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Frank Skopp

Also Frank Skopp

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TypePerson
Borncirca 1881
Died1960-06-03
ErasModern era
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Person
Born
circa 1881
Died
1960-06-03
Burial
1960-06-03 · Chicago
Eras
Modern era
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communitydemography
Media
Beaver Island History Map, 1978 revision

Summary

Frank Skopp (circa 1881–1960) was a former Beaver Island supervisor named in a June 1960 notice reporting death in Orlando and burial arrangements in Chicago.

Evidence and limits

The 1910 census transcription records a 29-year-old Frank Scopp in St. James Township with a distinctive family household, while a 2010 retrospective calls the later decedent a former Beaver Island supervisor. These sources support a probable identification and a qualified circa-1881 birth year; an original death record, complete civil identity, and exact birth date remain unverified.

Open questions

  • Which civil, funeral, and cemetery records confirm Skopp’s full identity and exact vital dates?

See also

Sources

  1. Names Frank Skopp and reports his June 3 death in Orlando and burial arrangements in Chicago. It supplies no fuller civil identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-06_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Its transcription of the 1910 St. James Township census lists Frank Scopp, 29, Wisconsin-born, a lumber-camp woodchopper, with wife Julia and daughters Leona, Frances, and Mary. It provides only a circa-1881 birth year.
  4. The retrospective offers sympathy for former supervisor Frank Skopp, corroborating that the 1960 death-notice subject had a Beaver Island civic role. Together with the distinctive 1910 household, it makes the identity and approximate birth year probable, not certain.

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Frank Skopp”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/frank-skopp/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1960, “Deaths.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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