Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Kipp was born on 26 March 1811, in Burford, Burford, Brant, Ontario, Canada, his father, Isaac Kipp Sr, was 46 and his mother, Hannah Lamb Mead, was 40. He married Elizabeth Force on 20 April 1836, in Burford, Brant, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 21 September 1890, in Burford, Brant, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Princeton, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (25)
- Benjiman Kipp, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Benjamin Kipp, "Find A Grave Index"
- Benjamin Kipp in entry for Isaac Kipp and Mary Nelums, "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938"
Spouse and Children
1811–1890 Male
1818–1881 Female
Children (12)
1837–1885 Male
1839–1921 Male
1840–1849 Female
1842–1930 Male
1845–1875 Female
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1764–1846 Male
1770–1859 Female
Siblings (10)
1789–1871 Male
1792–1831 Male
1793–1825 Male
1794–1849 Male
1797–1871 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (4)
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 56
1869
Age 58
1883 · Mining Boom
Age 72
Name Meaning
North German: from Middle Low German kip ‘bundle (e.g. of hides or flax)’, hence probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fur trader, for example.
North German and Dutch: from a short form of the old personal name Gebolf, composed of the ancient Germanic elements geb ‘gift’ + wolf ‘wolf’. Compare Kip 1.
German: topographic name for someone living on a hill, from Kippe ‘edge, brink’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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