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Ernest Walter WUPPERMAN

Male 1907 - 1986  (78 years)


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  • Name Ernest Walter WUPPERMAN 
    Birth 6 May 1907  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Walter 
    Census 23 Apr 1910  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 601 Rio Grande
    Census 5 Jan 1920  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • 313 E. 38th St.
    Residence 1924  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • 502 E. 37th
    Residence 1927  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • 502 Texas Ave.
    Census 9 Apr 1930  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 502 Texas Ave.
    Residence 1935  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • 502 Texas Ave.
    Residence 1937  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • 506 Texas Ave.
    Residence 1942  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • 5908 Georgetown Rd.
    Residence 17 Feb 1986  Cedar Park, Williamson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation Veterinarian 
    Death 17 Feb 1986  Williamson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Burial Bagdad Cemetery, Leander, Williamson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • Plot: Homestead Section, Row 23, Grave 38
    Person ID I12708  Dyal and Speckels
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2017 

    Father Walter Otto WUPPERMAN,   b. 12 Jan 1874, Düsseldorf, Rheinprovinz, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1950, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Marie VON ROSENBERG,   b. 7 Aug 1880, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1967, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 20 Apr 1904  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    • license: Guadalupe County, Texas
    Family ID F7257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Johanna Kimble HEY,   b. 1 Jul 1918, Junction, Kimble, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1952, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 6 Sep 1941  Mason, Mason, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Children 
     1. Living
    +2. Living
    Family ID F8928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2002 

    Family 2 Demaris Elizabeth KNOX,   b. 13 Apr 1918, Krum, Denton, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 2012, Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 26 Aug 1954  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Children 
     1. Living
    +2. Living
    +3. Living
    Family ID F8944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2002 

  • Notes 
    • As a child, Walter watched his gentle father suffer in the job market during World War I as anti-German sentiment tarnished innocent German-Americans. Walter was 22 when the stock market crashed, inaugurating the Great Depression. Casting about for a livelihood that would combine his interest in natural science with job security and independence, he picked veterinary medicine. Lacking the funds to live on the Texas A&M campus, he was passed around the dorm by his friends, bunking in first one room and then another to avoid the frequent room inspections. He would hurriedly move his clothes and books to a different floor before an inspection; but once, caught off guard, he hid in the very back of a closet, holding his breath while the officer scanned its contents for military neatness. Walter graduated from Texas A&M in 1935 and opened the Wupperman Animal Hospital in 1938 on North Lamar. About ten years later, he teamed up with Dr. Sam Spangler and expanded his office space. Widowed in 1951, Walter continued raising his two small children with the help of an aunt and other family members. After three years of single parenthood, he went to a PTA meeting one night and met his son’s third grade teacher, Elizabeth Knox Rowe. Elizabeth was an attractive widow with three young children of her own and two older stepchildren. They were married in 1954 and adopted each other’s children. Liz and Walter stayed young at heart by building their life around their family. Camping, hunting, fishing trips, picnics, barbecues, and large extended-family Oktoberfests were held at their country property. “Music Abend” —listening to classical music with friends in the evening, and year-round gardening at their Cedar Park ranch, after his retirement kept Walter, also known as “Doc” and “Wupp” active. [17]

  • Sources 
    1. [S371] ed., Charles Wilburn von Rosenberg, The Von Rosenberg Family Record, (Texian Press (Waco, TX, 1974)), p. 23.

    2. [S82] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Number: 449-64-4524; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1956.

    3. [S15] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Travis County, Texas, ED 13, p. 10A, line 17.

    4. [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Travis County, Texas, ED 71, p. 11A, line 17.

    5. [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Travis County, Texas, ED 108, p. 3A, line 40.

    6. [S1615] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Austin, Texas, City Directory, 1924, p. 477.

    7. [S1615] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Austin, Texas, City Directory, 1927, p. 501.

    8. [S1615] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Austin, Texas, City Directory, 1935, p. 591.

    9. [S1615] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Austin, Texas, City Directory, 1937, p. 714.

    10. [S1615] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Austin, Texas, City Directory, 1942, p. 687.

    11. [S312] Ancestry.com, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006).

    12. [S843] Find A Grave, Bagdad Cemetery, Leander, Williamson County, Texas, USA, 8 Aug 2017.

    13. [S370] ed., Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Toepperwein Publishing Co. (Boerne, TX, 1949); reprint: Nortex Press (n.p., 1986)), p. 30.

    14. [S1939] Ancestry.com, Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), FHL Film Number: 1035127.

    15. [S371] ed., Charles Wilburn von Rosenberg, The Von Rosenberg Family Record, (Texian Press (Waco, TX, 1974)), p 23.

    16. [S371] ed., Charles Wilburn von Rosenberg, The Von Rosenberg Family Record, (Texian Press (Waco, TX, 1974)), p. 24.

    17. [S835] ed., Ann Barnes, The von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Nortex Press (Austin, 2001)), p. 19.