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 1868 - 1921 (52 years)
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| Name |
Johann Albert Stolper |
| Nickname |
John A. Stolper |
| Born |
22 Nov 1868 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
11 Apr 1921 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
| Buried |
Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
| Notes |
- "Packages," (trade magazine), April 1921, p. 13:
"John A. Stolper, 52, of Milwaukee, WI, president of the Charles Stolper Cooperage co., died 11 April as the result of a stroke of apoplexy suffered 7 Apr 1921. . . . Mr. Stolper was active in cooperage organization work in the old days."
"Barrel and Box" (trade magazine), 1921:
"John A. Stoper. Milwaukee is mourning the loss of one of its best known business men in the death of John A. Stolper, president of the Charles Stolper Cooperage Company, of that city, who was stricken with apoplexy April 7 and passed away April 11. Mr. Stolper was the active manager of the Charles Stolper Cooperage Company, and was associated in the business with his brother Charles, Jr. The company was founded by Charles Stolper, Sr. in 1855, and is one of the oldest firms of its kind in the United States.
John A. Stolper was a comparatively young man in the prime of his business life, having been born in Milwaukee in November 1868. He was very active in the municipal affairs of Milwaukee, and also played a prominent part of the social life of Milwaukee?s business men. He was one of the organizers and former president of the Millioki Club, member of the Chamber of Commerce, Milwaukee Athletic Club, and a great host of social and business friends mourn his demise.
Mr. Stolper is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Stolper, his brother Charles, and four sisters."
From an obituary in the "Plymouth Review" 13 Apr 1921:
"... John A. Stolper was at the head of the Stolper Cooperage Co, which his father, Charles Stolper, Sr. founded a number of years ago, and in which business he became a millionaire. Their barrels are sold all over the United States.
Mr Stolper leaves his wife, who was Miss Niss, daughter of the Niss Furniture Co., Milwaukee. ..."
Facts about this person:
Baptism: December 13, 1868; Confirmation: April 12, 1882
Church Affiliation: Lutheran
"Milwaukee, a Half Century's Progress, 1846-1896: A Review of the Cream City's Wonderful Growth and Development from Incorporation Until the Present Time: A Souvenir of Her Golden Anniversary," (Milwaukee: Consolidated Illustrating, 1896), p. 99:
"Charles Stolper Cooperage Co., Manufacturers of Brewers' Packages.
THIS establishment is the leader in its line in this city and the best known to the trade is equipped with all the latest improved machinery and only skilled and experienced hands are employed. The industry was started by Mr. Charles Stolper, Sr. in 1855. The present company was formed in 1892 and has ample resources at command The works are located on Third street from No?s 651 to 665 and 650 to 666 Fourth street and extending through the block 400x450 feet in dimensions. The main shop is a three story brick 190x300 feet while in rear is the shop for hand work 40x150 feet adjoining are immense storage houses for carrying the finished packages while there is always several million staves piled in the yards seasoning by the natural air and sun the only sure way to get satisfaction. President [John A.] Stolper is notably progressive he has ever kept pace with modern improvements in machinery and processes he has never delayed getting in the best machinery and tools and today the company's plant is the model one of the kind in existence. The outfit of costly machine tools specially made for this concern includes a Stave dresser hollowing machine, a Benson stave bucker and equalizer, a bender, joiner, trussers, a machine for doweling, crozing, and chamfering, barrel lath, hoop driver, hoop punch and flaring machine, all kinds of heading machinery, bung boring machines, etc. Power is supplied by one of Filer & Stowell's 150 horsepower corliss engines using steam from two 80 horse power boilers. There is a pneumatic tube system for collecting shavings and dust from each machine for use as fuel freight elevator and every modern convenience. Beer barrels are the specialty here being turned out in wholes, halves, quarters, sixths, and eighths. They are of best materials and elaborate finish and are the popular favorites with the brewery trade everywhere being in use in every State in the Union and are exported to Europe. The company sells to the Pabst Schlitz and other leading breweries here also in Chicago, St Louis, and in the east. When the local and western oak gave out Mr. Stolper promptly set out to find the best that grew elsewhere and secured 3,500 acres of the choicest white oak timber lands at St Francis, Ark. He there built a factory having two-three equalizers, two buckers, two double joiners, heading and stave saws, etc. run by a 50 horse power engine and keeps it busy under the management of Mr. Edward Lechner, his son in law, in the manufacture of the staves used here. The company enjoys complete facilities both as to materials and machinery and we desire to say in the most impressive language it stands at the head in the manufacture of Brewers? Packages. Their products are in growing demand the sales aggregating $250,000 annually."
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| Person ID |
I34139 |
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| Last Modified |
4 Dec 2014 |
| Father |
Karl Gotthard Stolper, b. 14 Dec 1832, Kainowe, Kreis Trebnitz, Silesia, Prussia , d. 10 May 1908, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
Johanna Juliana Schmidt, b. 4 Dec 1841, Silesia, Prussia , d. 26 Sep 1912, Milwaukee, WI (Age 70 years) |
| Married |
6 Sep1857 |
Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
| Family ID |
F18040886 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Helen Niss, b. 17 Apr 1870, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. , d. 14 Feb 1937, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. (Age 66 years) |
| Married |
WFT Est 1886-1911 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F18041267 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 22 Nov 1868 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
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 | Died - 11 Apr 1921 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
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 | Buried - - Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
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