Florence Marjorie Shedd

Brief Life History of Florence Marjorie

When Florence Marjorie Shedd was born on 26 September 1898, in Weston, McLean, Illinois, United States, her father, Herman Graves Shedd, was 29 and her mother, Katie Cottingham, was 29. She married Joseph Raymond Tripp on 23 February 1922. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Colfax Township, Boone, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Paton Township, Greene, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 8 June 1958, at the age of 59, and was buried in Paton Township Cemetery, Paton Township, Greene, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Raymond Tripp
1895–1981
Florence Marjorie Shedd
1898–1958
Marriage: 23 February 1922
Herman William Tripp
1923–2014
Alice Katherine Tripp
1925–2020
Norma Joy Tripp
1929–1985

Sources (20)

  • Florance M Tripp in household of Joseph R Tripp, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Florence M. Shedd, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Clarence Shedd in entry for Alice Kathryn Tripp, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"

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Name Meaning

English (Essex): topographic name from Middle English shedde, shidde (Old English scydd) ‘small house, hut, hovel’, also ‘shed for livestock’ (such as a pigsty), for someone who lived in or worked at such a building.

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

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