When Margie Minnie Goldie Whipkey was born on 12 March 1940, in Camp Wood, Real, Texas, United States, her father, William Allen Whipkey, was 41 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Holder, was 26. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Real, Texas, United States in 1940 and Aberdeen, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1950. She died on 19 February 2012, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71.
Americanized form of German Hipke or, less likely, of North German Wiebke or of its variant Wiepke.
History: The Whipkeys trace their origin to Johann(es) Jacob Whipkey from Wissembourg (German: Weissenburg) in Alsace, France, on the border with Germany, who arrived in Philadelphia, PA, on the ship Neptune in 1752. His surname was recorded upon arrival as Hipge.
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