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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Children:
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1.
Jayme Manlius Northrup
1911–1950
BIRTH 1911
DEATH 1950
2.
Augusto Frederico Northrup
BIRTH Unknown
DEATH Unknown
2.
George Porter Northrup
1873–1874
BIRTH 3 MARCH 1873 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 3 FEB 1874 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Died Young
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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
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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
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Children:
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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
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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
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Children:
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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
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Children:
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
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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
4.
Charles Denford Northrup
1876–1878
BIRTH 20 DEC 1876 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 13 MARCH 1878 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Died Young
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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
