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Birth date from family Bible.

He was baptised at Faith Reformed Church in Baltimore, Maryland, by Rev. A. Weber. His baptismal certificate gives his name as Frank Charles Kopp, but he said this was a mistake. His middle name was from the doctor who delivered him, Frank Colton Bressler.

1910 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Maryland:
Enumeration District 8, Ward 1, page 2B
2705 Eastern Avenue, Dwelling No. 30, Family No. 35
Donaldson, Robert C [sic], head, male, white, age 46, married twice, number of years of present marriage: 7, born in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, speaks English, occupation traveling salesman, merchant tailor, wage earner, not out of work in 1909 or 1910, can read and write, owns house free of mortgage
Donaldson, Minnie, wife, female, white, age 48, married once [sic], number of years of present marriage: 7, mother of 10 children, 7 children living, born in Maryland, both parents born in Germany, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write
Kopp, Charles, step son, male, white, age 24, single, born in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school since 1 September 1909
Kopp, Julia, step daughter, female, white, age 15, single, born in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school since 1 September 1909
Kopp, John, step son, male, white, age 13, single, born in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school since 1 September 1909
Kopp, Frank, step son, male, white, age 10, single, born in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school since 1 September 1909
Donaldson, Cecilia, daughter, female, white, age 6, single, born in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, no occupation

On 12 September 1918, Frank Colton Kopp registered for the World War I draft, giving his full name as Frank Colton Kopp; residing at 2705 Eastern Ave, Balto, Md; age 18; born 31 August 1900; white; native born; electrician for Sharpe & Dohme of Pratt & Howard St, Balto, Md; nearest relation Minnie Donaldson of 2705 Eastern Ave, Balto, Md; medium height, medium build; brown eyes, brown hair; no disabilities. [World War I Draft Registration Card, Roll 1654043.]

Frank C. Kopp served in the United States Army during World War I. Maryland in the World War 1917-1919, Vol. II, Maryland War Records Commission, Baltimore, 1933: Kopp, Frank C, 2705 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Md; 8/31/00, Ind 10/21/18 pvt, SATC [Students Army Training Corps] Bliss Elec School, Hon disch 12/6/18. [Maryland in the World War, 1917-1919, Military and Naval Service Records, Volume II, Maryland War Records Commission, Baltimore, 1933, page 1184.]

1920 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Maryland
E.D. 9, Sheet 1, enumerated on 2 January 1920
Dwelling No. 17, Family No. 19
2705 Eastern Avenue
Donaldson, Robert L., head, owned, 55, born in Maryland, both parents born in Scotland, clerk at railroad, wage worker
Donaldson, Minnie, wife, 58, born in Maryland, born parents born in Germany, no trade
Donaldson, Martha C., daughter, 15, born in Maryland, no trade
Kopp, Frank C., step-son, 19, born in Maryland, electrician in chemical mfg., wage worker

The 1921 Baltimore City Directory lists on page 1246:
Kopp, Frank C electrn 2705 Eastern av

He graduated from Bliss Electrical School’s regular course in electrical engineering in 1923. Various letters from Bliss are extent. While at Bliss, he was in the Students Army Training Corps, having enlisted on 21 October 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland and separated from active service on 6 December 1918 in Washington, D.C. He was private 5152880 in the U.S. Army.

“Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kopp, who were recently married in Richmond, spent several days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis near Upright. They will make their future home in Greensboro, N. J., where Mr. Kopp has accepted a position.” [The Daily Star (Fredericksburg, Virginia), 13 June 1923, page 4.]

“Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kopp, of New Jersey, recently visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis near Upright.” [The Daily Star (Fredericksburg, Virginia), 12 July 1924, page 6.]

In New York in the 1920s he worked for General Electric at 120 Broadway.

1930 U.S. Census, Union County, New Jersey:
Union Township (part of), Vaux Hall Section
Enumeration District 20-160, Supervisor’s District 8
Sheet 48A (141)
11 Mays Terrace
Dwelling 745, Household 874
Glover, John H. Jr., head, rents, real estate valued at $65, owns radio set, not on farm, male, white, age 30, married at age 26, not in school, can read and write, born in New Jersey, both parents born in New Jersey, speaks English, occupation mechnical engineer, wage worker, at work previous day, a veteran of the World War
Glover, Virginia, wife, female, white, age 22, married at age 18, not in school, can read and write, born in Connecticut, father born in Texas, mother born in Connecticut, no occupation
Glover, Marion Lee, daughter, female, white, age 1, single, not in school, cannot read or write, born in New Jersey, father born in New Jersey, mother born in Connecticut, no occupation
Glover, John H., son, male, white, age 2, single, not in school, cannot read or write, born in New Jersey, father born in New Jersey, mother born in Connecticut, no occupation
Dwelling 745, Household 875
Kopp, Frank C., head, rents, real estate valued at $65, owns radio set, not on farm, male, white, age 29, married at age 23, not in school, can read and write, born in Maryland, both parents born in Maryland, speaks English, occupation salesman engineer, wage worker, at work previous day, veteran of the World War
Kopp, Pearl I., wife, female, white, age 27, married at age 21, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Kopp, Beatrice E., daughter, female, white, age 3, single, not in school, cannot read or write, born in New Jersey, father born in Maryland, mother born in Virginia, no occupation
Kopp, Irene L., daughter, female, white, age 1, single, not in school, cannot read or write, born in New Jersey, father born in Maryland, mother born in Virginia, no occupation

On 9 April 1933, The Baltimore Sun published a classified ad:
GOVANS. 712 Hollen R., Near York R.—7 rooms, bath, porch front, corner; perfect condition; new gas range; linoleum, shades, screens, garage. $4,200 in fee Lohmeyer, Univ. 6000.
[The Baltimore Sun, 9 April 1933, page S8.]

1936 Baltimore City Directory, page 717:
Kopp Frank C (Pearl I) slsmn The States Engineering Co h 712 Hollen rd

1937 Baltimore City Directory, page 694:
Kopp Frank C (Pearl I) electn h 712 Hollen rd

A photograph of his daughter Irene Louise Kopp dated 1937 has these words on the back: Frank working at Sparrows Point almost a year Aug 21 Building back porch Glider 2 wks old Kenneth went home last week B. Ms. Suit comes up 25th August Irene Louise Kopp Moore says the last entry probably refers to a lawsuit against Frank Colton Kopp for throwing gravel (according to the suit; dirt, according to Frank Colton Kopp) at some neighborhood children who were on his property. The suit was dismissed.

Frank C. Kopp was mentioned in the 3 February 1938 will of his mother Minnie Donaldson. He was to receive one-seventh of her real and personal estate. The will was proved on 5 August 1939. [Baltimore City, Maryland, Wills, J.H.B. 193, pages 277–279.]

On 1 July 1939, in the settlement of the estate of his mother Minnie Donaldson, Frank C. Kopp received one-seventh of the estate. [Baltimore City, Maryland, Administration Accounts J.H.B. No. 358, pages 91–93.]

1940 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Maryland
Ward 27, Block 12, Roll T627_1539, Page 4B
712 Hollen Road
Household 75, owned home, valued at $5,500, not on farm
Kopp, Frank C, head, male, white 39, married, not in school, completed 4 years of college, born in Maryland, living in same house as in 1935, not on farm in 1935, employed for pay, hours worked week prior to census 48, electrician in steel factory, wage or salary worker in private work, weeks worked in 1939 52, income $1,700, no other income
Kopp, Pearl I, wife, female, white, 37, married, not in school, complete school through 8th grade, born in Virginia, living in same house as in 1935, not on farm in 1935, not employed, housewife, no other income
Kopp, Beatrice E, daughter, female, white, 12, single, in school, 6th grade, born in New Jersey, living in same house as in 1935
Kopp, Irene L, daughter, female, white, 10, single, in school, 4th grade, born in New Jersey, living in same house as in 1935

On 14 February 1942, Frank Colton Kopp registered for the World War II draft. He was residing at 712 Hollen Road, Baltimore, Maryland; no telephone; age 41; born in Baltimore, Maryland; date of birth 31 August 1900; name of person who will know your address Pearl Kopp (wife) of same address; employer Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland; white; height 5’8-1/2”; weight 160; brown eyes; brown hair; light complexion; scar in middle of forehead. [World War II Draft Registration Card, National Archives Roll 44015-06-00033.]

On 31 December 1948, The Evening Sun (Baltimore) published a letter to the editor:
Fire-Fighting Hazards
To the Editor of The Evening Sun—Sir: Recently Mr. Fogarty, of the Firemen’s Union, quoted the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s publicaton, “Occupational Mortality Experience of Injured Wage Earners,” as stating the firemen’s to be the most hazardous occupation. I got a copy of that publication, and while it gives detailed statistics, I fail to find such a statement therein or a basis for it.
Seventy occupation are covered in the publication, so space does not allow detailed statistics here, but note particularly that accidents are not the only occupational hazard.
Of tuberculosis deaths it says, foremost were those exposed to silica dust. A small group of sandblasters had the highest percentage of deaths followed by stonecutters and underground miners (other than coal) …. “Silica dust probably played some part also in the high proportion of deaths from tuberculosis among pottery workers and iron foundry workers.” Also mentioned here were longshoremen and laborers, also teamsters, upholsterers, waiters, plumbers, cooks, hucksters, peddlers and butchers.
Of pneumonia deaths, “welders had the highest percentage of deaths from pneumonia followed by iron and steel foundry operatives.” Also mentioned here are pottery operatives, buffers and polishers of metal, automobile factory operatives, coppersmiths, tinsmiths, furniture and wood-working operatives, and iron and steel mill operatives, etc.
Under heart and artery and circulatory deaths, city firemen are mentioned as the highest but “in addition to firemen, the occupations with the highest percentage of deaths were musicians, agents and canvassers, barbers and filling-station proprietors.”
Under accidental and undefined violence you would expect to find the city firemen brought to the fore; but, while electric light and power linemen, structural iron painters—bridge painters, steeplejacks, building wreckers, strucutral iron workers, roofers, slaters, brick and stone masons, carpenters and cabinetmakers, lumbermen, loggers, railroad enginemen, trainmen, track and yard laborers, fishermen, oystermen, sailors, marine workers, longshoremen, stevedores, millwrights, window cleaners, saw and planing-mill operatives, chemical and explosive operatives and indices of 374 (for electric light and power linemen) down to 132 (for chemical explosives operatives). The city firemen were not specifically mentioned here, possibly because their index was only 112.
From the above you may draw your own conclusions.
Frank C. Kopp.
Baltimore, Dec. 22.
[The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 31 December 1948, page 6.]

On 25 March 1949, The Evening Sun (Baltimore) published a letter to the editor:
War Workers’ Pay
To the Editor of The Evening Sun—Sir: Let’s give the bonus and pension vets the facts in regard to their various castigations such as $100 and $200 a week, war worker, they made a “bundle of money” and so on.
The Bethlehem Steel Company recently issued a report on its wartime operations which showed that the average number of employees receiving wages for each of the six years was 212,366, with an average hourly wage of $1.27, and working on the average (for six years) 42.7 hours per week equal to just about $54 per week. It will be conceded this was a representative defense plant, and the above quoted statistics knock all your arguments higher than a kite. Various veterans informed me they saved a lot more than I could possibly have saved.
And another thing. How is it you fellows never mention the allowances you married ones got of $50 per month for your wives and $25 each per child or other dependents?
Frank C. Kopp.
Baltimore, March 22.
[The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 25 March 1949, page 33.]

1950 U.S. Census, Baltimore City, Maryland
Enumeration District 4-1408, Sheet 4
712 Hollen Road, not on a farm, not on three or more acres
Kopp, Frank C., head, white, male, 49, married, born in Maryland, working most of previous week, worked 40 hours previous week, millwright in steel manufacturing, class of worker private employer
Kopp, Pearl I., wife, white, female, 47, married, born in Virginia, keeping house, not looking for work
Kopp, Irene, daughter, white, female, 20, never married, born in New Jersey, work classed as OT, not looking for work, highest grade attended C4, has not completed, has attended school since February 1

At time of death, lived at 712 Hollen Road Baltimore, MD Services were held at Henry W. Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home, 4905 York Road, of Wednesday, July 15, 1964 at 11 A.M. The clergyman officiating was the Rev. George W. Bullard. Interment was at Baltimore National Cemetery.

A death notice in The Sun (Baltimore) stated: KOPP On July 11, 1964, FRANK C., of 712 Hollen Road, beloved husband of Pearl I. Kopp (nee Davis), and devoted father of Mrs. Beatrice Kopp Werner, and Mrs. Irine [sic] Kopp Moore, brother of Mrs. Mamie Young, and Mrs. Cecilia Korte. Services at Henry W. Jenkins and Sons, Co., 4905 York road, on Wednesday, July 15, at 11 A.M. Due notice of Interment. Friends may call 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. [The Sun (Baltimore), Monday, 13 July 1964, page 26.]

A death notice in The Sun (Baltimore) stated: KOPP On July 11, 1964, FRANK C., of 712 Hollen Road, beloved husband of Pearl I. Kopp (nee Davis), and devoted father of Mrs. Beatrice Kopp Werner, and Mrs. Irene Kopp Moore, brother of Mrs. Mamie Young, and Mrs. Cecilia Korte. Services at Henry W. Jenkins and Sons, Co., 4905 York road, on Wednesday, July 15, at 11 A.M. Interment in Baltimore National Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. [The Sun (Baltimore), Tuesday, 14 July 1964, page 30; Wednesday, 15 July 1964, page 32.]

Frank C. Kopp is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery, Section J 0 1140.

On 27 October 1991, Pearl Davis Kopp and Thomas Moore:
TM: How did you meet Pop Pop [Frank Colton Kopp]?
PK: How did I meet him?
TM: Yeah.
PK: Well, his sister married my brother.
TM: So you met through them?
PK: They lived in Baltimore, his sister. So then they decided come down Virginia. One Christmas, one summer, I guess. And course, they came down, Frank came down with them. So that's how I met him.
TM: How long did you know each other before you got married?
PK: Couple years.