Person Sheet

 

Name

Herbert Gary Sr RUPERT, Grandfather

Birth

22 Jun 1904, Watertown, NY

Death

Jun 1984, San Antonio, TX

Occupation

Western Union,.Railroad

Father

George William Frederick RUPERT (1876-1927)

Mother

Elizabeth MORRISON (1885-~1955)

Spouses:

1

Dorothy Louise JENKINS, Grandmother

Birth

9 Jun 1905, Middleport, NY

Death

20 Jan 1955, Syracuse, NY

Burial

24 Jan 1955, Valley cem, Syracuse, NY

Occupation

Telegraphy

Father

William J. Jr. JENKINS (1862-1931)

Mother

Mary Elizabeth MUFFORD (1867-1936)

 

 

Marriage

26 May 1927

 

 

Children:

Herbert Gary Jr (1928-1978)

 

Gladys Dorothea (1930-)

 

Allan William (1931-2000)

 

Stanley Kenneth (1937-1988)

 

Jacqueline Marie (1941-)

 

 

2

Beatrice GUERRA

Birth

31 Dec 1915

Death

2 Mar 1985, Bexar, TX

 

 

Marriage

15 May 1971

 

 

 

 

 

Notes for Herbert Gary Sr RUPERT

<a href="/arupert1/diary/diary.htm" target="newdiary">Diary of Herbert Gary Rupert Sr. (January-June 1927)</a>

1910 Census lived in Watertown, NY on Olive St.

Jan 1920 at 15, Herbert worked with Mother at Telegraph company.
Jun 27, 1926 Herbert departed to work at the Saranac Lake Western Union.
He did not stay long because he requested (Jul 1) transfer from there.
Feb 15, 1927 Herbert met Dorothy Jenkins, operator at Western Union. His words that night in his diary were "a very nice girl"

1930 Feb they lived at 314 E Castle St.

1930 (April 17, 1930) Census district 118 page roll T626_1630 37B (74/78 in ancestry.com. The Family would have just moved to the 1426 S. Townsend St house. His rent was $30 a month.

abt 1960 he lived in Hoisington, Kansas

 

Notes for Dorothy Louise (Spouse 1)

Telegrapher in Medina, NY in 1925
In 1927 Western Union Office was at 121 Fall Street across the street from the
Gould Hotel, Seneca Falls
Apr 17, 1927 (Easter) Dorothy's proposal to Herbert..."You could get me a ring if you can afford it."

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Syracuse Post Standard Saturday 22 JAN 1955 page 7 col 1

RUPERT-Suddenly in this city, January 20, 1955, Mrs. Dorothy Louise Rupert.
She is survived by her husband, Herbert G. Rupert Sr.; three sons, Herbert
G. Jr., Allen W. and Stanley K. Rupert; two daughters, Mrs. Sigmund Wyzkowski
and Jacqueline M. Rupert; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. John W.
Arlington of Baker, N.Y.; two brothers, Charles and Frank Jenkins of Lockport;
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted from the John G. Butler Funeral Home,
2104 S. Salina st., Monday at 2 p.m. Interment Onondaga Valley Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Funeral Home Saturday and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m.
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She lived on 1418 South Ave when she died.
worked at GE for 28 years.

 

 

 

 

 

Last Modified 15 May 2004

Created 26 Nov 2004 by Michael Rupert


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