Roup Avenue

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Origin of name Roup family

Roup Avenue is named for the Roup family, early settlers in the area.[1][2] Jonas Roup (1760–1857), a farmer from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, came with his family to Pittsburgh. Two of Roup's children married children of Conrad Winebiddle, for whom Winebiddle Street is named: John Roup married Kitty Winebiddle and Susanna Roup married Philip Winebiddle.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ruth Ayers. "Baum homestead in East End to be razed, name to live on." Pittsburgh Press, Nov. 2, 1932, p. 2. Newspapers.com 146719033. [view source]ayers-baum
  2. Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An address delivered before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, p. 33. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source]miller
  3. John W. Jordan, ed. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People: Genealogical memoirs of the leading families of Pittsburg and vicinity, vol. 3, pp. 243–244. Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. HathiTrust 008651569; Historic Pittsburgh 03awn7797m; Internet Archive centuryandhalfof03bouc. [view source]pittsburg-and-her-people-3