Charles Oppe is one of the partners in the G & O Manufacturing Company of New Haven, a corporation engaged in the manufacture of engine cooling radiators. He was born in New York city, August 24, 1885, a son of Frederick William and Louise Oppe. His father was the first to introduce a number of important European processes of wall paper manufacture into this country. The son began his education in the grammar schools of New York city and passed through consecutive grades to the high school, while later he attended Cooper Union in the metropolis. He entered upon his business career in connection with the installation of electric elevators and electrical machinery and on the 30th of April 1906, he came to New Haven to join the Mayo Radiator Company, manufacturers of engine cooling radiators. He remained with that concern until August, 1915, when in cooperation with Frederick Gargiulo, he organized the G & O Manufacturing Company, a corporation to engage in the manufacture of engine cooling radiators for motor trucks, automobiles, airplanes, tractors, etc. His previous experience has well qualified him for this undertaking. He has intimate knowledge of engineering work along many lines and is now putting to the practical test the knowledge which he had previously gained. The company is producing a product which has found favor with the public and its sales are annually increasing. In addition to having a substantial interest in the G & O Manufacturing Company Mr. Oppe has some real estate holdings in Detroit, Michigan.

     On the 15th of September, 1909, in New York city, Mr. Oppe was united in marriage to Miss Anna Julia Thoellden, a daughter of A. E. H. J. Thoellden and Anna (Zeisset) Thoellden. the children of this marriage are Edith and Howard Charles. In his political views Mr. Oppe has always maintained independence of party ties. He belongs to the Quinnipiac Canoe Club and to the Society of Automotive Engineers, a national organization. He is much interested in everything that has to do with the science that underlies his work, with the practical phases of the business and with its development in every particular and he is making steady progress along well defined lines of effort, his success being the direct reward of earnest, persistent and intelligently directed labor.