Thomas Courtland Shipp

Brief Life History of Thomas Courtland

When Thomas Courtland Shipp was born on 30 January 1845, in Edinburgh, Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States, his father, Austin Clifford Shipp, was 36 and his mother, Louisa Caroline Farnsworth, was 27. He lived in Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 23 August 1891, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Courtland Shipp
1845–1891
Lydia Shipp

Sources (10)

  • Thomas C Shipp, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Thomas Shipp, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Thomas Shipp, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

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

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

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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