Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Rupprecht, Fred Ernest 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Fred Ernest Rupprecht, superintendent, for the E. Porter Brewing Company, at 
Joliet for the past five years, was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1871. He 
spent the first fifteen years of his life in his native country and then, 
thinking to enjoy better business opportunities in the new world, he crossed 
the Atlantic to America in 1886. He had previously learned the trade of a 
brewmaster and he followed that pursuit in the east and in Chicago before 
coming to Joliet. He has a brother who is superintendent of a brewery in 
Baltimore, Maryland. For five years Mr. Rupprecht has been connected with the 
plant at Joliet as superintendent and brewmaster. Here is manufactured keg and 
premium bottled beer, which is furnished to the local trade and for shipment 
as well. The capacity is forty-five thousand barrels. Mr. Rupprecht devotes 
his entire attention to the business and the enterprise under his management 
has become a profitable one. He came to Joliet to work for the E. Porter 
Brewing Company under Mr. Leser, and succeeded him as superintendent. Mr. 
Rupprecht was married in Chicago to Miss Lizzie Schafer, who was born in 
Germany and was taken to Chicago during her infancy. They now have two 
children, Josephine and August. Mr. Rupprecht is a Mason, having taken the 
degrees of the lodge, chapter, council and commandery at Joliet and he also 
belongs to Medinah Temple Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at 
Chicago. He holds membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 
at Joliet and with the Brew Masters Association at Chicago. Since coming to 
Joliet he has made a creditable record as a business man. He has installed 
considerable new machinery, which he is now operating and has developed the 
business along modern progressive lines. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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