When Edith Alice Piper was born on 25 March 1873, in Nemaha, Nebraska, United States, her father, Joseph Benson Piper, was 47 and her mother, Lucinda Ford, was 42. She married Raymer Boyes Olmstead on 19 August 1897, in Alma, Harlan, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Orleans, Harlan, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Seward, Seward, Nebraska, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 November 1967, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Seward Cemetery, Seward, Seward, Nebraska, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
English (mainly southern): occupational name for a player on the pipes, Middle English pipere, sometimes a paid town musician.
English: sometimes a variant of Peppard .
English: perhaps occasionally an occupational name from late Middle English piper ‘repairer or layer of pipes; plumber’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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