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Annie “Pearl” Reinert

Annie “Pearl” Reinert Tupper

 

 

 

Born: 26 Feb 1874, Oshkosh, Wi

 

Parents: Francis “Frank” Reinert and Delina Forbes

 

Siblings: Hattie “Bridgit”, Irving (died in infancy), Ina, Metta/Nettie, Francis Marian

 

Marriage: to George Tupper 3/4/1890, Sheboygan, WI

 

Death: 23 Nov 1933, Detroit, MI, of breast cancer. Buried Wildwood Cemetary, sect. 1, Sheboygan, Wi.

 

Children: Inez Pearl,  Frank Harrold,  Estella May,  Lester Charles,  Edith Irene,  Warren Merrill

 

                     Edith & Lester        Edith             Lester               Stella             Frank             Inez

 

Tupper family circa 1900 or 1901. Left to right:  Annie Pearl, baby Edith (born 1899), Inez, Stella (front), Frank, George, and Lester. Warren is not born yet.

 

Census:

1930 census, Michigan, Wayne Co, Detroit, District 568:
Pearl A. Tupper, age 56, rents home, 87 1/2 dollars/mo; has radio, proprietor of confectionary
Warren Tupper, age 24, packer for confectionary

 

1920 census Sheboygan Co, City of Sheboygan, District 137
Pearl, head of household, age 45, no profession;          also living at her house were:
Lester, son, age 21
Warren  age 14,
Estella Marthenze (daughter) age 25
Folmer Marthenze, son-in-law, age 25, occupation not legible

 

1910 Census, WI Sheboygan Co, City of Sheboygan, Ward 1
George Tupper, age 39, married 20 years, born WI, both parents born WI, shoe salesman, rents
Pearl, age 37,  6 children born, 6 alive, born WI, father born Germany, mother born WI
Inez, age 19
Frank age 18, cutter - shoe factory
Stella, age 15, in high school
Lester age 12
Edith age 10
Warren age 4
***ine Reinert, sister-in-law, age 28, bookeeper at newspaper office (probably Metta/Nettie)

 

1900 Census, Wi, Sheboygan Co, Mitchell townshp:
George Tupper, head, age 29, born Oct 1871, married 10 years, born WI, parents both born WI, farmer, rents
Pearl, wife, age 27, born Feb1873, 5 children born, 5 alive, born WI, father born NY, mother Germany (should be the other way around)
Ina, daughter, age 9, born Sept 1890
Frankie, son, age 8, born Nov. 1891
Stella age 5, born Nov. 1894
Lester, age 2, born Mar 1898
Edith, age 9 months, born Aug 1899
Reinert, Delina (looks like Vrlina), white female, age 48, born Dec. 1851, widow, 5 children born, 4 alive, born NY, parents born NY, boarder
Hattie Reinert, sister-in-law, age 29, single, born July 1870, dressmaker

 

1880 US Census, Wi, Winnebago Co, city of Oshkosh:
Taken June 5, 1880, north part of fourth ward:
Frank Reinert, white male, age 33, works in shingle mill, born Germany, both parents born Germany
Lina, wife, age 30, keeping house, born NY, both parents born NY
Hattie, daughter, age 9, born WI, at school
Pearl age 6, born WI, at school
Ina, age 4

 

Biography:

Annie Pearl was born in 1874 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the 3rd child of Frank and Delina Reinert. Her early life was likely difficult as her father tragically died in a factory accident when she was 8 years old. Her mother was 9 months pregnant at the time and undoubtedly the older children in the family had to grow up quickly. There was no social security at the time and one can only imagine how a fatherless family with 5 young children could support itself. Pearl was married at age 16 to George Tupper; daughter Inez was born later that year. George died fairly suddenly of TB of the brain in 1913, when Pearl was 39 years old.  She was left a widow with children still at home. In 1920, she was listed as head of household in Sheboygan with her two youngest sons and newly married daughter Estella and son-in-law Folmer.  At some point between 1928 and 1930 she moved to Detroit, along with son Warren. There is mention of her in the Sheboygan Press as late as June 1928 (recitiation in program for Children’s Day event) and the first mention of her living out of town comes 8/4/1930 when an article states “Mrs. Pearl Tupper, and son Warren, of Detroit, Michigan, are visiting this city”.  Her daughter Inez and husband Samuel Krainbrink were living in Detroit Michigan before 1920, so that is likely the reason she moved there. Pearl ran the Krainbrink confectionary. She died in 1933 at age 59 of breast cancer with metastasis or spread to the lung and liver.         

                 

 Warren, Pearl and grandson Wm Krainbrink in Detroit, circa 1923         

 

 

Krainbrink Confectionary, Detroit Michigan

 

    Left to right: either Stella or Edith, Frank, Inez, Pearl and Warren. Probably taken in Detroit.     

 

 

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