A site dedicated to the Knoop family name.
Rüdiger Knoop writes: Julius Knoop was Kaiser Wilhelm II’s chauffer. In 2006, the Preussen museum in Minden (Germany) had a special exhibition with the topic “Des Reisekaisers Leibchauffeur” (The journey emperor´s chauffeur). Center of the exhibition was Julius Knoop (1887-1967), who became driver of the “imperial automobile department” in 1909. In the years after and … Read more
My wife, LaVonne, and I have researched the KNOOP/KNOPF names throughout the Western United States for the last several years, and have presented the results of our research in these books. The books are the next best thing to visiting over 800 county courthouses and doing the on-site research yourself. You may see more detail … Read more
The picture below was sent in from Louise Gray who was trying to get more information about the artist and origin of the painting. The only artist named A. Knoop that I’m aware of is my aunt, but this picture looks like it’s ~100 years old. Does anyone have any details about it? — Marc
Most of you are probably unaware that knoop.org has moved to a new server. The old server, affectionally known as peppie, has served knoop.org and several other domains without problem for years. While I did move all email aliases to the new server, I will be contacting those who are getting free email address redirects … Read more
Sent in via Kumica… An 18 year old Italian girl tells her Mom that she has missed her period for 2 months. Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a pregnancy kit. The test result shows that the girl is pregnant. Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, “Who was the pig that … Read more
A foursome is waiting on the men’s tee while another foursome of ladies is hitting from the ladies’ tee. The ladies are taking their time, when finally the last lady is ready to hit the ball. She hacks it 10 feet; goes over to it, whiffs it; and then it maybe another 10 feet; and … Read more