RUPPERT, Christian, GER., then Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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CHRISTIAN RUPPERT, FABACHER, was born in Germany, October, 1854.  He is the
son of M. and Barbara (Wagraman) Ruppert, who were also natives of Germany. 
They were the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, viz.: 
Jasph,  Christian (the subject of this sketch),  Elizabeth,  Peter (deceased), 
Mary,  Frank (deceased).  Their mother died in Germany in 1874.  The father
came to America in 1882, and died at the home of our subject.  He was a farmer
by occupation. 

Christian Ruppert came from Germany to Louisiana in 1870, and settled in
Acadia parish, where he engaged in farming.  He was married, in 1875, to Miss
Mary Wilfert.  To this union were born eight children, four sons and four
daughters, viz.:  Joseph,  Rosa,  George,  John,  Mary,  Anthony,  Barbara, 
Agnes.  Mr. Ruppert owns nine hundred acres of land, three hundred of which
are under cultivation, the principal product being rice.  He operates a
saw-mill on his farm.  Mr. Ruppert is a well-known and highly respected
citizen of this parish.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 271. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.

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