Conrad Upperman
Born: 1788 Luneberg, Hesse-Kassel, Germany
Married: July 23, 1812 First Reformed
Church, Philadelphia
Died:July 27, 1840 Saxonburg, Butler, Pennsylvania
Father: Christ Upperman
Mother: Unknown
Spouse: Elizabeth Boyer
Children
Jeanette Upperman b.c.1829
Notes:
-Conrad immigrated in 1802. A note in a book here
says "He was chief watchman of the city of militia and chief of a
voluntary German military company... and born in Rhinehessen section of
Germany.
- A letter written by him in 1836 says he has been a citizen for 33
years: here
-He was a constable and an inn keeper in his times. He was 14
years old when he moved to the US with his family. His obituary in the
Pittsburgh Christian Advocate 3 Sept 1840 p 128 says he was married at
age 22 in Philadelphia and moved to Pitsburgh.
-Conrad's descendants through other children are a DNA match as
expected to descnedants of Janetta.
-Conrad appears in the 1840 census in Butler County, PA.
-Conrad's father at age 45 is on a list of foreigners and listed as
aa Taylor.
-His declaration of intent for becoming a citizen says he arrived
April 14, 1802 and was born in Lunenbergs in the Princedom of Hesse
Castle. (1820).
-History of Butler County says "Conrad Upperman organized the first
police force of Pittsburg, and kept one of the early hotels opposite the
site of the Monongahela House. He took quite a prominent part in the
militia, and was familiarly known as Captain Upperman"
Sources:
-Birth Source: Obituary, Naturalization Record.
-Death Source: Obituary and estate record.