Gustav Adolph Lupke was born 5 May 1863, the son of Johann Lupke and Wilhelmine Mahlau. He was baptized 20 May 1863 in Groß Krebs, Marienwerder, Westpreußen, Germany, in what is now the village of Rakowiec in Gmina Kwidzyn, Kwidzyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. He had at least one full brother and 6 half brothers.
He emigrated to the United States of America. Censuses list his immigration year as 1887.
Married Augusta Gronan, 5 Oct 1893 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana. She predeceased him.
They had the following children:
Walter
Irma
Augusta
Estella
Clara
Bertha
Velma
Alfred
Harry
He passed away 4 Feb 1929 at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His cause of death was esophagus cancer. At the time of his death, he was a 66 year old laborer. The informant on his death certificate was his daughter Augusta, who he lived with. He was buried alongside his wife in the Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana. His daughter Estella would later be buried next to him.
Sources
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1518-1921: Film Number: 1198370; Page Number: 275;276 Ancestry Record 61456 #320619
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1567-1945: Custodian: Staatliche Archivverwaltung Der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Film Number: 208116; Page Number: 275;276 Ancestry Record 61250 #624326
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJD-HZK : 3 August 2022), Gustave Lupka and Amelia A Gronan, 29 Sep 1893; citing Allen, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004134769.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLB-DR1 : accessed 21 September 2022), Gustav Lupke, Fort Wayne Ward 10, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 19A, family 399, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 339; FHL microfilm 1,374,352.
Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011: Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1929; Roll: 03 Ancestry Record 60716 #3953741
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X412-3VV : accessed 21 September 2022), Augsta Lupke, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 6A, line 16, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 576; FHL microfilm 2,340,311.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43018603/gustave-a-lupke: accessed 20 September 2022), memorial page for Gustave A. Lupke (5 May 1863–4 Feb 1929), Find A Grave: Memorial #43018603, citing Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Karin King (contributor 47469179) .
"Lupke", The Fort Wayne Sentinel, February 4, 1929. Transcription and newspaper clipping supplied by 'HoosierGirl88' (Find a Grave contributor #47268081)
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