Austin Clifford Shipp

Brief Life History of Austin Clifford

When Austin Clifford Shipp was born on 7 November 1859, in Edinburgh, Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States, his father, Austin Clifford Shipp, was 51 and his mother, Louisa Caroline Farnsworth, was 42. He married Mary Jane Carter on 31 December 1885, in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Utah, United States for about 1 years. His occupation is listed as postmaster in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States. He died on 5 December 1916, in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Joseph Cemetery, Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Austin Clifford Shipp
1859–1916
Mary Jane Carter
1865–1940
Marriage: 31 December 1885
Clifford Austin Shipp
1886–1944
Edna Ambersine Shipp
1888–1970
Sidney Shipp
1890–1950
Leo Erwin Shipp
1894–1899
Charles Edward Shipp
1898–1986
Rodney Leroy Shipp
1900–1902
Mary Caroline Shipp
1903–1985
Ina Lucinda Shipp
1905–1906
Inez Minerva Shipp
1905–1952
Philip Royal Shipp
1907–1996

Sources (46)

  • Lincoln Shipp in household of Austin Shipp, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Austin Clifford Shipp, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Austin C in entry for Philip Royal Shipp, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1871

Historical Boundaries: 1871: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English:

nickname for a mariner or perhaps a boatbuilder, from Middle English schip ‘ship’. Compare Shipman .

in addition, the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational, referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a ship. Surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English.

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

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Austin Shipp was born on May 5, 1808 in Campbellsville, Green, Kentucky, United States. He was the 10th child of Richard Shipp and Mary Copeland. He had five sisters and six brothers. He must have …

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