Sophia Zimmer

Brief Life History of Sophia

When Sophia Zimmer was born on 20 April 1861, in Saint Agatha, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, her father, Henricus Zimmer, was 26 and her mother, Catherine Dorschel, was 20. She married Albert J. Ruppert on 13 August 1883. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 31 August 1918, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in United German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert J. Ruppert
1859–1909
Sophia Zimmer
1861–1918
Marriage: 13 August 1883
Amelia Marie Ruppert
1883–1920
Louis Anthony Ruppert
1885–1947
Maria Helena Ruppert
1887–1967
Albert Anthony Ruppert
1889–1938
Clara Josephine Ruppert
1899–1993

Sources (16)

  • Sophia Ruppert, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Sophia M Ruppert, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • Sophie in entry for Louis A. Ruppert and Theresa Latcha, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Erwin, Kurt, Franz, Fritz, Mathias, Otto, Bernhard, Dieter, Georg, Horst, Markus.

German: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, either from Middle High German zim(b)er, zimmer ‘wood, wooden building’ or a shortening of Zimmermann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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