Lydia B. Grove

Female10 October 1859–7 March 1906

Brief Life History of Lydia B.

When Lydia B. Grove was born on 10 October 1859, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Hollinger Grove, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Kreider Lesher, was 37. She married Elder Joseph Howard Gipe on 17 November 1880, in Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Fayetteville, Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 7 March 1906, in Guilford, Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elder Joseph Howard Gipe
1858–1937
Lydia B. Grove
1859–1906
Marriage: 17 November 1880
Margaret May Gipe
1881–1958
Anna M Gipe
1883–
Elizabeth C. Gipe
1885–1936
Charles Grove Gipe
1886–1941
William G. Gipe
1890–1924
Catharine Mabel Gipe
1893–1952
Fanny Gipe
1894–1894
Andrew Grove Gipe
1896–1938
Minnie Jane Gipe
1897–1960
Elsie Gipe
1900–1901
Edgar Grove "Murph" Gipe
1901–1981

Sources (14)

  • Liddy Grove in household of Jacob Grove, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lydia in entry for John C. Yeager and Maggie M. Gipe, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Lydia Grove in household of Jacob Grove, "United States Census, 1870"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 November 1880Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (11)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 4

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

    Age 4

    The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 13

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name for someone who lived by a grove or thicket, from Middle English grove, Old English grāf, or a habitational name from any of various places so named.

    English (of French Huguenot origin): Anglicized form of French Le Groux (see Groux ) or Le Greux.

    German: northern variant of Grob .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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