When Ambra Saltina Whipple was born on 27 January 1840, in Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, James Greenwood Whipple, was 24 and her mother, Anna Maria Dodge, was 22. She married Alonzo Reuben Gleason on 1 January 1860, in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1855 and Elgin, Wabasha, Minnesota, United States in 1865. She died in 1865, in Olmsted, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Wabasha, Minnesota, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries 1849: Wabasha, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Wabasha, Minnesota, United States
Historical Boundaries 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Minnesota, United States
English: perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded diminutive of Middle English w(h)ippe ‘scourge, whip’, possibly contained in Middle English whippel-tre, a type of dogwood or cornus. For possible applications as a nickname see Whipp . Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded diminutive of the Middle English personal name Wippe (see Whipp ).
History: Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, c. 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. A John Whipple was one of the first settlers in Providence, RI.
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