The Loops family originates from two brothers - Frederick & Charles Loops (originally LUEPS) - who came to the United States from Roeckwitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany as very young boys in the mid 1850's. After their family died on the passage across (ship's sickness), the two young boys were separated.

The brothers reunited during adulthood, after both brothers advertised in newspapers for information on each other. Information from Frank Loops offers that the first generation of children communicated across the country.

Frederick Loops

It is believed that Frederick Christopher, possibly age 8 at the time of arrival in the US, went to a potato farm in Maine where he was used as child labor. After many failed attempts, he finally succeeded in running away & traveled to New York where he lived on the streets. He slowly traveled South to North Carolina, where he is listed in the 1870 Census of Kinston, NC.

In Kinston, Fred acquired enough money to open a Hardware store. He eventually married to AMANDA, had 4 surviving children, Charles Ernest, Lelia, Edgar, and Eva Mae, and owned & operated a 350 acre farm (ref: Frank Loops).

Charles Loops