Person Sheet


Name 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)
Spouses:
1 Herbert Gary Sr RUPERT, Grandfather
Birth 22 Jun 1904, NY
Death Jun 1984, San Antonio, TX
Occupation Western Union,.Railroad
Father George William Frederick RUPERT (1876-1927)
Mother Elizabeth MORRISON (1885-~1955)
Marriage 26 May 1927
Children: Herbert Gary Jr (1928-1978)
Gladys Dorothea (1930-)
Allan William (1931-2000)
Stanley Kenneth (1937-1988)
Jacqueline Marie (1941-)
Notes for Dorothy Louise JENKINS
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.
Notes for Herbert Gary Sr (Spouse 1)
<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
Last Modified 25 Nov 2004 Created 26 Nov 2004 by Michael Rupert
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