Hello, I am new to the list. I am seeking suggestions on how to proceed
further in my research. I have tried to lay out the facts as concise as I
know how.
Surname: Various surname spellings NOT researched at Courthouse or
Historical Society. (Gippe--Gibbe-Gibbs-Gipps)
GIPP, Henry or otherwise may be known as: Johann Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm
GIPP
Born June 18, 1821 in Hornshagen Mecklenburg Strelitz, Prussia. S/O:
Heinrich Gipp & Maria Rueckert.
Married Pauline Kolzfried (Stolzheiser-First Marriage) b 12-22-1822 in
Germany D 12-26-1893 Milan, Ripley County, IN.
Marriage - 11-18-1867 St. Stephens Church in Manchester, Dearborn County,
IN
Married-no children. No known children of Pauline's first marriage.
Siblings:
Wilhelmine Sophie (Gipp) Wiss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gipp
George Friedrich Wilhelm Gipp (died in Prussia)
Johann (Albert) Gipp
½ Siblings:
Ernestine (Wilhelmine) Auguste (Gipp) Dengel
Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Gipp (died in Prussia)
August Carl Friedrich Gipp
Hanne (Emilie) Friederike (Gipp) Seidler
Friederike Sophie Dorothee (Gipp) Krueger
Lived mid 1850's to 1880 census-Old Milan, Ripley County IN.
Death Records:
No certificate or church record listed in Milan, IN
No probate or will located for him or wife
No sale of his residence was found.
Wife -St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Milan, IN- has record of her death.
No tombstone can be located for either of them.
Tried Decatur County, IN, for tombstone -none listed.
Tried church in Dearborn County, IN, where they married. No death or
tombstone found.
No death found in Wisconsin, Minnesota or Illinois in areas relatives
resided.
Church: Called many Methodist & Lutheran Churches in Milan, Osgood,
Batesville. Nothing found.
In his Aunts April 23, 1887 Will Henry was bequeathed a House & Lot #5 in
Keens Addition, Milan, IN. plus other items, upon her death which occurred
in Dec 1889.
No land transfer was found at Ripley County, IN, Courthouse or Ripley
County, IN, Historical Society.
This piece of land has records that supposedly stop in 1846.
Side Note:
Questioning WHY the house, lot & all personal affects & belongings would be
bequeathed to Henry Gipp & Wilhelmine Wiss when his Aunts son was alive.
Will of April 23, 1887 signed by, Robert Richardson and her son, Frank A.
Kippelen.
Thank you so much,
Kathy