George + Johnson, Renee Marion. Renee (daughter of Johnson, Edward L and Hensgen, Louise M) was born on 11 Feb 1909 in Colorado; died on 5 Dec 1994 in Marin County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fred + Luper, Alta Lenore. Alta (daughter of Luper, Willys Grant and Billings, Grace) was born on 30 Jan 1886 in Kansas; died on 11 Oct 1981 in Costa Mesa, Orange, California; was buried on 11 Oct 1981 in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward + Hensgen, Louise M. Louise was born in May 1883 in Germany; died in Feb 1977 in Denver, Denver, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name Used: Grant
• Census: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 5y
• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 34y; Address:
  726 Louisiana
• Occupation: 14 Jun 1900, Vallejo, Solano, California; Machinist
• Census: 26 Apr 1910, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 44y; Address:
  726 Louisiana
• Occupation: 26 Apr 1910, Vallejo, Solano, California; Draftsman
• Census: 9 Jan 1920, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 54y; Address:
  726 Louisiana
• Occupation: 9 Jan 1920, Vallejo, Solano, California; Draftsman
• Census: 2 Apr 1930, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 63y; Address:
  726 Louisiana
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1930, Vallejo, Solano, California; Draftsman
• Census: 8 Apr 1940, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 74y; Address:
  726 Louisiana

Notes:

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.

Occupation:
Industry, business or establishment: Shipyard
Employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account: Wage earner

Occupation:
Industry: Mare Island Ship Yard
Class of worker: Wage earner

Died:
As recorded in Calif. Death Index and this matches Luper family history (presume added by Lenore Smith).

Willys married Billings, Grace on 5 Nov 1885 in Platsmouth, NE. Grace was born cal 1867 in Nebraska; died on 1 Apr 1954 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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