John Jacob Shoup

Brief Life History of John Jacob

When John Jacob Shoup was born on 27 January 1859, in Austintown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, his father, Solomon Shoup, was 35 and his mother, Magdalena Riehle, was 28. He married Arabella Bruce on 25 December 1884, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Geneseo, Henry, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Gore Township, Sumner, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 14 February 1922, in Mulvane, Sumner, Kansas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Mulvane, Sumner, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Jacob Shoup
1859–1922
Arabella Bruce
1864–1964
Marriage: 25 December 1884
Jennie E Shoup
1889–1981
Ira J. Shoup
1894–1982
Eunice Lucy Shoup
1891–1967
Nellie Shoup
1896–1984

Sources (10)

  • John J Shaup in household of Solomon Shaup, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John J. Shoup - Government record: Census record: birth: 1860; Austintown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
  • John Jacob Shoup, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1867

Historical Boundaries: 1867: Sumner, Kansas, United States

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Flemish Schoup, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of ladles, from Middle Dutch schoepe, schope, schuep ‘ladle’.

Americanized form of German Schaub .

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

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