The Schuepperts from the North

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
- Ferdinand Foch, Commander in Chief of the Allied Armies
at the end of World War I.

Schueppert/Pautz Genealogy
By John Fortier (With special thanks to him for putting 100% of all this work together!)

Georg Schueppert, the first Schueppert of whom we have records, was born about 1690 near Frankfort in Germany.  He married in 1709, but the name of his wife is unknown.  The couple had a son Josef in 1715.  His marriage to Margarita (surname unknown), yielded a son Jacob, born in 1741.  Jacob married Barbara Adain in 1766.  Their son Johann Georg was born in 1771.  His marriage to Christine Michel took place in about 1791.  A son Johann was born to this couple in 1794.  Johann married Maria LaPrieg but the date of this marriage is not recorded.

Henrich Joseph Schueppert, the son of Johann and Maria, was born in 1847 Hafenlohr, Bavaria, and married another Maria (surname unknown).  The couple arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1873, where he worked as a brew master for Pabst Blue Ribbon.  The couple had five children.  The middle child, George, was born in 1885.  He met and married Margaret Kiepke from near Merrill, Wisconsin in about 1908.

George and Margaret Schueppert

Margaret was the daughter of Julius Kiepke and Albertine Rubow.  Julius had a farm near Merrill.  He was born in 1856.  Albertine was born in 1857 and died in 1945.  We do not know whether they were born in the U.S. or whether they came here from Germany, but Julius was a drummer for the Northern army during the Civil War.  The Kiepkes were always referred to by relatives as “Grandma and Grandpa Kiepke."

Grandpa and Grandma Kiepke

George and Margaret Schueppert had three sons, George, Karl, and Fred.  The couple divorced sometime after that, and Margaret remarried to a William Teske.  She died in 1939.  What became of George is uncertain.  George Junior studied for a time at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.  He then met Eleanor Pautz from Rhinelander.  The Pautzes often visited relatives in Merrill with whom George was acquainted. 

Pautz/Koch

Charles Pautz was born in Germany in 1853.  In 1869, he came to the U.S. and settled in the Watertown area.  In 1883, he came to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, where he became one of the earliest settlers.  He worked for the Brown Brothers Lumber Company, where he was yard boss for a number of years.  In 1891, he married Martha Erdman.  Martha was born in Plathe, Germany in 1868, the daughter of Julius and Caroline Erdman.  Martha arrived in the U.S. in 1882.  She met and married Charles and the couple had four sons, Louis, Charles, Walter, and Harry.  In 1899, they purchased a grocery store in “The Hollow” on Thayer Street, which remained in the family for a number of years.  They lived above the store.  Louis worked in the store with his father.  He met Emma Koch from Merrill about 1912.  In 1916, they were married and settled in Rhinelander on Thayer Street, not too far from the Pautz’s grocery store.

Emma and Louis Pautz Wedding Picture                     Pautz Home on Thayer Street

 Louis went to work for the Soo Line Railroad, where he was a fireman on the route to Minneapolis.  Later he worked for Hyland Liquor Company in Rhinelander.  They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1966.

Pautz Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary 

Emma’s father was Johann Koch from Merrill, Wisconsin.  Born in 1862 in Nuremberg, Germany, he was an officer in the German Imperial Army.   We do not know exactly when he came to the U.S., but in 1892, he married Natalie Mittlestead in Merrill.  Natalie was born in 1872, the daughter of Conrad and Ernestine Mittlesteadt.  She was also born in Germany, arriving in the U.S. with her family in 1881.  At first the family lived in the Princeton, New Jersey area, but then moved to Merrill, Wisconsin.  Johann was a blacksmith for Stange Lumber Company in Merrill.

Emma was the eldest of nine children, one of whom died in infancy.  Louis and Emma had only one child, Eleanor.  Eleanor married George Schueppert in 1937.  The wedding took place in the Pautz home on Thayer Street, where she, and later her daughter Sidnee, were born.

 Schueppert/Pautz Wedding                               Schueppert Home on Lennox Street.

When first married, the couple lived in Merrill, Wisconsin.  Their first two children, George and Jon were born there.  Then, in 1940, the family moved to Rhinelander where they built a home on Lennox Street, not too far from Eleanor’s parents.  They lived with the Pautz's while the house was being finished.  George worked for Hyland Liquor for a time, driving a delivery truck to various parts of Northern Wisconsin.  A third child, Sidnee, was born in 1941.  Before long, George took a job in the accounting department at Rhinelander Paper Company, where he worked until his death in 1974.  George and Eleanor were actively involved in Masonic and Eastern Star activities.  George was also a member of Commandry and Shrine.  The couple held many offices in those organizations, including Worthy Patron and Worthy Matron.

George in Commandry Uniform

The couple also maintained a private accounting practice, doing tax work and accounting for various businesses and individuals.  Eleanor continued that work after George’s death.  One of their customers was the Rhinelander Country Club for which George was treasurer.  They were active members of the club for many years.  In April of 2000, Eleanor moved to Madison to be closer to John and Sidnee and George and Kay.  Currently she lives at Oakwood Village East, a lovely new retirement community on Madison’s east side. 

 Eleanor Schueppert 2001

George Jr., known as “Bud” by his family attended University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he was active in a number of organizations and activities.  He served as editor of ”The Badger.”  He was responsible for the reactivization of his fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta, serving as President for at least one year.  After graduating in1960, he entered the Navy as Lieutenant Jr. Grade.  He served in the Pacific.  Upon leaving the service, he lived and worked in Arizona for a time and then moved to Chicago where he was Vice President of Continental Bank and Trust.  In Chicago he met Kathleen Kay Carpenter, daughter of Warren and Dorothy Carpenter.  They married on May 6, 1967 in Brooklyn, Iowa, Kay’s hometown. 

Schueppert/Carpenter Wedding

After living for a short time in an apartment in Evanston, Illinois, they bought a home in Northbrook.  Their three children, Steven, Stephanie, and Stenning were born there.  When Stenning was still quite young, George was appointed to the presidency of Continental Illinois’s  London division.  After living in a beautiful Row House in Regent’s Park, he was transferred to the Paris headquarters of the bank.  The family returned to the Chicago area after having many interesting experiences abroad. 

When Steven and Stephanie were in secondary school, the family built a beautiful home designed by Kay’s brother Earl Carpenter.  After leaving Continental Illinois, George held several other positions in the financial and business community.  On August 24, 2002, Stenning became the first of the three children to marry.  He and his wife, the former Heather Henning are currently living in Stanford, California.

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*All photographs (unless otherwise noted) are the property of Stenning Schueppert and may not be distributed or circulated for any purposes (personal or commercial) without his express written consent. Questions or comments regarding selected photographs are, of course, welcome.
Created 10/00; Last updated February 3, 2003; v1.1.