 1907 - 1986 (78 years)
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| Name |
Ernest Walter WUPPERMAN |
| Nickname |
Walter, Wupp, Doc |
| Birth |
6 May 1907 |
Austin, Travis, Texas, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
17 Feb 1986 |
Cedar Park, Williamson, Texas, USA |
| Burial |
Bagdad Cemetery, Leander, Williamson, Texas, USA |
| Person ID |
I12708 |
von Rosenberg Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
8 Aug 2017 |
| Father |
Walter Otto WUPPERMAN, b. 12 Jan 1874, Düsseldorf, Rheinprovinz, Prussia, Germany d. 27 Oct 1950, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Elisabeth Marie VON ROSENBERG, b. 7 Aug 1880, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA d. 27 Oct 1967, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Apr 1904 |
Austin, Travis, Texas, USA |
| Photos |
 | Walter Wupperman family
children, l to r: Alfred, Walter, Alice |
| Family ID |
F7257 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Johanna Kimble HEY, b. 1 Jul 1918, Junction, Kimble, Texas, USA d. 10 Jan 1952, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Sep 1941 |
Mason, Mason, Texas, USA |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F8928 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Mar 2014 |
| Family 2 |
Demaris Elizabeth KNOX, b. 13 Apr 1918, Krum, Denton, Texas, USA d. 19 Apr 2012, Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Aug 1954 |
Austin, Travis, Texas, USA |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F8944 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Mar 2014 |
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| Notes |
- As a child, Walter watched his gentle father suffer in the job market during World War I as anti-German sentiment tarnished innocent German-Americans. Walter was 22 when the stock market crashed, inaugurating the Great Depression. Casting about for a livelihood that would combine his interest in natural science with job security and independence, he picked veterinary medicine. Lacking the funds to live on the Texas A&M campus, he was passed around the dorm by his friends, bunking in first one room and then another to avoid the frequent room inspections. He would hurriedly move his clothes and books to a different floor before an inspection; but once, caught off guard, he hid in the very back of a closet, holding his breath while the officer scanned its contents for military neatness. Walter graduated from Texas A&M in 1935 and opened the Wupperman Animal Hospital in 1938 on North Lamar. About ten years later, he teamed up with Dr. Sam Spangler and expanded his office space. Widowed in 1951, Walter continued raising his two small children with the help of an aunt and other family members. After three years of single parenthood, he went to a PTA meeting one night and met his son’s third grade teacher, Elizabeth Knox Rowe. Elizabeth was an attractive widow with three young children of her own and two older stepchildren. They were married in 1954 and adopted each other’s children. Liz and Walter stayed young at heart by building their life around their family. Camping, hunting, fishing trips, picnics, barbecues, and large extended-family Oktoberfests were held at their country property. “Music Abend” —listening to classical music with friends in the evening, and year-round gardening at their Cedar Park ranch, after his retirement kept Walter, also known as “Doc” and “Wupp” active.
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