Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joseph H. Ruppert 1   
                Born: Jun- 9-1845          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1,2,3
                Died: Feb- 9-1926           1
              Buried:                      in Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  4
              Census: 1900, 1920           in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  
              Census: 1880                 in Allegany Co, MD  
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2,5
              Father: Jacob Anton Ruppert   (1805 - 1893) 
              Mother: Catharine Weimbach   (1808 - 1894) 
Other spouse 1
Notes 
                Wife: Teresa Helmstetter     
         Census name: Trasa Helmstetter 
             Married: ca 1870               2
                Born: Feb-25-1844          in Maryland  1,2
                Died: Jul-  -1922           1
              Buried:                      in Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  4
              Census: 1900, 1920           in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  
              Census: 1860, 1870, 1880     in Allegany Co, MD  
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 1
           M Child 1: Frank J. Ruppert      
                Born: 1874                 in Maryland  6,5
                Died: 1960                  6
              Buried:                      in Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  4
              Census: 1880                 in Allegany Co, MD  
           M Child 2: George William Ruppert      
         Census name: William Ruppert 
                Born: Feb- 6-1877          in Maryland  7,1,5
                Died: Jun- 6-1932           1
              Buried:                      in Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  4
              Census: 1920                 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  
             Resided: 1918                 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  
              Census: 1880                 in Allegany Co, MD  
          Occupation: 1918                 truck driver for Cumberland Brewing Co.  7
                Wife: Nannie Rebecca ___  b. Feb- 8-1874  d. Oct- 4-1902  
           M Child 3: Henry A. Ruppert      
                Born: Sep-  -1879          in Maryland  2,6
                Died: 1949                  6
              Buried:                      in Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  4
              Census: 1900                 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  
              Census: 1880                 in Allegany Co, MD  
                Wife: Clara May Gardner  b. 1882  d. 1945  
           F Child 4: Mary T. Ruppert      
                Born: Jul-  -1881          in Maryland  2
              Census: 1900                 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  
           M Child 5: Frederick A. Ruppert      
                Born: Nov-30-1883          in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  4,2,6,8
                Died: Dec-11-1965          in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  4,6
              Buried:                      in Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  4
             Resided: 1915                 in Allegany Co, MD  8
              Census: 1900                 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD  
                Wife: Caroline Louise Staarmann  b. 1892  d. 1987  
             Married: Jun-30-1915          in St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) 1900 Census. 
(3) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) 1880 Census. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Frederick A. Ruppert, 32, b. & res. in Allegany Co 
Maryland; and Caroline L. Staarmann, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Jun 30 1915 "at Santa Clara," officiated by 
Camille Delaux, a Roman Catholic Priest. 
(NOTE:  Camile Delaux was the priest who, while serving in France during World War I, discovered the crucifixion 
tableaux that would later be imported and emplaced in the cemetery of the St. Clare Catholic 
Church.
http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/article
s?Action=user_view&db=hurheral_articles&id=52451 
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/152174526/ ), MR p. 408 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795141&Type=Marriage. 







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