The Wupperman’s were a family of Texas Germans, with ties to various other Texas German families such as the Herman Lungkwitz family, the Petri family, and the von Rosenberg family. Otto Wuppermann immigrated to Texas from Germany around 1848, married Elise Tips in 1850, and returned to Düsseldorf, Germany in 1863. They had seven children, of which Walter Otto Wupperman (b. 1875) was the only child born in Germany. In the late 19th century, Walter immigrated to Texas and married Else von Rosenberg, the daughter of Ernst von Rosenberg and Helene Lungkwitz von Rosenberg. Else’s maternal grandfather was the German-Texas painter Hermann Lungkwitz. Furthermore, Walter attended the University of Texas, graduated in 1916 and became an accountant. Walter and Else lived in Austin, Texas and had four children. In his spare time, Walter sketched many views of Texas and Düsseldorf and translated texts from German into English. He returned to Germany several times to visit his parents, during one trip he sketched Ima Hogg, who was a passenger on the same ship. Ima Hogg, during the 1960s, was a friend of Else Wupperman. Walter Wupperman died in 1950 and Else Wupperman in 1967.
From the guide to the Wupperman Family Papers 2009-346, 2010-024., 1878-2010, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
