Brief Life History of Edward Joseph
When Edward Joseph Stopper was born on 28 October 1860, in Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Mathias Stopper, was 30 and his mother, Maria Anna Schneider, was 27. He married Catherine Barbara Shuler on 15 November 1888, in Bastress Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bastress Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and South Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 30 August 1932, in Camden, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Edward J Shapper in household of Raymond M Shapper, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edward Joseph Stopper, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Edward J. Stopper, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1861
No Civil War battles took place within the state boundaries of New Jersey, but its citizens participated extensively in the war. Volunteers that were turned away ended up serving in the militias of nearby states like Pennsylvania and New York. Whenever President Lincoln requested more troops, New Jersey responded quickly. In total, the state contributed over 88,000 soldiers (6,000 of which died).
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1879
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Matthias.
English: perhaps a nickname for someone with a heavy stride or an awkward way of walking, from a conjectural Middle English word stauper, stouper or, with substitution of the pejorative suffix -ard, Middle English staupard, stoupard.
English: perhaps an occupational name for a maker of stoups, from Middle English staupe, stoupe, stope (Old Norse staup, reinforced by Middle Dutch stoop), ‘jug, often made of leather; measure for liquids; vessel or container for holy water’. Alternatively, the name may derive from an unrecorded Middle English stopper, perhaps ‘maker of pails, buckets, or jugs’, a derivative of Middle English stoppe (Old English stoppa).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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