When James Edward Shipp was born on 28 February 1852, in Edinburgh, Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States, his father, Austin Clifford Shipp, was 43 and his mother, Louisa Caroline Farnsworth, was 34. He married May Lucinda Bingham on 24 June 1889, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 26 May 1899, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesAustin 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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