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Note: Joseph Lipic Born: 16 Aug 1875 yn Austria (as listed in the 1910 and 1920 Census) Died: 5 Feb 1946 in St Louis, Missouri Married: Emilia (Emma) Straka Born: 6 Mar 1881 in St Louis, Missouri Died:17 Mar 1904 in St Louis, Missouri Marriage: 20 May 1898 in St Louis, Missouri Children Joseph Jr. Lipic M 18 May 1899 in St Louis, Missouri Sylvester Lipic M 31 Dec 1900 in St Louis, Missour Emil Lipic M 9 aug 1902 in St Louis, Missour Walter Lipic M 9 Mar 1904 in St Louis, Missour Married: Emma Berg Born: 25 Jun 1880 in St Louis, Missouri Died: 11 May 1942 Marriage: 23 Oct 1905 in St Louis, Missouri Children Gertrude Lipic F 21 Aug 1906 in St Louis, Missouri Marie Lipic F 7 Jul 1908 in St Louis, Missouri Leonard Lipic M 16 Jan 1912 in St Louis, Missouri Married: Agatha Nordman Born: Apr 1898 in St Louis, Missouri Died: 9 Sep 1958 at St Louis, Missouri The manufacturing of writing instruments is an important part of our every historic documentation. The history of the Joseph Lipic Family in St, Louis, Missouri, in the making of quality pens goes back to the 1800's when Joe Lipic the first's father in law George Berg started manufacturing Gold Pens. This collection of recorded documents, which was first noted using those pens, is a record of the history of the Joseph Lipic Family in the United States It has been suggested Joseph George Lipic I came to the U.S. at the age of 16. Approximately 1891. The 1900 Missouri Census shows he came to America in 1893. Joseph Lipic the first, according to many reliable sources, was born in Yugoslavia. Although the 1900 census shows that his birth place is Bohemia, and the 1910 and 1920 USA census shows his place of birth as Austria. Joseph Lebbeck (Lipic) is found living with his wife and son Joseph Lipic II at the home of his mother-in-law Annie Straka in the 1900 Missouri Census: 1900 - Straka, Annie Lived in: 8 Ward Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri Series: T623 Microfilm: 892 Book: 1 Page: 319 Straka, Annie Head WF Born January 1853 in Bohemia age 57 years old Widower (had 11 children, 5 living in 1900) occupation not listed, came to America in 1855 from Bohemia Mathilda Daughter WF Born March 1886 in Missouri age 14 years old, occupation seamstress Julia Daughter WF Born December 1889 in Missouri age 10 years old, at school Cecelia Daughter WF Born October 1892 in Missouri age 7 years old, at school George Son WM Born October 1894 in Missouri age 5 years old Lebbeck, Joseph Son-in-law WM Born August 1874 in Bohemia age 25 years old married 2 years, occupation baker Emilia Daughter WF Born March 1881 in Missouri age 19 years old married 2 years Joseph Grandson WM Born May 1899 in Missouri age 1 year old 1910 United States Federal Census about Joseph Lipic Name: Joseph Lipic Age in 1910: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Austria Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Austria Mother's Birth Place: Austria Spouse's name: Emma A Home in 1910: St Louis Ward 13, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Year of Immigration: 1894 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Joseph Lipic 34 Emma A Lipic 36 Gertrude L Lipic 3 Marie Lipic 1 Joseph Lipic 11 Sylvester F Lipic 9 Emil Lipic 7 Walter Lipic 6 1920 United States Federal Census > Missouri > St Louis (Independent City) > St Louis Ward 24 > District 464 Lipic, Joseph, Head, Owns Home, MW, age 45 years old, Married, born in Austria father and mother born in Austria, Occupation Pen Maker Emma, Wife, FW, age 45 years old, Married, born in Missouri, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Austria Joseph Jr., Son, MW, age 20 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, mother born in Missouri, Pen Maker Syvester, Son, MW, age 19 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, mother born in Missouri, Book keeper, Electric Company Emil, Son, MW, age 17 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, mother born in Missouri, Stenographer, Express Company Walter, Son, MW, age 16 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, mother born in Missouri, Helper, Pen Company Gertrude, Daughter, FW, age 13 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, mother born in Missouri Marie, Daughter, FW, age 11 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, mother born in Missouri Leonard, Son, MW, age 8 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, mother born in Missouri Family Archive #911 Census Microfilm Records Missouri, 1900 Lived in 8 Ward Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri Series: T623 Microfilm: 892 Book: 1 Page: 319 In the year 1900 Annie Straka's occupation was a baker. See Emma Straka notes. Emilia Daughter WF Born March 1881 in Missouri age 19 years old married 2 years Joseph Grandson WM Born May 1899 in Missouri age 1 year old In 1900 the city diectory shows George L. Berg, Gold Pens, Res. 1503 S. 12th. In 1901 Joseph Lipic I (spelling Joseph Leppeck) was 26 years old, listed with an occupation of baker and living at the same address was Annie Straka, listed as widow of William J. ( ? ) In 1901 Joseph Lipic I (spelling Joseph Leppeck) was 26 years old, listed with an occupation of baker and living at the same address, 4549 S. Broadway, was Annie Straka, his mother-in-law, listed as widow of William J Straka. In May of 1901 Joseph Lipic I and Emma (Straka) Lipic celebrate their 3rd year of marriage and that same month, on the 18th of May, Joseph Lipc II was 2 years old. In December of 1901 Sylvester was 1 year old. That same year, on September 14, 1901 the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, died and was buried in Canton, Ohio. That same year Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. Younger than any President before him, when he took office. Theodore Roosevelt would still be in office when Joseph Lipic the first went into the writing instrument business and later founded the Joseph Lipic Pen Company in St. Louis. 1901 - The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven years old. Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the U.S. was twenty-two cents an hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. The five leading causes of death in the U.S. in 1901 were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Drive-by-shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy -- were an ongoing problem in 1901 in Denver and other cities in the West. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. One in ten U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health. Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punch card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic. There were about 230 reported murders in the U.S. annually. In 1902 Joseph (Lipic) Leppeck was 27 years old, listed at 4549 S. Broadway, occupation baker. In 1903 Joseph (Lipic) Leppeck was 28 years old, listed residence 4549 South Broadway. Anna Straka was at the same address, listed as widow of William. NOTE: Anna Straka does not appear in the city directory after 1903. It is confirmed she died in 1903. In 1904 Joseph (Lipic) Leppech was 29 years old, at the same address, again listed occupation was baker. This is the year Walter J. (Lipic) Leppeck was born, March 9, 1904 and the same year Emma ( Straka ) (Lipic) Leppeck died on March 17, 1904. She died of what was then known as child bed fever. In 1905 Joseph (Lipic) Leppeck is 30 years old and is listed with an occupation of baker, residence 4549 South Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri. Records show he remarried October 25, 1905 to Emma Berg, the daughter of George L. Berg. 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri marriage license number was 122704 - recorded in volume number 64, page 162. The license is made out to Joseph Leppeck (Lipic), dated October 23, 1905, and is located in the records at St. Louis City hall. Copies of same are in the Lipic Family Archives. The records in the record books at St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church read as follows; Lipik, Joseph- Widower 30 years old Father Francisca - Fiumc, Austria Married - Emma Berg 32 years old Father- George Berg- U.S.A. Witnessed by - Henrico Ruemkeret and Georgio Berg (Henry Ruemker and Geroge Berg) In 1906 Joseph (Lipic)Leppeck does not appear in the city directory. In 1907 Joseph ( Lipic) Leppeck is 32 years old and listed, occupation baker, resident of 4549 S. Broadway. In 1907 George L. Berg is 60 years old and is listed, occupation pens, resident 4549 S. Broadway. Joseph Lipic I enters the pen business at the age of thirty three ( 33 ). In 1908 Joseph Lipic I ( spelling of name changed from Leppeck ), occupation clerk at George L. Berg Company, residence 2464 S. Spring Ave. The George L. Berg Company was located at 511 Pine. Note: George L. Berg is listed as far back as 1864 as a gold penmaker with the S.W. Higgins Company, maker of gold pens. George L. Berg was born in 1847 and at the age of 17 is a clerk at the S.W. Higgins Pen Company. In 1872-1873 George L. Berg is listed in business with his brother Joseph Berg at Berg & Bros. 1919 S. 10th, and at 401 Locust. An ad appears in the 1872-1873 city diectory under Gold Pen Manufacturers for Berg and Bro. at 401 N. Locust George L. shows a residence of 1919 Buell. In 1907 the city directory shows an ad for, George L. Berg and Co. , 2nd floor 511 Pine and George L. Berg shows his residence at 4549 S. Broadway, the same residence as his son-in-law Joseph Leppeck (Lipic). In 1908 Joseph Lipic I ( name changed from Leppeck ) is now 33 years old and listed as a clerk at the George L. Berg & Company. George is now 61 years old, and shows his residence as 3464 S. Spring Ave. George l. Berg (of George L. berg & Company, 511 Pine) shows a residence of 3464 S. Spring Ave. In 1909 the city directory lists Joseph Lipic pens, 2nd floor, 511 Pine, residence 3464 S. Spring Ave. There is an ad in the city directory listed as Lipic, Joseph, 2nd floor 511 Pine. Joseph Lipic I is now 40 years old. In 1916 Joseph Lipic II is now 16 years old and is shown in the city directory as Joseph Lipic, Jr. penmaker , residence 6700 Marmaduke Ave. He is one year younger than George L. Berg was when he started as a clerk for S.W. Higgins, in 1864. This same year, 1916, Joseph Lipic I (SR) is now 41 years old and listed as The Joseph Lipic Pen Company at 1081/2 N. 8th Street. Residence 6700 Marmaduke. 1900 - Straka, Annie Lived in: 8 Ward Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri Series: T623 Microfilm: 892 Book: 1 Page: 319 Straka, Annie Head WF Born January 1853 in Bohemia age 57 years old Widower (had 11 children, 5 living in 1900) occupation not listed, came to America in 1855 from Bohemia, father and mother born in Bohemia Mathilda Daughter WF Born March 1886 in Missouri age 14 years old, occupation seamstress, father and mother born in Bohemia Julia Daughter WF Born December 1889 in Missouri age 10 years old, at school, father and mother born in Bohemia Cecelia Daughter WF Born October 1892 in Missouri age 7 years old, at school, father and mother born in Bohemia George Son WM Born October 1894 in Missouri age 5 years old single, father and mother born in Bohemia Lebbeck, Joseph Son-in-law WM Born August 1874 in Bohemia age 25 years old married 2 years, occupation baker, came to America in 1893, father and mother born in Bohemia Emelia Daughter WF Born March 1881 in Missouri age 19 years old married 2 years, 1 child, 1 child living, father and mother born in Bohemia Joseph Grand-son Wm Born May 1899 in Missouri age 1 year old single, father born in Bohemia, mother born in Missouri 1910 United States Federal Census > Missouri > St Louis > 13-Wd St Louis > District 208 Lipic, Joseph, Head. MW age Married Twice, for 4 years, born in Austria Croatia father and mother born in Audtria, Croatia, came to U. S. in 1894, Naturalized Citizen, Gold Pen Maker, Own Shop Emma A., Wife, FW age 36 years old, Married Once, 4 years, 2 children, 2 children living, born in Missouri, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Austra Bohemia Gertrude L. Daughter, FW, age 3 years old, Single born in Missouri, father born in Austria Croatia, mother born in Missouri Marie, Daughter, FW, age 1 year and 9 months old, Single born in Missouri, father born in Austria Croatia, mother born in Missouri Joseph, Son, MW age 11 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria Croatia, mother born in Missouri Emil, Son, MW age 7 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria Croatia, mother born in Missouri Walter, Son, MW age 6 years old, Single, born in Missouri, father born in Austria Croatia, mother born in Missouri 1920 - United States Federal Census: Lipic, Joseph Age: 45 Year: 1920 Birthplace: Austria Roll: T625_960 Race: White Page: 14B State: Missouri ED: 464 County: St. Louis (Independent City) Image: 132 Township: St. Louis Lipic, Joseph Head MW Age 45 years old married born in Austria occupation pen maker, father and mother born in Austria Emma Wife FW age 45 years old married born in Missouri, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Austria Joseph Jr. Son MW age 20 years old born in Missouri occupation pen maker Sylvester Son MW age 19 years old born in Missouri occupation book keeper, electric company Emil Son MW age 17 years old born in Missouri occupation stenographer, express company Walter Son MW age 16 years old born in Missouri occupation helper, pen company Gertrude Daughter FW age 13 years old born in Missouri Marie Daughter FW age 11 years old born in Missouri Leonard Son MW age 8 years old born in Missouri 1946 - Obituary, St Louis Post Dispatch: Lipic, Joseph, Sr. -- 4565 Mc Causland, fortified with the last Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Tuesday February 4, 1946, dear husband of Agatha Lipic (nee Nordmann), dear father of Joseph Jr., Sylvester, Emil, Walter, Gertrude Wheeler, Marie Phelan and Leonard Lipic, our dear brother, brother-in-law, father-in-law, grandfather and uncle. Funeral from Kreighauser Mortuary, 4228 S. Kingshighway, Friday Feb. 8, 9:30am to St Gabriel's Church, Tamm and Murdock Avenues. Internment New SS Peter and Paul Cemetery. Member of Laymen's Retreat League. Note: Joseph Lipic I was 70 years 5 months and 20 days old at his death. Joseph Lipic (the first) was married three times. He became a widower two times. 1st wife was - Emilie Straka - they had 4 children 2nd wife was - Emma Berg - they had 3 children 3rd wife was - Agnes Nordmann - they had no children born to this marriage Joseph George Lipic the first died in 1946 the same year a future President was born, William Jefferson (Bil)l Clinton ,and Joseph george Lipic i's grandson would make pens for Bill Clinton when he became the forty third President of the United States. His grandson also had his photo taken with President Bill Clinton. Seq# Interment Cemetery Name Gender Burial Date Age Cem Sec Row Lot + 1 22402 Resurrection Agatha F. Lipic Female September 09 1958 60 01 040 0287 2 450083 Resurrection Dolores Lipic Female January 21 1993 83 01 012 0050A 3 22403 Resurrection Emil J. Lipic Male September 24 1984 82 01 013 0161 4 22404 Resurrection Emma Lipic Female March 13 1942 68 01 013 0022 5 22407 Resurrection Joseph Lipic Male February 08 1946 70 01 013 0022 6 22405 Resurrection Joseph G. Lipic Male August 03 1978 79 01 042 0198 7 487676 Resurrection Leonard Lipic Male March 17 2001 89 01 013 0022 8 467392 Resurrection Rosemary Ann Lipic Female February 25 1997 85 01 013 0022 9 22406 Resurrection Walter Joseph Lipic Male December 30 1972 68 01 012 0050A Source Research by Jack Underwood In remembrance of Joseph George Lipic I, who died in 1946 Census Records Ancestry.com St. Louis City Directory St. Louis Vital Records St. Louis Marriage Records Obituary St. Louis, Missouri Catholic Cemetery Records Joseph Lipic III Family Papers Note: Lipic Pens remain some of the most sought after pens by collectors : When considering whether to buy a vintage fountain pen, take care to ensure that there are no cracks in either the cap or barrel threads; while some threads can be repaired by professionals, such work is expensive and difficult. Also check condition of levers, cap lips, nibs, filigrees and panels. Lever breaks can be repaired at a somewhat high cost, as can broken clips and nibs. Dry, brittle sacks are no problem at all to fix, as they are readily replaceable. Likewise, replacements for dried out plungers and pistons can often be found. But broken filigrees can rarely be fixed. As beautiful as these pens are, don't pay top or even near top dollar for examples in broken condition. The most valuable -- and rare -- pen brands from U.S. makers include Aikin Lambert, Eisenstadt, Grieshaber, Weidlich, Sager, Sterling, Hicks, Lancaster, Laughlin, Lipic, Monroe, Camel, Carey, Edison, Sanford & Bennett, J.G. Rider, John Holland, and those from the Houston Pen Company. More common, and nearly as valuable, are Eagle, Peter Pan, Century, Gold Bond, Wilrite, Good Service Pen Company, Wlliamson, and Postal. I might add that top quality pens made by the Alexander Mfg. Company , with offices in St Louis, Missouri are becoming more collectable over the years. These pens are manufactured by the company owned by Joseph Lipic III, and they are manufactured in cenral Illinois, he is the grandson of the founder of the Joseph Lipic Pen Company, whose descendants are listed in the Lipic Family History.
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