My Genealogy Hound

FRANK F. STAPF is another man in whom the inherent genius and industrial habits of his Teutonic ancestors are simply synonymic of success. He is a son of Paul and Rose (Vogel) Stapf, and was born in Pittsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1864. Paul Stapf was born in 1822, in Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Germany; came to America when a young man, and located in Pittsburg, where for most of his life he has been a foreman in an iron works. In religion he, as well as his wife, is a consistent member of the Catholic church, and in politics is a democrat. He married Rose Vogel, who was born in Bavaria in 1830, and they have been the parents of several children.

Frank F. Stapf spent his boyhood in Pittsburg, attending the public schools of that place, and after leaving school learned the jeweler’s trade with his brother, John A., who was then a manufacturer of jewelry in the Iron City. In 1886 he left his brother’s factory, and came to Dunkirk, where he went into business for himself at No. 83 Third street, where he has since remained, having built up a very successful trade, carrying a fine stock of jewelry, etc., and making a specialty of fine watch and jewelry repairing.

Politically he is independent, a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of Maccabees.

Frank F. Stapf was married in 1888 to Emma Allgaier, a daughter of Joseph Allgaier, of Dunkirk, and their union has been blessed with two children: Mabel and Laura.