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Surnames: JOCHIM DUPPS
Classification: Query
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I believe you have found the correct Theresa Dupps. Some of the children’s ages on the
ship list do not seem to match other records but the names are correct.
Christian Dupps and Christina Ruschman are the parents of the Theresa Dupps you are
researching. There is excellent documentation of this family in the book “Finding the
Grain, Pioneer German Journals and Letters from Dubois Co.” by Norbert Kraph. Chapter 6
pages 254-265 cover the Christian Dupps family and contain a letter from Christian to
Christina, her passport, and some biographical information.
A brief summary:
Christian first married Ottilie Berger on 7 May 1832 with whom he had Benedict and Oswald.
She died in 1834 and Christian came to America in 1836 on the ship Formosa, settled in
Cincinnati and bought land in Jasper in 1839. He then returned to Wagshurst Germany and
married Christina Ruschman who had been previously married to Nicolas Schmidt. Christian
and Christina had children; Franziska, Hermann, August, Theresa, Joseph, Maria Ann, and a
second Joseph. Christian returned to America in 1854 and his wife followed on the ship
record you mention. Christian died in 1857 and Christina then married Daniel Jochim (the
family I am researching.)
I have pictures of Christian and Christina’s tombstones from St. Joseph Cemetery in Jasper
and a few other things I am willing to share if you email me off list.