Luper, Willys Grant
1865 - 1952 (86 years)
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Name Luper, Willys Grant Birth 6 May 1865 Oregon, USA 
[1] Gender Male Census 11 Jun 1870 Albany, Linn, Oregon [2] Age: 5y Census 14 Jun 1900 Vallejo, Solano, California [3] Age: 34y Address:
726 LouisianaOccupation 14 Jun 1900 Vallejo, Solano, California [3] Machinist Census 26 Apr 1910 Vallejo, Solano, California [4] Age: 44y Address:
726 LouisianaOccupation 26 Apr 1910 Vallejo, Solano, California [4] Draftsman Census 9 Jan 1920 Vallejo, Solano, California [5] Age: 54y Address:
726 LouisianaOccupation 9 Jan 1920 Vallejo, Solano, California [5] Draftsman - Industry, business or establishment: Shipyard
Employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account: Wage earner
Census 2 Apr 1930 Vallejo, Solano, California [1] Age: 63y Address:
726 LouisianaOccupation 2 Apr 1930 Vallejo, Solano, California [1] Draftsman - Industry: Mare Island Ship Yard
Class of worker: Wage earner
Census 8 Apr 1940 Vallejo, Solano, California [6] Age: 74y Address:
726 LouisianaName Used Grant Death 31 Mar 1952 Vallejo, Solano, California - As recorded in Calif. Death Index and this matches Luper family history (presume added by Lenore Smith).
Luper, W. Grant Dies at 89
Keywords: PictureLuper, W. Grant Dies at 89
Keywords: PictureNotes - Letter written by Grant Lupfer.
April 10
It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.
In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."
My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.
Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952. [7]
Person ID I541 Bratt Family Tree Last Modified 5 Jul 2021
Father Luper, James Martin Barnheisel, b. 26 Dec 1817, Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania d. 11 Jun 1903, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (Age 85 years) Mother Warren, DeLavantia Elizabeth, b. 10 Nov 1835, Illinois d. Bef 1910 (Age < 74 years) Marriage 17 Mar 1861 Family ID F119 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Billings, Grace, b. Cal 1867, Nebraska d. 1 Apr 1954, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA (Age 87 years) Marriage 5 Nov 1885 Platsmouth, NE Notes - Notation in Luper records says "Separated 2 years." US Census shows Gracie Billings, 1880 Census. Then, 1900 US Census shows Grace D Copeland with daughter Alta L. 14 years old. 1885 Platsmouth NE Census lists Grace Billings age 18. Father Clinton, Mother Ella
Same note says Alta L Luper Kinnear, 2 grand children George and Barbara. Census shoe an Alta Kinnear and George age 1, Cheyenne, Laramie Wyo. Don't find a Barbara Kinnear in later Census.
Marriage Status: Separated
Children + 1. Luper, Alta Lenore, b. 30 Jan 1886, Kansas d. 11 Oct 1981, Costa Mesa, Orange, California (Age 95 years)Family ID F282 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Mar 2016
Family 2 Hearney, Honor, b. Sep 1870, California d. 2 Nov 1905, Sonoma, California, USA (Age 35 years) Marriage 28 Sep 1893 Washoe, Nevada Notes - Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011 Washoe Co. Vol. B p 71
Family ID F283 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Mar 2016
Family 3 Mullaney, Mary Evelyn, b. 30 Jul 1867, California d. 7 Sep 1947, Alameda Co., California, USA (Age 80 years) Marriage 8 Feb 1906 Norwalk, California - divorce
Divorce 1921 Notes - Aug 1921 (Lenore Luper Family History Notes)
Marriage Status: Separated
Family ID F284 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Mar 2016
Family 4 Clyde, b. Cal 1879, Utah d. 9 Jun 1939, Napa, California, USA (Age 60 years) Marriage Jun 1929 Vallejo, Solano, California Family ID F285 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2016
- Industry, business or establishment: Shipyard
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Event Map 
Birth - 6 May 1865 - Oregon, USA 
Census - Age: 5y - 11 Jun 1870 - Albany, Linn, Oregon 
Census - Age: 34y,Address:
726 Louisiana - 14 Jun 1900 - Vallejo, Solano, CaliforniaOccupation - Machinist - 14 Jun 1900 - Vallejo, Solano, California Census - Age: 44y,Address:
726 Louisiana - 26 Apr 1910 - Vallejo, Solano, CaliforniaOccupation - Draftsman - 26 Apr 1910 - Vallejo, Solano, California Census - Age: 54y,Address:
726 Louisiana - 9 Jan 1920 - Vallejo, Solano, CaliforniaOccupation - Draftsman - 9 Jan 1920 - Vallejo, Solano, California Marriage - Jun 1929 - Vallejo, Solano, California Census - Age: 63y,Address:
726 Louisiana - 2 Apr 1930 - Vallejo, Solano, CaliforniaOccupation - Draftsman - 2 Apr 1930 - Vallejo, Solano, California Census - Age: 74y,Address:
726 Louisiana - 8 Apr 1940 - Vallejo, Solano, CaliforniaDeath - 31 Mar 1952 - Vallejo, Solano, California = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Luper, WG - Introduction Card Luper, WG - Head-crop 
Luper, WG Full
Histories 
Luper, W G - Accomplishments of Automobile Ownership
A summary of WG Luper's accomplishments with his automobile near the turn of the 20th century.
At the time, it is said there were about 240 cars in California. WG Luper had the 4th car in Vallejo.
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Sources - [S140] Census 1930 Vallejo, Solano, California Year: 1930; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: 221; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0026; Image: 151.0; FHL microfilm: 2339956, (Year: 1930; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: 221; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0026; Image: 151.0; FHL microfilm: 2339956).
- [S145] Census 1870 Albany, Linn, Oregon Year: 1870; Census Place: Albany, Linn, Oregon; Roll: M593_1286; Page: 568B; Image: 471; Family History Library Film: 552785, (Year: 1870; Census Place: Albany, Linn, Oregon; Roll: M593_1286; Page: 568B; Image: 471; Family History Library Film: 552785).
- [S144] Census 1900 Vallejo, Solano, California Year: 1900; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: 113; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1240113, (Year: 1900; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: 113; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1240113).
- [S143] Census 1910 Vallejo, Solano, California Year: 1910; Census Place: Vallejo Ward 1, Solano, California; Roll: T624_108; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0187; FHL microfilm: 1374121, (Year: 1910; Census Place: Vallejo Ward 1, Solano, California; Roll: T624_108; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0187; FHL microfilm: 1374121).
- [S142] Census 1920 Vallejo, Solano, California Year: 1920; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: T625_149; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 211; Image: 778, (Year: 1920; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: T625_149; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 211; Image: 778).
- [S141] Census 1940 Vallejo, Solano, California Year: 1940; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: T627_348; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 48-30, (Year: 1940; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: T627_348; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 48-30).
- [S26] Sunshine Foulke Chambers, Allied Families (Foulke / Lupfer), P 100.
- [S140] Census 1930 Vallejo, Solano, California Year: 1930; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: 221; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0026; Image: 151.0; FHL microfilm: 2339956, (Year: 1930; Census Place: Vallejo, Solano, California; Roll: 221; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0026; Image: 151.0; FHL microfilm: 2339956).