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George Byron Northrup was the son of James William Northrup and Eliza Dabbs.  William was originally from New York but relocated to North Carolina at a young age.  He married 13-year-old Eliza Dabbin in 1820 and by 1836 had relocated to Marengo County, Alabama.  They would be the parents of 13 children.

George Byron Northrup was born in Marengo County in 1839 and enlisted with the Confederate army at age 23.  1868 he left Alabama for Brazil along with several other Marengo County families, including the Porters  In 1870 he married Mary Frances Porter in Campins, Brazil.  Her father, James D. Porter died seven months after the porter had arrived in Rio.  George would help finance his widowed mother-in-law in the establishment of a boarding house in Campinas catering to American and English immigrants.

George and Mary would have at least five known children.  The family lived in Piracicaba for the rest of their lives.   Mary died in 1909 and George would join her nine years later in 1918.

MILITARY

Name: George B Northrup

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Farmer

Birth Date: abt 1839

Birth Place: USA, Alabama

Enlistment Date: 18 Mar 1862

Enlistment Place: Alabama, USA

Enlistment Age: 23

Military Branch: Infantry

Regiment or Unit:43rd Alabama Regiment

Company Unit: B

Enlistment Info: Age 23, Alabama, Marengo County, Linden, Private Promoted Jr 2nd Lieutenant

Military Engagement Info: Present at: Huntsville, Tennessee 1862/08/15 through Petersburg, during the siege

Remarks: P.O. Shiloh, Alabama Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant March 3, 1864.

Author: Historical Record Roll, signed in trenches front Petersburg, Virginia 1864/12/31

George Byron Northrup

1839–1918

BIRTH 1839 • Marengo County, Alabama, USA

DEATH 27 FEB 1918 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Son of James William Northrup and Eliza Dabbs

Married: 24 NOV 1870 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mary Francis Porter

1851–1909

BIRTH 21 JUN 1851 • Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA

DEATH 15 JUN 1909 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

 

Children:

Name:George B. Northrup

Side:Confederate

Regiment State/Origin:Alabama

Regiment:43rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry

Company:B

Rank In:Corporal

Rank Out:Second Lieutenant

Film Number:M374 roll 33

1.

Herbert James Northrup

1871–1925

BIRTH 21 SEPT 1871 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 19 NOV 1925 • Brotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:  30 jan 1903 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria Kannebley 

BIRTH Unknown

DEATH Unknown

Daughter of Augusto Gottlieb Kannebley and Maria Haefliger

Children:

1.

Jayme Manlius Northrup

1911–1950

BIRTH 1911

DEATH 1950

2.

Augusto Frederico Northrup

BIRTH Unknown

DEATH Unknown

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2.

George Porter Northrup

1873–1874

BIRTH 3 MARCH 1873 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 3 FEB 1874 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Died Young

1.

Laura Virginia Northrup

1903–1952

BIRTH 1903 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1952 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married: 24 Apr 1920 • Piracicaba, San Paulo, Brazil

Germano Avancini

1888–1963

BIRTH 1888

DEATH 24 FEB 1963

Children:  

3.

Henry Northrup

1874–1954

BIRTH 26 JULY 1874 • Piracicaba,

Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 14 FEB 1954 • Jacareí, Sao

Paulo, Brazil

Married:  12 march 1903 • Piracicaba,

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Bertha Ravache

1882–1962

BIRTH 10 AUG 1882 • Piracicaba,

San Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 14 NOV 1962 • Jacareí, Sao

Paulo, Brazil

Daughter of Hermann Ravache and Sophia Krum

Children:

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NORTHRUP LAURA VIRGINIA.jfif

2.

George Francis Northrup

1905–1979

BIRTH 25 JULY 1905 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 17 FEB 1979 • Jacareí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married::  25 Feb 1933 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Laura Teixeira

1903–1997

BIRTH 1903 • São José do Barreiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1997 • Jacareí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1.

Aldo Northrup

1937–1988

BIRTH 1937 • São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1988 • São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2.

James Porter Northrup Jr

3.

Bertha Maria Northrup

1945–2003

BIRTH 30 AUG 1945

DEATH 22 AUG 2003

3.

Roberto Herman Northrup

1907–1944

BIRTH 7 JULY 1907 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 14 JULY 1944 • São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:  23 Jan 1933 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Malvina Moreira

BIRTH Unknown

4.

Henry Herbert Northrup

1909–1998

BIRTH 19 SEPT 1909 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 12 MAY 1998 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil

Married:  Jan 22 1938

Eloah Godoy

1915–2004

BIRTH 11 APR 1915 • Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DEATH 30 JULY 2004 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil

5.

James Porter Northrup

1911–1971

BIRTH 1911 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1971 • Itapevi, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:  8 Jan 1937 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Alda Costa

1916–1996

BIRTH 22 JUL 1916

DEATH 30 JAN 1996 • Itapevi, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Children:

6.

Carlos Northrup

1913–1986

BIRTH 1913 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1986 • São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:

Maria de Campos

1925–2005

BIRTH 30 DEC 1925

DEATH 8 MAR 2005

Children:

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NORTHRUP ROBERTO.jfif
NORTHRUP HENRY HERBERT.jfif

Roberto "Baby" Herman Northrup 1938

Henry Herbert Northrup

and his daughter

CARLOS NORTHRUP

1.

Adalberto Germano Avancini

1921–1972

BIRTH APR 5 1921 • Piracicaba, San Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 27 JUN 1972

Married:

Luzia Pereira

1929–1975

BIRTH 26 APR 1929

DEATH 23 JUL 1975

2.

Aracy Avancini

1922–2009

BIRTH 23 JUN 1922

DEATH JULY 6 2009

Married:  

João Spada

1918–2009

BIRTH 1 FEB 1918

DEATH 6 FEB 2009 • Saltinho, Sao Paulo, Brazil

3.

Germano José Maria Avancini

1925–1979

BIRTH 18 SEP 1925 • Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasi

DEATH 23 DEC 1979

Married:  31 Dec 1955

Maria Do Carmo

1933–1986

BIRTH 9 MAY 1933

DEATH 6 MAY 1986

4.

Rosely Odete Avancini

1926–1984

BIRTH 13 MAY 1926

DEATH SEP 5 1984

Married:  2 Jan 1943

Alírio Dos Santos MacHado

1924–1989

BIRTH 12 DEC 1924

DEATH 17 FEB 1989

5.

Alceu Otávio Avancini

1931–1989

BIRTH 10 DEC 1931

DEATH 1 SEP 1989

6.

Alda Avancini

1936–1992

BIRTH 6 MAY 1936

DEATH 7 FEB 1992 • Piracicaba, San Paulo, Brazil

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Married:  

Alécio Angeli

1994–

BIRTH 29 NOV 1994

DEATH Unknown

7.

Maria Elisa Northrup

1916–1981

BIRTH 1916 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1981 • Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:  

João Canuto Cabral

1903–1983

BIRTH 19 JAN 1903

DEATH 8 NOV 1983 • Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1.

Carlos Eurico Northrup

1944–1988

BIRTH 17 FEB 1944 • Jacareí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 31 AUG 1988 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

MARIA ELISA NORTHRUP

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4.

Charles Denford Northrup

1876–1878

BIRTH 20 DEC 1876 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 13 MARCH 1878 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Died Young

5.

Mary Virginia Northrup

1879–1968

BIRTH 3 MARCH 1879 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 30 AUGUST 1968 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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NORTHRUP FAMILY - 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR HENRY AND BERTHA (SEATED CENTER)

NORTHUP FAMILY HISTORY

Seven generation ancestor record - starting with Joseph Northrup, the Puritan English immigrant to New England, USA

1637

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