Eva Florence (Totten) Schoppman was born January 25, 1911, in New York, the daughter of Williams and Alice E. (Baker) Totten. She had a younger sister, Lucy C., born around 1914.
In 1915 the family lived at 208 Taylor Street in West New Brighton, New York, where William worked as a cabinet maker.
Three years later, when William was registered for the draft during WWI, the family was living at 699 Henderson Avenue in West New Brighton. He stated that he was "married with two children", and was working for "Standard Varnish."
Much had changed by 1920, William was living with his brother, and gave his marital status as "divorced." Eva-age 9, and Lucy-age 7, were in the care of Sheltering Arms on West 129th Street in Manhattan. Established in 1831 as the "Episcopal Social Services" primarily to assist new immigrants, Sheltering Arms provided "assistance to anyone who was impoverished, sick, homeless, hungry or imprisoned."
On June 23, 1930, Eva married Heinrich Schoppman.
In 1942, when her father William Totten again had to register for the draft during WWII, he gave as the "person who will always know your address" his daughter, Eva Schoppman. She was then living at 35 Catherine Place in Port Richmond, New York, on Staten Island.
Eva was still living on Staten Island right up through the early 1990's. Eva F. Schoppman died aged 80, on February 5, 1991, at Richmond University Medical Center.
Sources: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; 1920 U.S. Federal Census; 1915 NY, State Census; NY,NY, Marriage Index 1866-1937; U.S. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; U.S. WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1942; www.shelteringarmsny.org/about-us/#history.