Brief Life History of Olive Faye
When Olive Faye Lotspeich was born on 15 December 1898, in Bingham, Sheridan, Nebraska, United States, her father, Albert Marion Lotspeich, was 37 and her mother, Rhoda Elizabeth Vannest, was 18. She married James Franklin Shipman on 12 November 1913, in Christian, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Penn Township, Osborne, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Ainsworth, Brown, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 26 September 1991, in Bassett, Rock, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Ainsworth, Brown, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (35)
- Olive F Lopspeich in household of A M Lopopeich, "United States Census, 1910"
- Fay Lotspeich, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Faye Shipman, "BillionGraves Index"
Spouse and Children
1895–1985 Male
1898–1991 Female
Children (4)
1919–1981 Male
1922–1977 Male
1927–2022 Female
1932–2015 Female
Parents and Siblings
1861–1945 Male
1880–1980 Female
Siblings (6)
1897–1943 Female
1898–1991 Female
1903–1967 Male
1907–2000 Female
1908–1998 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 2
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
Age 2
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 25
Name Meaning
German: probably a nickname for a wheelwright who was negligent in making spokes, derived from Middle High German loter ‘loose’ + speich ‘spoke (of a wheel)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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