Ermalie Fred Poppin is the son of Fyodor Abrosimovich Poppin and Martha Savelivna Popoff. He was born in Fendahlah, Salsk, Russia. There were four other siblings: John, William, Jack, and Mary. Elmer's brothers were already in America and his sister Mary remained in Russia. In 1929 Elmer and his 19-member family arrived in New York City from Russia aboard the Rochambeau. Their arrival caused quite a stir in New York and several newspapers ran stories about their arrival.
Excerpt from "Ach! Amerika" written by George John Poppin
"Elmer Fred Pappin and his family arrived in America via New York on the French liner Rochambeau in November 15, 1929. The voyage to America took a year and a half. Dad told me that Elmer started to receive threats from the Soviet government, stating that he was a "Kulak" ( koo-lahk) because he OWNED a small grocery store which was private property and contrary to the communist's philosophy...no private property. Had he continued to stay in the Soviet Union he would have been (presumably) placed in a labor camp or shot to death. That is when my father and Uncle Bill Popin gathered financial assistance from the Molokan community to pay for Uncle Elmer's travel expenses to AMEREEKA!!!
There was much fanfare for Uncle Elmer's arrival. I believe that New York had not seen such a large family arrive at one time from Russia. The family totaled nineteen members. Their arrival was written in newspapers coast to coast and in the Liberty magazine.
Elmer and his family settled in San Francisco, per the 1930 Federal Census. He died on January 30, 1944 in Elmira, California."
Dad went to various parts of California to help raise money from relatives for Uncle Elmer's trip from Russia to America. Uncle Bill Popin's son John (Pop) (John William Popin, son of Vasilee Fyodorovich or William Fred Popin) and my Dad drove a 1927 box-like Dodge sedan to New York City. The Lincoln Highway had been built for several years and by following the markers that were placed alongside the road, they had no trouble in getting to their destination. They had pre-arranged to purchase a Chevrolet truck with a covered-wagon-type canvas top in New York and also obtained a Standard Oil credit card for gasoline. During Dad and John's short stay in New York City they stayed at the Circle Hotel. They picked up Uncle Elmer and his family as they disembarked from the French liner, Rochambeau, when it docked in New York City. The following paragraphs are taken from a Liberty magazine interview with Uncle Elmer's family. "With them in Battery Park stood Grandfather Pappin's tall, red-bearded brother Ivan. After one day of rest the entire Pappin pilgrimage were scheduled to start a long overland journey to [Lincoln], California.
In New York, they were celebrities of the day — November 16 last. Newsreel cameramen herded them into picturesque groups. Reporters trailed them. A crowd of inquisitive bystanders ringed around them." [Hammond, Lorimer. "TAK". Liberty, Week Ending January 18, 1930, page 53].
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February 4, 1944
Page 1A
Man Takes Own Life by Strangulation
Children's Swing Rope is Used to Take Own Life
Taking advantage of the rope on the children's swing at the Alex Poppin ranch southwest of Elmira, Elmer F. Poppin, 65, strangled to death on Sunday afternoon. Poppin had made his home with relatives and friends near Elmira when not staying with his family in San Francisco, and on Sunday was the dinner guest of the Alex Poppin family. About two hours after dinner, becoming alarmed at the disappearance of their guest, the Poppin family began to investigate his whereabouts, and came upon his body hanging in a small shed near the house. The man had taken the rope on the children's swing, fastened it around his neck, stood on an overturned bucket, and when ready to take his own live kicked out the bucket and hung until strangulation caused his death.
Deputy Sheriff Roy Cripps of Elmira township was called to investigate. He called deputy Coroner Delmar McCune, who brought the body to the McCune Funeral Home, and later that evening took it to the funeral parlors of Daphne Bros. and Buzolich in San Francisco.
The deceased man is survived by his wife, Dorothy Poppin of San Francisco and the following sons, James, William, John, Private George U. S. Army, and a daughter, Patricia Poppin,
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon from the First Molokan Church, with interment in the Russian cemetery in San Francisco.
Excerpt from "Ach! Amerika" written by George John Poppin
"Elmer Fred Pappin and his family arrived in America via New York on the French liner Rochambeau in November 15, 1929. The voyage to America took a year and a half. Dad told me that Elmer started to receive threats from the Soviet government, stating that he was a "Kulak" ( koo-lahk) because he OWNED a small grocery store which was private property and contrary to the communist's philosophy...no private property. Had he continued to stay in the Soviet Union he would have been (presumably) placed in a labor camp or shot to death. That is when my father and Uncle Bill Popin gathered financial assistance from the Molokan community to pay for Uncle Elmer's travel expenses to AMEREEKA!!!
There was much fanfare for Uncle Elmer's arrival. I believe that New York had not seen such a large family arrive at one time from Russia. The family totaled nineteen members. Their arrival was written in newspapers coast to coast and in the Liberty magazine.
Elmer and his family settled in San Francisco, per the 1930 Federal Census. He died on January 30, 1944 in Elmira, California."
Dad went to various parts of California to help raise money from relatives for Uncle Elmer's trip from Russia to America. Uncle Bill Popin's son John (Pop) (John William Popin, son of Vasilee Fyodorovich or William Fred Popin) and my Dad drove a 1927 box-like Dodge sedan to New York City. The Lincoln Highway had been built for several years and by following the markers that were placed alongside the road, they had no trouble in getting to their destination. They had pre-arranged to purchase a Chevrolet truck with a covered-wagon-type canvas top in New York and also obtained a Standard Oil credit card for gasoline. During Dad and John's short stay in New York City they stayed at the Circle Hotel. They picked up Uncle Elmer and his family as they disembarked from the French liner, Rochambeau, when it docked in New York City. The following paragraphs are taken from a Liberty magazine interview with Uncle Elmer's family. "With them in Battery Park stood Grandfather Pappin's tall, red-bearded brother Ivan. After one day of rest the entire Pappin pilgrimage were scheduled to start a long overland journey to [Lincoln], California.
In New York, they were celebrities of the day — November 16 last. Newsreel cameramen herded them into picturesque groups. Reporters trailed them. A crowd of inquisitive bystanders ringed around them." [Hammond, Lorimer. "TAK". Liberty, Week Ending January 18, 1930, page 53].
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February 4, 1944
Page 1A
Man Takes Own Life by Strangulation
Children's Swing Rope is Used to Take Own Life
Taking advantage of the rope on the children's swing at the Alex Poppin ranch southwest of Elmira, Elmer F. Poppin, 65, strangled to death on Sunday afternoon. Poppin had made his home with relatives and friends near Elmira when not staying with his family in San Francisco, and on Sunday was the dinner guest of the Alex Poppin family. About two hours after dinner, becoming alarmed at the disappearance of their guest, the Poppin family began to investigate his whereabouts, and came upon his body hanging in a small shed near the house. The man had taken the rope on the children's swing, fastened it around his neck, stood on an overturned bucket, and when ready to take his own live kicked out the bucket and hung until strangulation caused his death.
Deputy Sheriff Roy Cripps of Elmira township was called to investigate. He called deputy Coroner Delmar McCune, who brought the body to the McCune Funeral Home, and later that evening took it to the funeral parlors of Daphne Bros. and Buzolich in San Francisco.
The deceased man is survived by his wife, Dorothy Poppin of San Francisco and the following sons, James, William, John, Private George U. S. Army, and a daughter, Patricia Poppin,
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon from the First Molokan Church, with interment in the Russian cemetery in San Francisco.
Ermalie Fred Poppin is the son of Fyodor Abrosimovich Poppin and Martha Savelivna Popoff. He was born in Fendahlah, Salsk, Russia. There were four other siblings: John, William, Jack, and Mary. Elmer's brothers were already in America and his sister Mary remained in Russia. In 1929 Elmer and his 19-member family arrived in New York City from Russia aboard the Rochambeau. Their arrival caused quite a stir in New York and several newspapers ran stories about their arrival.
Excerpt from "Ach! Amerika" written by George John Poppin
"Elmer Fred Pappin and his family arrived in America via New York on the French liner Rochambeau in November 15, 1929. The voyage to America took a year and a half. Dad told me that Elmer started to receive threats from the Soviet government, stating that he was a "Kulak" ( koo-lahk) because he OWNED a small grocery store which was private property and contrary to the communist's philosophy...no private property. Had he continued to stay in the Soviet Union he would have been (presumably) placed in a labor camp or shot to death. That is when my father and Uncle Bill Popin gathered financial assistance from the Molokan community to pay for Uncle Elmer's travel expenses to AMEREEKA!!!
There was much fanfare for Uncle Elmer's arrival. I believe that New York had not seen such a large family arrive at one time from Russia. The family totaled nineteen members. Their arrival was written in newspapers coast to coast and in the Liberty magazine.
Elmer and his family settled in San Francisco, per the 1930 Federal Census. He died on January 30, 1944 in Elmira, California."
Dad went to various parts of California to help raise money from relatives for Uncle Elmer's trip from Russia to America. Uncle Bill Popin's son John (Pop) (John William Popin, son of Vasilee Fyodorovich or William Fred Popin) and my Dad drove a 1927 box-like Dodge sedan to New York City. The Lincoln Highway had been built for several years and by following the markers that were placed alongside the road, they had no trouble in getting to their destination. They had pre-arranged to purchase a Chevrolet truck with a covered-wagon-type canvas top in New York and also obtained a Standard Oil credit card for gasoline. During Dad and John's short stay in New York City they stayed at the Circle Hotel. They picked up Uncle Elmer and his family as they disembarked from the French liner, Rochambeau, when it docked in New York City. The following paragraphs are taken from a Liberty magazine interview with Uncle Elmer's family. "With them in Battery Park stood Grandfather Pappin's tall, red-bearded brother Ivan. After one day of rest the entire Pappin pilgrimage were scheduled to start a long overland journey to [Lincoln], California.
In New York, they were celebrities of the day — November 16 last. Newsreel cameramen herded them into picturesque groups. Reporters trailed them. A crowd of inquisitive bystanders ringed around them." [Hammond, Lorimer. "TAK". Liberty, Week Ending January 18, 1930, page 53].
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February 4, 1944
Page 1A
Man Takes Own Life by Strangulation
Children's Swing Rope is Used to Take Own Life
Taking advantage of the rope on the children's swing at the Alex Poppin ranch southwest of Elmira, Elmer F. Poppin, 65, strangled to death on Sunday afternoon. Poppin had made his home with relatives and friends near Elmira when not staying with his family in San Francisco, and on Sunday was the dinner guest of the Alex Poppin family. About two hours after dinner, becoming alarmed at the disappearance of their guest, the Poppin family began to investigate his whereabouts, and came upon his body hanging in a small shed near the house. The man had taken the rope on the children's swing, fastened it around his neck, stood on an overturned bucket, and when ready to take his own live kicked out the bucket and hung until strangulation caused his death.
Deputy Sheriff Roy Cripps of Elmira township was called to investigate. He called deputy Coroner Delmar McCune, who brought the body to the McCune Funeral Home, and later that evening took it to the funeral parlors of Daphne Bros. and Buzolich in San Francisco.
The deceased man is survived by his wife, Dorothy Poppin of San Francisco and the following sons, James, William, John, Private George U. S. Army, and a daughter, Patricia Poppin,
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon from the First Molokan Church, with interment in the Russian cemetery in San Francisco.
Excerpt from "Ach! Amerika" written by George John Poppin
"Elmer Fred Pappin and his family arrived in America via New York on the French liner Rochambeau in November 15, 1929. The voyage to America took a year and a half. Dad told me that Elmer started to receive threats from the Soviet government, stating that he was a "Kulak" ( koo-lahk) because he OWNED a small grocery store which was private property and contrary to the communist's philosophy...no private property. Had he continued to stay in the Soviet Union he would have been (presumably) placed in a labor camp or shot to death. That is when my father and Uncle Bill Popin gathered financial assistance from the Molokan community to pay for Uncle Elmer's travel expenses to AMEREEKA!!!
There was much fanfare for Uncle Elmer's arrival. I believe that New York had not seen such a large family arrive at one time from Russia. The family totaled nineteen members. Their arrival was written in newspapers coast to coast and in the Liberty magazine.
Elmer and his family settled in San Francisco, per the 1930 Federal Census. He died on January 30, 1944 in Elmira, California."
Dad went to various parts of California to help raise money from relatives for Uncle Elmer's trip from Russia to America. Uncle Bill Popin's son John (Pop) (John William Popin, son of Vasilee Fyodorovich or William Fred Popin) and my Dad drove a 1927 box-like Dodge sedan to New York City. The Lincoln Highway had been built for several years and by following the markers that were placed alongside the road, they had no trouble in getting to their destination. They had pre-arranged to purchase a Chevrolet truck with a covered-wagon-type canvas top in New York and also obtained a Standard Oil credit card for gasoline. During Dad and John's short stay in New York City they stayed at the Circle Hotel. They picked up Uncle Elmer and his family as they disembarked from the French liner, Rochambeau, when it docked in New York City. The following paragraphs are taken from a Liberty magazine interview with Uncle Elmer's family. "With them in Battery Park stood Grandfather Pappin's tall, red-bearded brother Ivan. After one day of rest the entire Pappin pilgrimage were scheduled to start a long overland journey to [Lincoln], California.
In New York, they were celebrities of the day — November 16 last. Newsreel cameramen herded them into picturesque groups. Reporters trailed them. A crowd of inquisitive bystanders ringed around them." [Hammond, Lorimer. "TAK". Liberty, Week Ending January 18, 1930, page 53].
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February 4, 1944
Page 1A
Man Takes Own Life by Strangulation
Children's Swing Rope is Used to Take Own Life
Taking advantage of the rope on the children's swing at the Alex Poppin ranch southwest of Elmira, Elmer F. Poppin, 65, strangled to death on Sunday afternoon. Poppin had made his home with relatives and friends near Elmira when not staying with his family in San Francisco, and on Sunday was the dinner guest of the Alex Poppin family. About two hours after dinner, becoming alarmed at the disappearance of their guest, the Poppin family began to investigate his whereabouts, and came upon his body hanging in a small shed near the house. The man had taken the rope on the children's swing, fastened it around his neck, stood on an overturned bucket, and when ready to take his own live kicked out the bucket and hung until strangulation caused his death.
Deputy Sheriff Roy Cripps of Elmira township was called to investigate. He called deputy Coroner Delmar McCune, who brought the body to the McCune Funeral Home, and later that evening took it to the funeral parlors of Daphne Bros. and Buzolich in San Francisco.
The deceased man is survived by his wife, Dorothy Poppin of San Francisco and the following sons, James, William, John, Private George U. S. Army, and a daughter, Patricia Poppin,
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon from the First Molokan Church, with interment in the Russian cemetery in San Francisco.
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