wife, brothers John and Peter, and children Jacob, Christian, Elizabeth, and Maria, in that order. He specifically states that Maria is the youngest daughter. It is probable that Jacob is the oldest son, but beyond that we do not know the order of birth. His executors are Phillip Kempel, probably an uncle, his brother Peter, and his wife Maria. Although in his will he is listed as being of Amwell Twsp, Hunterdon County, he bequeaths his wife and children land in Sussex County, in northwestern New Jersey, a total of 746 acres, possibly more. The children of Christian LUPP and his wife Maria were: + 1. Jacob LUPP, b. September 22, 1756, probably in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He d. November 29, 1794, and is buried in Sussex County, NJ. + 2. Christian or Christopher LUPP, b. about 1758, probably in Hunterdon County, NJ, and d. in Sussex County, NJ, about March, 1812. 3. Elizabeth LUPP, d. after 1763. 4. Maria LUPP, d. after 1763. Johann Peter LUPP [Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)], the fourth child of Gerlach LUPP and Anna Veronica KEMPEL was born in 1728 in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany. He did not arrive in Philadelphia with his father, as did his other brothers, but is probably the Peter Lupp who arrived three years later, on the same boat. We do not know his whereabouts between October of 1749, when he served as a sponsor at a baptism in Vielbach and his arrival in Philadelphia in 1754. It is possible that he was serving an apprenticeship in some German town, learning his trade of clockmaker and silversmith, though it is equally possible that he learned his trade after his arrival in America. He probably settled originally in Amwell, but by 1760 was living in New Brunswick, in Somerset County. He married, before 1760, Phoebe OGDEN daughter of Benjamin OGDEN. She died probably quite young, but at least before 1790 when Benjamin Ogden of South River, Middlesex County, in his will does not include her as a surviving daughter, but instead mentions her son Henry LUPP. Peter and Phoebe apparently had only two children who survived to bear children, a son and a daughter. The son, Henry LUPP, was christened July 27, 1760, at the First Reformed Dutch Church in New Brunswick. The only clue we have as to the daughter is from Peter Lupp's will. In it he mentions his grandchild Mary Ann HASSARD, who is definitely not a daughter of Peter's son Henry, and who is not yet 21 in 1802. Therefore HASSARD is most likely her maiden name, which means her mother was a LUPP married to a HASSARD. Omer Loop's records list an Anna Lupp as daughter of Peter Lupp, but Omer Loop's records do not list sources, and I have found nothing to verify this claim. Peter Lupp listed himself as a clockmaker in his will. A grandfather clock made by him in 1762 is exhibited at the Buccleuch Mansion, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is also known to have been a silversmith. He became a naturalized citizen in 1770. He suffered losses to the British in the period 1776 to 1777 during the Revolution, for which he was compensated in the amount of £55.6.3. Peter made his will in 1802 and it was proved in 1807. The children of Peter LUPP and his wife Phoebe OGDEN were: + 1. Henry LUPP, b. July 16, 1760, and christened July 27, 1760, at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ, m. August 16, 1788, Mary VICKERS, d. November 26, 1800, buried in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ. 2. ______ LUPP, a daughter, possibly Ann, m. ______ HASSARD and d. before 1802, having one daughter Mary Ann HASSARD, who was not 21 in 1802. John LUPP [Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)], the fifth child of Gerlach LUPP and Anna Veronica KEMPEL was born October 14, 1734, in Vielbach, Hesse-Nassau, Germany and was christened November 21, 1734 in Nordhof. Of Gerlach's three sons, we know the most about John and his family, mostly because of the survival of his family Bible. The date of his birth as entered in the Bible in New Jersey matches exactly, to the day, the date entered in the Nordhof parish registers. He married January 21, 1766, Anna Maria GRAFF. She was born May 3, 1747, in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the daughter of Henry GRAFF and one of his wifes, either Anna HARLEY or Anna ACKER. Henry Graff had come over much earlier and, after spending some time in Germantown, Pennsylvania, had settled in Amwell around 1724. He was originally from Neuwied, Germany, only about 30 kilometers from Vielbach, and, according to Omer Loop's records, is supposed to have been the brother of the Duke of Neuwied. Three of his sons settled in Sussex County, NJ, where Christian Lupp's sons also settled. John LUPP and Anna Maria GRAFF had eleven children, at least eight of whom lived to adulthood. Of their four sons only two are known to have married, and only one, William LUPP, is known to have produced male offspring. John LUPP removed from Amwell to New Brunswick, New Jersey, sometime between 1766 and 1776. He claimed losses to the British of £313.15.6 in the period 1776 to 1777. He and his sons William, Charles and Lawrence were silversmiths and clockmakers. Anna Maria LUPP died in February, 1805, and John died October 6, of the following year. In his will, dated April and proved October of 1805, he leaves the family Bible to his oldest daughter Catherine Boureau. This Bible is now in the possession of Rutgers University. He leaves his tools and shop furniture to his eldest son William, and the rest of his estate he divides up among the remaining children. Of particular interest, he divides "the legacy due after the death of widow Graff" among his four surviving daughters. Widow Graff was most likely his mother-in-law. The children of John LUPP and Anna Maria GRAFF were: + 1. William LUPP, b. December 25, 1766, in NJ, m. January 22, 1800, Margaret HODGE, d. July 13, 1845, in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ. 2. Catherine LUPP, b. March 15, 1768, m. Peter Nicholas BOUREAU, d. 1820, in Witham (according to Bible record). They had children: Mary Frances BOUREAU, Hannah E. BOUREAU, Henrietta BOUREAU, Christopher Langstroth BOUREAU, and Thomas BOUREAU. 3. Maria LUPP, b. November 3, 1772, d. September, 1772. 4. Sarah LUPP, b. September 15, 1773, m. Daniel HOWELL, d. October 11, 1868, Philadelphia, PA. 5. Mary LUPP, b. March 6, 1775, m. October 29, 1803, Theodore LANGSTROTH. He was b. 1766. She d. February 9, 1827, in Williamsville (Williamstown?), NJ. They had eight children, including Margaretta LANGSTROTH and Caroline LANGSTROTH. 6. Frances (Fanny) LUPP, b. August 6, 1777, m. December 2, 1797, George F. HOPKINS. She d. November 19, 1808. 7. Hannah LUPP, March 9, 1780, d. before 1805. 8. Margaret LUPP, b. September 29, 1781, d. March 20, 1782. + 9. Lawrence K. LUPP, b. August 16, 1783, m. January 12, 1806, Hannah WOODEN, at New Brunswick, NJ. He d. between 1812 and 1815 in Plattsburg, Clinton County, NY. 10. John LUPP, b. December 7, 1785. 11. Charles LUPP, b. September 30, 1788, d. November 23, 1825, in Williamsville (Williamstown?), NJ. He never married. He worked with his brother William, selling and taking orders. He served in the War of 1812 as a private in Capt. Ephraim G. MacKay's company of riflemen, 3rd Regiment NJ detailed militia, serving from September 5, 1814, to December 9, 1814. Jacob LOOP [Christian(5), Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)], the first son of Christian LUPP and his wife Maria, was born September 22, 1756, probably in Hunterdon County, NJ. In 1778-1780, he appears in the tax records of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, NJ. In May of 1792, he served as a witness for the will of William King of Kingwood Township. He apparently shortly thereafter moved to Sussex County to some of the land bequeathed him by his father Christian. Jacob died intestate November 29, 1794, at only 38 years old. On all records on Sussex County, his last name is spelled "LOOP", as is his brother Christopher's. There is nothing to indicate that Jacob ever married or had children. Jacob is listed in his administration bond as being of Hardwick, Sussex County, and his brother Christopher Loop, also of Hardwick, is his executor. He is buried in the churchyard of the Yellow Frame Church, near the boundary between Greene and Stillwater Townships of Sussex County, but his grave actually lies just over the Warren County line. His tombstone has the following inscription: JL In Remembrance of Jacob Loop. He was born September the 22nd 1756 and died the 29th Day of November 1794 Aged 38 Years 2 Months & 7 Days All flesh is like grass & the goodliness there of is as the flower of the field Isaiah Chap 40:6 Christopher LOOP [Christian(5), Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)], the second son of Christian LUPP and his wife Maria, was born about 1758, probably in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. There is some confusion in the records. Though Christian LUPP lists sons Jacob and Christian (I have not seen the original and the abstract may be in error), the two LOOP's who show up on the land bequeathed by Christian in Sussex County, are Jacob and Christopher LOOP. That there was a Christopher LOOP in New Jersey of the right age to be Christian LUPP's son is verified by the following newspaper ad: One Hundred Dollars Reward: Broke out of Trenton gaol last night, the two following villains, viz. Christopher Loop, about six feet high, black straight hair, swarthy complexion, and is a down looking fellow, resembles an Indian, and is very much pitted with small-pox; he is about 20 years old. Also Philip Beven, about five feet six or seven inches high, short hair and full faced, a down looking fellow, very much pitted with small-pox, has a scar on the right side of his nose, and is about 21 years old. It is needless to describe their cloaths, as they will probably change them. Whoever takes up the said villains, shall have Fifty Dollars for each, paid by Hugh Russel, Gaoler. Trenton, October 4, 1778. Note that this ad was placed during the revolution and Christopher Loop may have been a political prisoner. By 1793, both Christopher and Jacob had taken up residence in Sussex County, New Jersey. Christopher LOOP was the executor of Jacob's probate in 1794, and both are listed as being of Hardwick Township. Both appear in the descriptions of other people's property, and apparently have land in Stillwater Township, which was once part of Hardwick Township. There is nothing to indicate that Christopher LOOP ever married. He died intestate before March 31, 1812. His inventory contains the following: Wearing apparel, blue thorn[?] linen yarn, stockings & woolen yarn 6.45 Woolen yarn, 2 red quilts, 2 pillows, 3 sheets, 1 wooling rug 3.41 1 gown, 1 gun, 1 loom, 5 ?, 3 reeds, 3 ?, 1 quil wheel and swifts 11.75 warping bars & rattle, 1 ax, 1 saw, 1 bittle and zurdges, 1 half bushel 3.50 1 basket & beans, 1 chest, 1 hamer & anvil, 1 brush, 4 shittles 2.46 2 reed baskets & flour, 4 chairs, 1 tablesway [?] & ?, 1 cow bell 1.87 1 pot & firkin, 3 casks, 8 plates, 3 cannisters, 1 lot of queensware? 2.17 spoons & knives, 1 lot of ?, 3 tin cups, 1 tea kettle, ladle 1.10 1 hone, 1 flax, 1 ?, 1 candlestick & grate, 1 looking glass & bottle 2.82 1 table, 1 box & sundries, 1 lot of books, 1 ?, 1 ? 3.50 1 bushel potatoes, 1 pitchfork, 1 bed quilt, ? 8.25 1 bunch linen yarn, 1 pigeon net, 1 chest & drawer 1.15 1 lot of shingles, 1 pot 3.80 Henry LUPP [Peter(5), Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)], the only son of Peter LUPP and Phoebe OGDEN was born July 16, 1760, and christened July 27, 1760, in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was married August 16, 1788, to Mary VICKERS, the daughter of Joseph VICKERS and Sarah WALKER. She was born August 12, 1761. The family records from Henry LUPP's family Bible are published in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, v. 34, p. 93. Henry LUPP was a silversmith of some repute. From the book "The Silversmiths of New Jersey", by Carl M. Williams, 1949: Henry Lupp ranks with the principal silversmiths who worked during the era of the Early Republic, when the classic or urn-shaped designs of Robert Adam where introduced in America. Unlike many of the early members of this trade, Lupp's entire career was associated with the place of his birth. He had no cause to search for greener fields; in New Brunswick he was in the midst of a rich agricultural region inhabited by prosperous English, Dutch, and German families. There was a demand for the better type of household equipment and although craftsmen were attracted from the outside, the firmly established Lupp family of silversmiths had little to fear from competitors. While several other members of the Lupp family were associated with one another in business from time to time, Henry conducted his shop independently of his relatives. On October 16, 1788, he was married to Mary Vickers, of a local English family, and left the old Reformed Dutch Church. He was one of the committee organized to have this church rebuilt after it had been partly destroyed during the Revolution. A large amount of hollow ware and spoons was produced by Henry Lupp. The Rynier Veghte silver illustrates the ingenuity of this craftsman. The composition of the Veghte cream pot seems to have been a design of his own creation. Rather than use the conventional helmut style creamer as a companion for the sugar urn, he brought forth a pattern closely harmonious with the contour of that piece, even to the pierced gallery. This cream pot is not believed to have been copied by other silversmiths. A nice detail of the sugar bowl is its turned wooden finial, probably a fortunate substitution used in the absence of the usual silver urn or pineapple knob. Henry Lupp is known to have used at least four types of mark. The soup ladle ties in two varieties. It bears an almost microscopic touch of H L capitals in a rectangle, and H L script in a larger rectangle. The beaker engraved with the inscription N. BRUNSWICK DUtCH CHURCH, is owned by the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick, and is marked H Lupp script in a rectangle. The sugar urn which was made for Rynier Veghte, of Somerville, exhibits the latter touch with the additional mark of N.Brunswick in a shaped rectangle. Henry Lupp's capabilities seem to have been unlimited. In all probability he actually made all the wide variety of silver articles listed in the advertisement which appeared at the start of his business, and fifteen years later, on September 25, 1798, an announcement in The Guardian, or New-Brunswick Advertiser, shows that this ambitious silversmith had taken on the profession of dentist. The "Artificial Teeth" which he was prepared to set were of his own manufacture. In making his initial bow to the residents of New Brunswick for their patronage, Henry Lupp chose a newspaper which is now a scarce document. His advertisement is on page one, of volume one, and number one of The Political Intelligencer and New-Jersey Advertiser for Tuesday, October 14, 1783. The imprint of this newspaper is "New-Brunswick: Printed by Kollock And Arnett, At the Barracks." HENRY LUPP, GOLD AND SILVER-SMITH, IN NEW-BRUNSWICK, makes and sells the following articles, in the modern and ancient mode: SILVER TANKARDS, coffee and tea-pots, sugar pots and urns, cream pots and urns, pint and half pint cans, waiters, soup and punch ladles, sauce-boats and ladles, table, pap, desert and tea spoons, shoe, knee and stock buckles, thimbles, sleeve-buttons, &c. &c. &c. JEWELLERY Stone stock and knee buckles, locket buttons, gold lockets and buttons, ladies handkercheif slides, bosom pins, plain and garnet gold broaches, a great variety of gold rings, garnet ear-rings together with other things as usual N.B. Hair-work laid in the neatest manner. October 13, 1783 Henry LUPP died November 26, 1800. His wife survived him 46 years and died, September 8, 1846. Both are buried in Christ Churchyard, New Brunswick, New Jersey. The children of Henry LUPP and Mary VICKERS were: 1. Samuel Vickers LUPP, b. August 22, 1789, in New Jersey, d. November 2, 1809. According to "The Silversmiths of New Jersey" he was working as a silversmith when he died, though he was on 20 years old, having been trained by his grandfather after his father's death. 2. Anne Frances LUPP, b. March 22, 1792, in New Jersey, d. January 24, 1823. 3. Peter Scott LUPP, b. May 7, 1796, in New Jersey, d. January 31, 1827. 4. Sarah Neville LUPP, b. August 2, 1798, d. December 24, 1822. William LUPP [John(5), Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)], the first child of John LUPP and Anna Maria GRAFF, was born December 25, 1766, near New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He married Margaret HODGE on January 22, 1800. She was the daughter of Capt. John HODGE. She was born May 1, 1771. William LUPP died July 13, 1845, in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. His widow died February 10, 1861. The following is from "The Silversmiths of New Jersey": There is an abundance of evidence to show that William Lupp was a working gold and silversmith. Two of his account books survive; a document dated 1801, describes him as a goldsmith, and many other contemporary records attest his calling. In the light of this proof, and the fact that he was active in New Brunswick for a half century, it is difficult to believe that no work by this man has been identified. Inquiry in New Brunswick and among silver collectors has failed to locate a single example by him. Two of William Lupp's account books, covering the periods 1801-1810, and 1825-1827, are in the collections of Rutgers University Library. If the hundreds of entries in these books are representative of his work, then is is evident that William Lupp specialized in gold and silver jewelry, and spoons. He apparently made hundreds of gold rings. In his will, dated January 1, 1806, John Dennis, Senior, of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, ordered nine mourning rings to be made by William Lupp "with my hair and given to my children." Like the cabinetmakers and other craftsmen of that day, silversmiths were called upon to do a wide variety of work not directly related to their trade. In 1804, Mr. Garnet paid William Lupp to tune and repair his piano, Colonel Neilson had his "specks" repaired, and another resident of New Brunswick brought a broken umbrella. On September 1, 1805, he began to take care of the town clock. In his will, dated August 17, 1833, William Lupp bequeathed his tools and shop furniture to his son, John H. Lupp, who had been active with him in trade for a number of years. The children of William LUPP and Margaret HODGE were [son Charles LEUPP convinced all the children to change the spelling of their name to LEUPP]: 1. Margaret Hodge LEUPP, b. October 29, 1800, in New Jersey, m. September 11, 1827, William THOMSON. 2. John Hodge LEUPP, b. December 24, 1801, in New Jersey. He d. unmarried. He was a silversmith like his father. + 3. William Hopkins LEUPP, b. September 24, 1804, m. Cornelia BEACH, d. August 23, 1874. 4. Mary Graff LEUPP, b. March 22, 1806, in New Jersey, d. March 7, 1876, unmarried. + 5. Charles Mortimer LEUPP, b. October 14, 1807, in New Jersey, m. ______ LEE, d. October 5, 1859, a suicide. 6. Elizabeth Emma LEUPP, b. October 4, 1809, in New Jersey, m. April 8, 1834, Cornelius VANDERVEER, d. November 17, 1859. 7. Emmeline Frances LEUPP, b. October 3, 1811, in New Jersey, d. November 20, 1848, unmarried. Lawrence K. LUPP [John(5), Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)], the ninth child of John LUPP and Anna Maria GRAFF was born August 16, 1783. He married January 12, 1806, in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Hannah WOODEN. From "The Silversmiths of New Jersey" we have: William Lupp [Lawrence's brother] recorded in his account book that "Lawrence Began his board with me the Tenth Feb'y (1805)." This entry continues with the items: "Dr. to five dollars advanced him," and "Cr. by 1/2 doz. tea Spoons Making £0.12.0." Lawrence Lupp was employed as a journeyman by his brother for a little more than a year, and then announced to the residents of New Brunswick that he was ready to serve them in his own shop. His advertisement in the Guardian, or New-Brunswick Advertiser, May 1, 1806, states that Lawrence K. Lupp, Gold Smith and Jeweller, was located "Opposite the Post Office, New Brunswick," fig. 23a. Teaspoons showing two varieties of his mark have been seen by the writer... Lawrence K. LUPP died between 1812 and 1815 in Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York. The children of Lawrence LUPP and Hannah WOODEN were: 1. Charlotte LUPP. 2. Mary Lawrence LUPP. 3. Ida LUPP. 4. Margaret Wooden LUPP. William Hopkins LEUPP [William LUPP(6), John(5), Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the third child of William LUPP and Margaret HODGE was born September 24, 1804, probably in New Jersey. He married Cornelia BEACH of Cheshire, Connecticut. He is probably the William H. LEUPP who was the mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1845. He died August 23, 1874. She was still living in 1900, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Their children were: 1. Julia B. LEUPP, unmarried, in 1900 resided in New Brunswick, NJ. 2. Mary LEUPP, died unmarried aged 44 3. William LEUPP, died in infancy 4. John Hodge LEUPP, in 1900 resided in New Brunswick, NJ. 5. William LEUPP, in 1900 resided in New Brunswick, NJ. He may be the William H. LEUPP who was Second Vice President of the Farmers Loan and Trust Company in 1896-99. 6. Burrage B. LEUPP, in 1900 resided in New Brunswick, NJ. 7. Cornelia L. LEUPP, in 1900 resided in New Brunswick, NJ. Charles Mortimer LEUPP [William LUPP(6), John(5), Gerlach(4), Johann Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the fifth child of William LUPP and Margaret HODGE was born October 14, 1807, in New Jersey. He married a daughter of Gideon LEE. Charles M. LEUPP was a millionaire who made his fortune in the leather tanning business. He travelled in Germany and found old LUPP tombstones and decided that the name in English should be spelled LEUPP. He convinced all his siblings and also some distantly related cousins to change the spelling of their names. His end was a sad one. Here is an account from "A Very Social History" by Kate Simon: Of a family named Gold that settled in Connecticut in the mid-seventh century, Jay Gould was, like all robber barons, a boy who knew very early what he wanted - a great deal of money - ... At twenty he was already in charge of a Pennsylvania tannery, one of several owned by former Congressman Pratt. To know more about the leather market he came to New York, observed the larger markets, organized his new information and stepped onto his sinuous path of high finance. With Pratt money he established himself as Jay Gould and Company,... Two of his backers, the prosperous Charles Leupp and his brother-in-law David W. Lee, would own two-thirds of the tannery for their investment of sixty thousand dollars. Without their knowledge, Gould used their money to try to corner the hide market. Several markets fell apart in 1857, with them hides, and Gould could not cover his futures bought on margin. Demands for payment came to the reputable Leupp whose credit Gould had used while he squandered his investment. Not prepared for this new-style rapacity, humiliated by a twenty-one-year-old crook, his reputation sullied, Leupp shot himself. When Lee, of stronger stuff, insisted on getting the sixty thousand back, Gould agreed to return it over six years at no interest. The infuriated Lee brought in men to take the Gouldsboro plant. Militarily, the victory was Gould's but Lee was tenacious and a lawyer and the legal battles proved too draining. The tannery closed down... Charles Mortimer LEUPP died October 5, 1859, at his residence. He and his wife had at least two daughters, but we do not know their names. One married Gideon LEE (?) and the other married Shephard KNAPP. The Family of Nathaniel Loop of Ontario Victor L. Bennison [A draft of a chapter from "The Early Loop Family in America", in preparation, (c) 1991] Nathaniel LOOP [Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] was probably the eight child of Capt. Peter LOOP of Columbia County and the first child by his second wife Maria BAILEY. He was born July 2, 1776, in Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York. He is listed in Ontario land records in 1818, as a resident of Hallowell Township. We do not know his wife's name. His children were: + 1. Peter LOOP, b. about 1798, in Quebec Province, Canada. He m. perhaps as his second wife, Elizabeth, surname unknown. They died after 1861. 2. Christine (Tiney) LOOP, m. John YEREX. Their second child, Nathaniel YEREX, b. 1826, was the first child born in London, Ontario. There children were William YEREX, Nathaniel YEREX, Andrew YEREX, Francis YEREX, James YEREX, Mordica YEREX, Betsy YEREX, and Kathryn YEREX. It is likely that John YEREX was the son of William YEREX of Hallowell Township. + 3. Ira D. LOOP, b. about 1807, in Odelltown, Quebec, or Alburg, Grand Isle, VT. He m. (1) August 8, 1831, Lucy YORK, m. (2) September 8, 1862, Martha J. IRONS. He d. in March, 1886, in Midland, Midland County, MI. 4. Albert LOOP, b. about 1813 in Canada. This is a wild guess. This person shows up in the St. Lawrence County, NY, 1850 census. + 5. Mordica LOOP, b. about 1821 in Canada, m. Electa, surname unknown. + 6. William LOOP, b. about 1823 in Quebec Province, Canada, m. (1) Mary Ann, surname unknown. She was b. about 1827. He m. (2) Sarah, surname unknown. She was b. about 1827 in Ontario, Canada. He d. before 1871. Peter LOOP [Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the first child of Nathaniel LOOP was born about 1798 in Quebec Province. He married, possibly as his second wife, Elizabeth, surname unknown. She was born in Ontario, Canada, about 1818. They were living in Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, in 1861. Peter LOOP apparently married again, to Josette, surname unknown, born in Ontario about 1814 or 1820, censused with Peter's children in 1871 in Malahide and with Peter's son Amasa in 1881. Peter LOOP had the following children, probably all by Elizabeth: 1. Charles LOOP, b. about 1843 in London, Middlesex County, Ontario, He lived in Aylmer, Middlesex County, from about 1850 to 1865. He is listed as a blacksmith in the 1861 census. He d. February 15, 1913, at his home in Cassopolis, Cass County, MI. He had two daughters and a son. His wife survived him. + 2. Nathaniel LOOP, b. about 1846, in Ontario, Canada, m. Dorothy Jane, surname unknown. He d. after 1917, when he resided in Malahide. + 3. Erastus LOOP, b. about 1848, in Ontario, Canada., m. Marilla FELKER, d. August 23, 1917, in Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario. 4. Eli LOOP, b. about 1849, in Ontario, Canada. He lived in Leamington, Essex County, Ontario. + 5. Amasa LOOP, b. about 1851, m. Almira, surname unknown, d. after 1917, when he resided in West Lorne, Elgin County, Ontario. 6. Eliza M. LOOP, b. about 1854, in Ontario, Canada. 7. Betsey LOOP, b. about 1857, in Ontario, Canada. [One of the daughters married Mr. CLARKE and lived in Detroit, MI. The other married David EVERETT and lived in Straffordville, Elgin County, Ontario.] 8. Edward LOOP, b. about 1861, d. after 1922, when he resided in Detroit, MI. 9. Amberoy LOOP, d. after 1922, when he resided in Michigan. Ira D. LOOP [Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the third child of Nathaniel LOOP was born about 1807, in Odelltown, Quebec, or Alburg, Grand Isle, VT, depending on which of his Civil War enlistment papers you believe. Odelltown is just north across the border from Alburg, and Alburg is where Capt. Peter LOOP's son Philyer lived. Ira D. LOOP's first wife was Lucy YORK. Their marriage was bonded August 8, 1831, in St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario. They are both listed as being of Yarmouth, Elgin County, Ontario. She was born about 1814 in Canada. They appear in the 1840 census of Lockport, Niagara County, New York, with two male and two female children, all under ten. But two years later they appear in the 1842 census of Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, on a 200 acre concession, with a total of nine members in the family. Lucy LOOP appears in the 1851 census of Dorchester Township, Elgin County, Ontario, with three of her children, but living with Steven YORK, probably her brother. Ira was perhaps at this time preparing a homestead in Michigan. His son James claimed to have come to Michigan in 1852. By the 1860 census, they are living in Burchville, St. Clair County, Michigan. He was a farmer. He enlisted twice during the Civil War. The first time was with the 1st Michigan Cavalry, August 21, 1861, at which time he was listed as age 43, grey hair, grey eyes, a carpenter. He would actually have been 54 at the time. He was discharged due to old age June 13, 1862. That year his first wife, Lucy, died. He then married Martha J. IRONS, September 8, 1862, at Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan. She was born about 1830. Only a few months after the wedding, Ira re-enlisted, December 22, 1863, this time with the 1st Engineers and Mechanics. He was described as having grey eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion and being 5' 11" tall. He was reported sick with "miasmic disease" in Mt. Pleasant Hospital in Washington, D.C., June 8, 1865, and was mustered out of service June 24, 1865. But he never returned to his new wife. She assumed he had died in the war and she remarried to Henry G. TAYLOR, by whom she had at least one child. Ira kept in touch with the children by his first marriage. He died in March, 1886, in Midland, Midland County, MI, at the veterans home. The children of Ira D. LOOP and Lucy YORK were: + 1. William Jerry LOOP, b. September, 1832, in Canada, m. 1863, Lois M., surname unknown. He d. between 1900 and 1919, in Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, MI. 2. Lucy Ann LOOP, b. in the 1830's, m. (1) Mr. CRAIG, m. (2) December 5, 1860, William GAINES, in Kent County, MI. 3. Millesa LOOP, b. in the 1830's, d. young. + 4. Nathaniel Harrison LOOP, b. June 8, 1840, in Lockport, Niagara County, NY, m. (1) Alice DRESSER, m. (2) June 2, 1876, Mary Isabell SHORT. He d. January 29, 1930, in Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD. + 5. Fernando DeCorrello LOOP, b. May 9, 1842, in Aylmer, Middlesex County, Ontario, m. (1) April 3, 1866, Rachel WICKSON or WIXON, m. (2) November 3, 1888, Sarah JUSTICE or JUSTUS. He d. JULY 22, 1917, in Mancelona, Antrim County, MI. 6. Elizabeth LOOP, b. about 1845 in Canada, m. (1) Mr. VAN BUSKIRK, m. (2) Mr. BAILEY. + 7. James D. LOOP, b. December 9, 1848, in St. Thomas, Middlesex County, Ontario, m. July 24, 1875, Nora LAWTON, in Lowell, Kent County, MI. He d. May 23, 1919, in Sparta, Kent County, MI. The child of Ira D. LOOP by his second wife Martha J. IRONS was: 8. Emma LOOP, b. about 1864, m. Mr. JOHNSON. Mordica LOOP [Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] perhaps the fifth child of Nathaniel LOOP was born about about 1821 in Canada. He married Electa, surname unknown. In 1851 he was censused in Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario. He was listed as a broom maker living in a one and a half story frame house. In 1861 he is listed in Malahide as a shoemaker. The children of Mordica and Electa LOOP were: 1. Emeline LOOP, b. about August 1, 1844, d. August 23, 1844, buried in Rogers Corners Cemetery. 2. Elizabeth LOOP, b. about August, 1846, d. April 14, 1851, buried in Rogers Corners Cemetery. 3. Cynthia LOOP, b. about 1849, in Ontario. 4. Eli B. LOOP, b. about 1852, in Ontario, resided in Leamington, Essex County, Ontario. 5. Eugene F. LOOP, b. January, 1855, d. January 18, 1858, buried in Rogers Corners Cemetery. 6. Hortence LOOP, b. about 1856, in Ontario. 7. Adolphus LOOP, b. about July, 1858, d. January 5, 1861, buried in Rogers Corners Cemetery. 8. Calvin LOOP, b. about 1861, in Ontario. William LOOP [Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] perhaps the sixth child of Nathaniel LOOP was born about 1823 in Quebec Province, Canada. He married first Mary Ann, surname unknown. She was born about 1827. They were censused in Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, in 1851, without children. He was then a partner with his brother Mordica and his cousin Nathaniel YERKS in a broom making business. In 1851 William and Mary Ann lived in a one and a half story family log cabin. In the 1861 census William's wife is listed as Sarah. She is either a second wife, or one of the census records is in error concerning her name. If she is a second wife, she may have brought children with her to the marriage. William died before 1871. In the census of that year Sarah is listed as a widow. It is unclear from the 1861 census which children belong to which wife or to William: 1. James E. LOOP, b. about 1852 in Ontario, Canada, still living in 1871. 2. Sarah Ann LOOP, b. about 1854 in Ontario, Canada, still living in 1871. 3. Nancy M. LOOP, b. about 1855 in Ontario, Canada. She is possibly a child brought to this family by second wife. The middle initial "M" may be from her birth surname. 4. Mary M. LOOP, b. about 1857 in Ontario, Canada. She is possibly a child brought to this family by second wife. The middle initial "M" may be from her birth surname. 5. Martin LOOP, b. about 1860 in Ontario, Canada. Not found in 1871 census. 6. George LOOP, b. about 1860 in Ontario, Canada. Possibly same as child number 5. Appears in 1871 census. Nathaniel LOOP [Peter(7), Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the child of Peter LOOP was born about 1848, in Ontario, Canada. He married Dorothy Jane, surname unknown. He died June 15, 1922, at his home on Victoria Street in Aylmer. after 1917, when he resided in Malahide. The children of Nathaniel and Jane LOOP were: 1. Carrie LOOP, b. about 1879, in Ontario. 2. ______ LOOP, m. Joseph HOLMES (perhaps same as child 1). 3. Enid LOOP, single in 1922. 4. Pearl LOOP, single in 1922. Erastus LOOP [Peter (7), Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the child of Peter LOOP, probably by wife Elizabeth, was born about 1847 in Ontario, Canada. He married Marilla FELKER. She was born in 1856 in South Dorchester, township, Middlesex County, Ontario, daughter of John and Mary FELKER. Erastus LOOP was a painter and paper hanger for many years and later a farmer. He was fond of hunting and fishing. He died August 23, 1917, in Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario. His widow died April 11, 1946, at the home of her son Guy LOOP in Malahide township south of Aylmer. Both are buried in the Aylmer Cemetery. The children of Erastus LOOP and Marilla FELKER were: 1. Lottie LOOP, b. in 1876, m. Allen McPHERSON, d. 1918, "of a broken heart", buried in Aylmer Cemetery. They had a son Hugh McPHERSON. 2. Jonathan LOOP, b. in 1877. He resided in Jackson, Michigan, in 1917. 3. Nora LOOP, b. in 1880, m. Ezra CHUTE. He was born about 1876 in Ontario, son of John and Catherine CHUTE. She d. after 1946. 4. Guy LOOP, b. in 1883, d. October 24, 1954, buried in Aylmer Cemetery. He was a butcher. 5. Nellie LOOP, b. in 1885, d. November 1, 1906, of consumption, buried in Aylmer Cemetery. 6. Peter LOOP, b. in 1887, d. 1903, in Chicago of asphyxiation by natural gas while sleeping, buried in Aylmer Cemetery. Amasa LOOP [Peter(7), Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the child of Peter LOOP was born about 1854. He married Almira, surname unknown. He died after 1917, when he resided in West Lorne, Elgin County, Ontario. The children of Amasa and Almira LOOP were: 1. George W. LOOP, b. about 1875, in Ontario. 2. Erlso? LOOP, b. about 1878, in Ontario. 3. Ida Ruth LOOP, b. in October, 1880. William Jerry LOOP [Ira D.(7), Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the first child of Ira D. LOOP and Lucy YORK was born September, 1832, in Canada. He married in 1863, Lois A., surname unknown. She was born in May, 1846, in Ohio. He died in 1904, in Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, MI. She died there in 1928. Both are buried in the Fife Lake Cemetery. The children of William Jerry and Lois M. LOOP were: 1. Ernest E. LOOP, b. in 1864, m. Jessie E., surname unknown. He d. in 1925, and is buried in Fife Lake Cemetery, Grand Traverse County, MI. 2. Omar P. LOOP, b. in 1865, d. in 1931. He is buried in Fife Lake Cemetery, Grand Traverse County, MI. 3. Custer A. LOOP, b. September, 1868, in MI, m. in 1893, Ella S., surname unknown. She was b. in 1870 in IN. He was a painter. He d. in 1939, and is buried in Fife Lake Cemetery, Grand Traverse County, MI. His wife has an inscription there, but no date of death is given, indicating she may not be buried there. 4. a child. 5. L. Inez LOOP, b. in July, 1887, in MI. Nathaniel Harrison LOOP [Ira D.(7), Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the fourth child of Ira D. LOOP and Lucy YORK was born June 8, 1840, in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. The following is an editted version of an article written by a descendant of Nathaniel Harrison LOOP, based on information she collected from family members: In his teens he went to sea as a cabin boy. He learned to read, write, and "figure" from the ship's carpenter. "The first book he learned to read was the Bible and he could quote a lot of scripture." according to Maude Loop ANDREWS. He must have learned carpentry then too. He enlisted in the Civil War at Lakeport, St. Clair Co., Michigan in Company C of the 6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, on September 5, 1862 under the name of Harrison Loop. He served under Custer and was discharged at Ft. Leavenworth, on July 24, 1865. He told his grandson, W. H. ANDREWS, about being in charge of a supply wagon. Once he stood on a post trying to see ahead and some damned fool shot the post out from under him. He went to the hospital with a broken leg. He joked about how his war wounds were on his backside. When he was 72, he attended the reunion of Civil War soldiers held at Gettysburg (1913) and wrote an article for the newspaper about the trip. His first marriage was to Alice DRESSER whom he married in June, 1866 in Michigan. She died a few months later of tuberculosis. Nathaniel Harrison Loop came to the Black Hills of South Dakota in April of 1877. In order to lighten his load of carpentry tools, he brought just the blades of his planes and made wooden handles after he arrived. He built a log cabin in Deadwood with a stone fireplace. Al Fay and several other men came at the same time. In order to get hay for their horses, he cut hay with a hand scythe while Al Fay watched for Indians. Then Al Fay cut while Loop watched. Nathaniel Harrison LOOP married Mary Isabell "Bell" SHORT on June 4, 1876, in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa. She joined him in the Black Hills on December 26, 1877, accompanied on the trip via Wells Fargo Express by her brother, Harvey C. SHORT. They arrived in the first stagecoach to come into Deadwood without being let down by ropes during the last part of the trip. Bell was very lonely at first and had difficulty learning to cook in a fireplace. Her father, Cyrus Hall SHORT, a Presbyterian minister, joined them a year later. Cyrus also worked as a mason. Nathaniel Harrison LOOP worked as a carpenter. They lived in Deadwood at the time the fire destroyed almost all of that city. After the fire, Mr. Loop worked in lead for the Homestake Mine as a pattern maker. He built the first bullwheel used in the Ellison Hoist at the mine. He sold the mine stock he received as part of his wages for $1.00 a share; much to his later regret. They moved to Crook City where he helped set up a sawmill for a Mr. Fish. By 1884 the family moved to Sturgis where he was a carpenter and cabinetmaker. He helped build many homes, buildings, caskets, etc., in the Black Hills. He said he was in demand because he knew how to build stairs that would fit evenly in the space available. He and his sons homesteaded near Whitewood Creek. Some of his descendants still live on the land. At some time he worked at Fort Meade in the commissary. Earlier he did some carpentry work at Fort Meade, building their first zinc-lined bathtub and a zinc-lined ice box in the ice house. Nathaniel Harrison LOOP died January 29, 1930, at the Soldier's Home in Hot Springs, South Dakota. He was the last survivor of Calvin Duke Post 143, G.A.R. Funeral services were held at the Sturgis Presbyterian Church. He was a member of Olive Branch Lodge No. 47. A.F. & A.M., and Matopaha Chapter No. 98 O.E.S. His widow lived until April 19, 1952. He and his wife are buried in Bear Butte Cemetery here in Sturgis. Alice DRESSER, his first wife, was born about 1843, probably the daughter of Lewis and Emiline DRESSER. Ira and Alice married about 1865. She died March 30, 1866, aged 23 years, 4 months, and 14 days, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sparta, Kent County, Michigan, next to her parents. Mary Isabell SHORT was born August 4, 1857, near Rochester, Olmstead County, Minnesota, the daughter of Cyrus Hall SHORT and Mary Elizabeth HARTENBOWER. The children of Nathaniel Harrison LOOP and Mary Isabell SHORT were: 1. Guy Cyrus LOOP, b. March 29, 1879, in Deadwood, Lawrence County, SD, m. (1) August 24, 1910, Mathilda PETZ, m. (2) Lottie Marie HUSTOR. He adopted a son, C. C. "Bud" LOOP and a daughter "Billie" who married George REED. 2. Maude Ellen LOOP, b. December 29, 1881, in Crook City, Lawrence County, SD, m. December 26, 1905, Conger Vincent ANDREWS, at Sturgis, Meade County, SD. She d. December 22, 1968, in Sturgis, and was buried there December 26, at Bear Butte Cemetery. They had three children: Alice "Edna" ANDREWS who m. Mr. GREGORY, Walter Harris ANDREWS, and Faye Conger "Bob" ANDREWS. 3. Frank Charles LOOP, b. November 19, 1883, in Crooks City, Lawrence County, SD, m. (1) March 17, 1909, Agnes MARTIN, in Cedar Falls, Blackhawk County, IA. He m. (2) Hattie CHRISTENSEN. He d. February 20, 1960, at Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota, and is buried there at the Whitewood Cemetery. He had seven children: a. Clarabelle LOOP, m. Mr. SCHNITZER. b. Ada LOOP, m. Mr. BACHMAN. c. Nathaniel Harrison LOOP, b. 1913. d. Gertrude Dora LOOP, m. Mr. KISSLER. e. Lawrence Eugene LOOP. f. Hugh Martin LOOP. g. David Cyrus LOOP. 4. Faye Harrison LOOP, b. November 23, 1885, in Sturgis, Meade County, SD, m. October 12, 1905, Georgianna WILLIAMS, in Pennington County, SD. He d. April 25, 1978, in Des Moines, Polk County, IA. They had one daughter, Elsie Belle LOOP, who married Joseph C. TAYLOR. 5. Alice May LOOP, b. April 24, 1893, in Sturgis, Meade County, SD, m. December 30, 1915, Charles L. KIRK, in Sturgis. She d. December 27, 1966, in Alhambra, Los Angeles County, CA. They had three children: Nada Ellen KIRK, Patricia Faye KIRK who m. Mr. GROSS, and Harvey Charles KIRK. Fernando DeCorrello LOOP [Ira D.(7), Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the fifth child of Ira D. LOOP and Lucy YORK was born May 9, 1842, in Aylmer, Middlesex County, Ontario. He enlisted in Co K, 2nd Michigan Cavalry on September 26, 1861 at Port Huron for 3 years. He was then aged 19. Re-enlisted January 5, 1864 at Mossy Creek, Tennessee. He was mustered out at Macon, GA, on August 17, 1865. His first wife was Rachel WICKSON or WIXON. They married April 3, 1866. He married his second wife, Sarah JUSTICE or JUSTUS on November 3, 1888, in Charlotte Furnace, Carter County, Kentucky. She died November 4, 1901, in Carter County, Kentucky. He died of heart disease July 22, 1917, in Mancelona, Antrim County, MI, and was buried the next day in Fairview Cemetery. The children of Fernando DeCorrello LOOP by his first wife Rachel WIXON or WICKSON were: 1. A daughter who became a nurse in the Detroit area. 2. Another daughter who became a nurse in the Detroit area. The children of Fernando DeCorrello LOOP and Sarah JUSTICE or JUSTUS were: 3. Olivia LOOP, b. March 4, 1890, in KY. 4. Elton LOOP, b. August 3, 1893, in Webbville, Lawrence County, KY. 5. Myrtle LOOP, b. June 14, 1896, in Charlotte, Carter County, KY. 6. Elmer LOOP, b. July 27, 1899, in Charlotte, Carter County, KY. James D. LOOP [Ira D.(7), Nathaniel(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Johann Jacob LUPP(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the seventh child of Ira D. LOOP and Lucy YORK was born December 9, 1848, in St. Thomas, Middlesex County, Ontario. He married July 24, 1875, Nora LAWTON, in Lowell, Kent County, Michigan. She was born in August, 1849, in Michigan. From 1871 to 1887 he lived in Lowell. He died May 23, 1919, in Sparta, Kent County, Michigan. She died there in 1933. They are both buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sparta. They had three children: 1. a child. 2. Iva LOOP, b. March, 1883, in MI. 3. Elizabeth LOOP, b. June, 1887, in MI. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++VITAL DATA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. Obituary submitted by William H. Loop, but not showing a date. It must be near July 24, 1990: John Wickwire LOOP, M.D., Professor of Radiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Beloved husband of Joan E. Loop; father of Peter Hialmar Loop of Beaverton, Ore., Charles Teorell Loop of Palo Alto, Calif., Thomas Erik Loop and Jack Loop both of Seattle. Those children were born to Dr. Loop and to Mai Teorell Loop who died in 1980. He is also survived by his grandson Erik Loop, of Beaverton, Oregon; his mother, Theora T. Loop, of Bellevue and his sister, Molly Daughten, of New Philadelphia, Ohio. He was a graduate of the University of Wyoming and Harvard Medical School. A Memorial Service for Dr. Loop will be held Tuesday, July 24, at 4:30 p.m. at Kane Hall on the University campus. 2. I haven't been able to fit this Loop into the Canadian Loop picture. From the Atlas of 1878 (of Ontario?), Conger Bros. Publishing Co.: Leonard Loop, age 28, Warren ?, Place of Birth: Bethlehem, Albany Co., NY, U.S., John, Mary Loop. Bride: Elvisa Jane Conger, 24, Hallowell, Place of Birth: Hallowell, parents: David, Ruth Conger. Nov. 21, 1860. 3. Betheny Cemetery, Marshall, Parke County, Indiana. This is the tombstone of Mary Ann Loop, daughter of George and Nancy Loop, who married as her second husband John Sweitzer: John Sweitzer, Co H 10 Reg Ill Vol, Born Nov 14, 1827, Died June 5, 1906, Mary A. his wife, Born June 29, 1831. 4. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions: Pensioner: Mary A. Sweitzer Soldier: John " Service: H 10 Ill Inf Pensioner died June 3, 1914. +++++++++++++++++++++++ NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. I've included TWO chapters from "The Early Loop Family in America" in this issue. I am therefore short-changing you, the subscribers, on all the other sections of this newsletter. The first chapter is a modification and completion of the article on Gerlach Lupp. The second chapter is a new chapter on Nathaniel Loop of Canada. Notice that many of the descendants of Gerlach Lupp died quite young. Notice also that most of the men in the family were silversmiths and thus probably worked a great deal with lead (in pewter, for example). It seems quite likely to me that lead poisoning may have been responsible for many of the early deaths. 2. Hank Jones, Jr., has published his new book "More Palatine Families", which will contain lots of Loop material. I'm including a flyer that he sent me so that you can order a copy of the book if you so desire. 3. Bob Lupp submitted an article from the New York Times of 15 MAY 1991, which contains the guest list for the White House dinner attended by Queen Elizabeth II. Among the guests was Dr. Floyd D. Loop and his wife Dr. Bernadine P. Healy. She is the Director of the National Institutes of Health. I have an article on Dr. Floyd Loop somewhere that someone sent in, but I seem to have lost track of it. He is a surgeon in the Cleveland area I believe. 4. Ross Roby - Yes, I would like copies of the two newspaper articles and the typescript history, if that would not be too much trouble. Thanks for the photos of the Belvidere Cemetery tombstones. 5. I finally made a trip to Sussex County, New Jersey, to research the descendants of Gerlach Lupp who lived there. I didn't find much. I did find the tombstone of Jacob LOOP, son of Christian LUPP. I have reproduced the inscription in the article above. I am also reasonably convinced that Christian LOOP of Delaware County, Ohio, is not a descendant of Gerlach LUPP, which was one possibility I went to Sussex County to check out. 6. I received a letter from Linda J. Loop, who is researching her husband's family. He descends from Ludwig Lupp through Adam David Harvey Loop of Tennessee. Linda, we can trace your husband back through Anthony Lupp who lived in Germany in the late 1500's. Please send me what you have on Adam and Amanda. I have his wife's name as Elizabeth Wilson, but have very little information on him in general, and would be glad to have you straighten me out. 7. Hank Jones, Jr. - Please let me know when you are going to be at the NEHGS. I'd love to come down and meet you if it isn't during my vacation plans. 8. I am not including any family group sheets with this issue. I am already very late and don't have time to update them or write new ones for ancestors in the above articles who do not yet have group sheets. Maybe later, maybe not. I want to concentrate now on making faster progress on "The Early Loop Family in America".