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- [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #5006, Date of Import: Apr 26, 1997]
According to his adopted son, Oscar Tappeiner, Conrad was born in
Switzerland. According to the naturalization papers filled out by his
first wife, Minnie, he was born in Matchs (or Math, or Matsch), Italy.
According to a civil lawsuit he filed against his employer, Charles E.
Lewis Mfg. Co. in October of 1906, he claimed to have been "born and
raised" in Germany. Conrad arrived in this country in 1905. Matsch
and Schluderns, Italy are only about a mile or so apart, which auto-
matically leads one to believe that they knew one another before
arriving in the U.S. Their birthplace is in the far northern portion of
Italy, in the Alps. Switzerland and Austria were within walkin
distance. Both cities (villages) had probably less than a thousand
inhabitants at the time of their birth.Conrad and Minnie were divorced
in December of 1909, and Conrad remarried Anna B. Mueller (nee
Klein). Conrad died of gunshot wounds in St. Anthony's Hospital on
South Grand. He was cremated at the Missouri Crematory. This
newspaper article is from the St. Louis Globe Democrat, dated April 16,
1928: "REFUSED ADMITTANCE, MAN SHOOTS 2 OTHERS -- Conrad
Tappeiner, 50, who operates what is known at "Connie's" at Grant
and Pardee roads, St. Louis County, and George Michaeli, 24, of 5109
Dresden Avenue, were shot and seriously wounded shortly before
midnight by one of four men, who with two girls, drove up to
Tappeiner's home and sought admission. Tappeiner, with nine slugs
in his right side and hip, and Michaeli, with two slugs in his right
arm, were rushed to St. Anthony's Hospital where physicians said their
condition was serious. Tappeiner told county authorities that he
refused to admit the men and women, and when he went outside one of
the men produced a sawed-off shotgun from beneath his coat and began
firing. The men and women made their escape." Helen Tappeiner
visited her father at St. Anthony's before he died. She was at that
time a boarding senior at St. Elizabeth's Academy in south St. Louis.
According to Oscar Tappeiner, adopted son of Conrad, the pocket
watch Conrad had on him the night of the shooting stopped at least one
of the slugs. Unfortunately, Oscar couldn't find the watch during our
visit to him during April of 1982 in Festus, Missouri.
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1880 - 1928 (47 years)
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