Hiram Wilson Kipp

Brief Life History of Hiram Wilson

When Hiram Wilson Kipp was born in 1837, in Malahide Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Henry Kipp I, was 47 and his mother, Rachel Ann Mann, was 43. He married Mariam Abigail Medcalf on 21 April 1858, in Malahide Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 19 July 1880, in Springfield, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 43, and was buried in Aylmer Cemetery, Aylmer, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Wilson Kipp
1837–1880
Mariam Abigail Medcalf
1842–1923
Marriage: 21 April 1858
Wilson Hiram Kipp
1860–1922
Ida Minvera Kipp
1861–1935
Mary Elva Kipp
1864–1923
Joseph Ervin Kipp
1867–

Sources (17)

  • Hiram Kipp, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Hiram Kipp, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
  • Hiram Wilson Kipp, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

World Events (3)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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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