| Title |
Stopfer, Francis |
| Alternate title |
Stoper, Francis |
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Stopper, Francis |
| Date |
b. ca. 1820 |
| Description |
Francis Stopfer, born ca. 1820 in Austria, worked in Philadelphia as a lithographer, engraver, and printer ca. 1858-ca. 1877.
He immigrated to the United States in September 1852 through the Port of Baltimore with his wife and two children with the
listed occupation of "lithographer." By 1858, he worked in Philadelphia as a "lithographic artist" at the map establishment
of Robert Pearsall Smith at 519 Minor Street.
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In 1860, Stopfer resided in Ward 5 with his Austrian-born family: wife Madeline (b. ca. 1822) and three children, including
Robert (b. ca. 1852) who entered the printing trade ca. 1866. During his career, Stopfer resided at 521 South Sixth Street
in 1869 and in West Philadelphia by the 1870s at 745 May Street and 738 June Street by 1877.
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Despite an infamous past, Stopfer's son Robert still worked as a Philadelphia lithographer as of 1894 and resided at 423 McKean
Street. In 1883, according to newspaper reports Robert was denied custody of his son from his former actress wife because
of child abuse.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Smith, Robert Pearsall. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1860, 1870 |
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Groce & Wallace, 607 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories 1869-1893 (intermittently) |
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WWWAA, 3193 |
