Frances Forster

 1. Jacob Foster  m Elisabeth Kuntz 
 2.. Jacob Joseph Forster (1836-1914) m Cidona Benz (1840-1910)
 3... Frances Forster (1860-1932)
      +John Stupp (c1854-<1900)
Frances Forster     [ID 00010] Click here to switch to Ancestror Tree view: Tree View

Frances Forster [Francis Forster1, Francis Foster2,3].

Born Aug 10 18602,3,4,5 [Aug - 18637], Brooke County, Virginia2,3,4,5 [Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia6].  

She married John Stupp, Feb 20 1881, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.1,4,6  John was born about 1854, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.6  

Children:4

Lillian E. [Sallie] Stupp, born Mar 25 1881; died Jul 1967; married Joseph J. Duby, Jun 26 1901, Chicago, Illinois (sons: Larry/Lorraine B. Duby, F. Mortimer Duby, John Duby). 5,7,8,9,10,11
Herman J. Stupp, born Mar 17 1884, Wheeling, West Virginia; died Nov 22 1939, Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois, buried Nov 25 1939, Evergreen Park, Illinois; married a Margaret --. 7,12,13,14

John died before Jun 6 1900.5,7  (Probably died Feb 18 1886, Ohio County, West Virginia).15  

Widow Frances and children were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 6 1900), 2247 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois:7

Crutch, Francis, head-of-household, age 36, born Aug 1863 in West Virginia; parents born in Germany; widow; 2 children, 2 living; occupation: rooming house; rented home.
Crutch, Lillian E., daughter, age 19, born Mch 1881 in West Virginia; parents born in West Virginia; single; occupation: librarian.
Crutch, Herman J., son, age 16, born Mch 1884 in West Virginia; parents born in West Virginia; single; occupation: errand boy.
Duby, John, roomer, age 31, born Mch 1869 in Ireland; parents born in Ireland; single; occupation: cab man.
[.. plus four additional roomers ..].
This family was doubly-enumerated in the 1900 census for some reason, being again shown (Jun 12 1900) at 2225 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois:16
Kruesch, Frances, mother, age 36, born Aug 1863 in West Virginia; father born in West Virginia; mother born in Germany; widow; 2 children, 2 living; rented home.
Kruesch, Lillian, daughter, age 19, born Mch 1881 in West Virginia; parents born in West Virginia; single.
Kruesch, Herman, son, age 16, born Mch 1884 in West Virginia; parents born in West Virginia; single.
[.. plus two different roomers ..].

Widow Frances was shown in the 1910 census (Apr 18 1910), 2949 Prairie Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois:17

Stupp, Frances, head-of-household, age 50, born in West Virginia; parents born in Germany; widow; 2 children, 2 living; occupation: none; rented home.
[.. plus six lodgers ..].

Widow Frances was shown in the 1920 census living with the family of her daughter Lillian (Stupp) Duby at 5250 Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Illinois:5

Duby, Joseph J., head-of-household, age 55, born in Michigan; parents born in Canada; rented home; shoe salesman.
Duby, Lillian S., wife, age 38, born in Virginia; parents born in Virginia.
Duby, Lorraine B., son, male, age 19, born in Illinois; father born in Michigan; mother born in Virginia; automobile service man.
Duby, F. Mortimer, son, age 15, born in Illinois; father born in Michigan; mother born in Virginia; attended school.
Duby, John J., son, age 10, born in Illinois; father born in Michigan; mother born in Virginia; attended school.
Stupp, Frances, mother-in-law, age 59, born in Virginia; parents born in Germany; widow.
Cober, Geo. F., roomer, age 42, born in Wisconsin; single; veterinary surgeon, stock yards.
Klein..., Tony, roomer, age 60, born in Wisconsin; single; watchman, detective agency.

Widow Frances was shown in the 1930 census (Apr 11 1930), living with son Herman at 5053 South Parkway [today Martin Luther King Drive], Chicago, Illinois:18

Stupp, Frances, head-of-household, age 69, born in West Virginia; parents born in Germany; widow; occupation: none.
Stupp, Herman, son, age 46, born in West Virginia; parents born in West Virginia; widower; occupation: laborer, wrecking buildings; World War I veteran.
... [plus six boarders] ...

Frances Forster died Jan 22 1932, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.4,13,14,19

(photo)Photo: Francis Forster birth record Brooke County, West Virginia 3

(photo)Photo: Francis Forster & John Stupp marriage certificate Ohio County, West Virginia 6

(photo)Photo: Lillian Stupp Duby obituary "Chicago Tribune", Jul 5 1967 11


Sources

  1. The LDS IGI - West Virginia.
  2. 1870 census, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia; page 262a-262b, line #40, dwelling #529, family #522.
  3. Francis Forster birth record; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2585632&Type=Birth.
  4. "Geneological [sic] Summary of Forster Family", a scrap of family folklore prepared by ??.
  5. 1920 census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; roll T625-309, ED 324, page 9B, line #91, dwelling #34, family #225.
  6. Francis Forster & John Stupp marriage certificate; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12411870&Type=Marriage.
  7. 1900 census, 2nd Ward, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; roll T623-246, ED 46, page 8B, line #56, dwelling #93, family #111.
  8. Sallie Stupp birth record; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3000324&Type=Birth.
  9. Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920; http://www.ancestry.com.
  10. Social Security Death Index.
  11. Obituary of Lillian Stupp Duby; "Chicago Tribune", Jul 5 1967;
    "Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003", http://www.ancestry.com.
  12. Herman Stupp birth record; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2995343&Type=Birth.
  13. State of Illinois; Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950:
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/idphdeathindex.html.
  14. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947; http://www.ancestry.com.
  15. John Stupp death record; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5727708&Type=Death.
  16. 1900 census, 2nd Ward, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; roll T623-246, ED 46, page 17A, line #6.
  17. 1910 census, 2nd Ward, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; roll T624-242, ED 184, page 2A, line #35, dwelling #20, family #40.
  18. 1930 census, 4th Ward, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; roll T626-421, ED 144, page 12B, line #51, dwelling #52, family #178.
  19. Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.


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