Roup Avenue
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Roup Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Friendship |
| 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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
