The Kipp Family Chronicles

With Bauman, Hawk, & Wolf

Thirteenth Century


1291

• August 1, beginning of the Old Swiss Confederation, with the signing of the Bundesbrief (Federal Charter)

Fourteenth Century


1351

• Zürich Canton joins the Swiss Confederation

  
  1353

• Bern Canton joins the Swiss Confederation

  Sixteenth Century

  
  1501

• Basel joins the Swiss Confederation

1517

• October 31, "Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences" is posted on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg. More commonly known as the "95 Theses" it marks the beginning of the Protestant Reformation

  
  1523

• Huldrych Zwingli brings the Reformation to Zürich

1563

• January 24, marriage of Jakob Blaser and Anna Magdalena Gerber, in Langnau, Bern Canton, Switzerland; future parents of Mathias Blaser


1571

• September 23, Mathias Blaser is born, fifth child of Jakob Blaser and Anna Magdalena Gerber, in Langnau, Bern Canton, Switzerland; future husband of Barbara Schenk

  
  1587

• October 4, Felix Naf is born, son of Ulrich Naf and an unknown mother, in Hausen, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; future husband of Anna Ringger

  
  1588

• January 21, Kaspar Zimmerman is born, son of Heinrich Zimmerman and Elsbet Winterlin, in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; future husband of Anna Lussi

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  1595

• Johannas Eberwein is born, of unknown parentage, in Germany; future husband of Anna Maria Bley

Seventeenth Century


1607

• Marriage of Felix Naf, age 20, son of Ulrich Naf, to Anna Ringger, age about 20, of unknown parentage, in Heisch, Switzerland; future parents of Hans Rudolph Naf
• May 13, The first permanent English colony in America is established on the left bank of the James River in northern Virginia, named Jamestown

  
  1615

• Andrew Eberwein is born, son of Johannas Eberwein and Anna Maria Bley, in Frankenberg-Eder, Hesse

  
  1619

• February 7, Mathias Blaser is born, fourth child of Mathias Blaser and Barbara Schenk, in Langnau, Bern Canton, Switzerland; future husband of Priscilla Gerber


1620

• Priscilla Gerber is born, of unknown parentage, in Langnau, Bern Canton, Switzerland; future wife of Mathias Blaser
• December 26, The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, the first English settlement in New England

  
  1622

• April 14, Hans Rudolph Naf is born, son of Felix Naf and Anna Ringger, in Hausen, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; future husband of Ragula Zimmerman

1624

• May, The Dutch colony of New Netherland is founded on the Hudson River in what would become New York state


1625

• Spring, The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam is founded on the tip of Manhattan Island

  
  1628

• November 16, death of Anna Ringger, age about 41, in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; wife of Felix Naf

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  1629

• December, Ragula Zimmerman is born, daughter of Kaspar Zimmerman and Anna Lussi, in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; future wife of Hans Rudolph Naf

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  1632

• Marriage of Mathias Donner, age about 26, son of Mathuselem Donner and Anna Handt, to Margaretha Lang, age about 25, daughter of Jacob Lang and Magdalena Meitz, in Biberach, Swäbische

1642

• March 14, marriage of Mathias Blaser, age 23, son of Mathias Blaser and Barbara Schenk, and Priscilla Gerber, age 22, of unknown parentage, in Langnau, Bern Canton, Switzerland; future parents of Mathys Blaser.

1643

• Death of Anna Lussi, age about 54, in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; wife of Kaspar Zimmerman

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  1646

• April 5, Mathys Blaser is born, third child of Mathias Blaser and Priscilla Gerber, in Langnau, Bern Canton, Switzerland; future husband of Elsbeth Rothlisberger

  
  1648

• November 5, marriage of Hans Rudolph Naf, age about 26, son of Felix Naf and Anna Ringger, to Ragula Zimmerman, age 18, daughter of Kaspar Zimmerman and Anna Lussi, in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; future parents of Hans Jacob Naf

  
  1649

• Death of Felix Naf, age 62, in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; widower of Anna Ringger

  
  1650

• May 28, marriage of Andrew Eberwein, age 35, son of Johannas Eberwein and Anna Maria Bley, and Christina Reise, age about 22, daughter of Henrich Reise, in Frankenberg-Eder, Hesse; future parents of Magdalena Eberwein
• September 22, marriage of Johann Casper Stöver and Anna Catherina Shivelbusch, in Schwelm, Westfalen; future parents of Dietrich Stöver

  
  1653

• Dietrich Stöver is born, son of Johann Casper Stöver and Anna Catherina Shivelbusch, in Frankenberg-Eder, Hesse; future husband of Magdalena Eberwein

  
  1656

• September 9, death of Joachim Saur, age about 57, in Michelfeld, Baden; husband of Appel Baur

  
  1657

• February 21, Magdalena Eberwein is born, daughter of Andrew Eberwein and Christina Reise, in Frankenberg-Eder, Hesse; future wife of Dietrich Stöver

  
  1658

• May 12, Anna Barbara Donner is born, daughter of Mathias Donner and Margaretha Lang, in Michelfeld, Baden; future wife of Hans Jacob Naf

  
  1659

• January 30, Hans Jacob Naf is born, son of Hans Rudolf Naf and Ragula Zimmerman, in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zürich, Switzerland; future husband of Anna Barbara Donner


1664

• September 7, Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Netherland to an English naval force without a shot being fired. Dutch holdings are reorganized into the English colonies of New York and New Jersey; New Amsterdam becomes New York City and Fort Orange Albany

  
  1666

• January 29, marriage of Mathys Blaser, age 19, son of Mathias Blaser and Priscilla Gerber, to Elsbeth Rothlisberger, age about 19, of unknown parentage, in Langnau, Bern Canton Switzerland; future parents of Nicholas Blaser.

  
  1674

• Barbara Steiner is born, in Switzerland; future wife of Nicholas Blaser

  
  1677

• October 19, death of Hans Rudolph Naf, age 55, in Michelfeld, Baden; husband of Ragula Zimmerman

  
  1679

• September 3, death of Ragula Zimmerman, age 49, in Michelfeld, Baden; widow of Hans Rudolph Naf

  
  1684

• February 5, marriage of Hans Jacob Naf, age about 25, son of Hans Rudolf Naf and Ragula Zimmerman, to Anna Barbara Donner, age about 26, daughter of Mathias Donner and Margaretha Lang; future parents of Johann Michael Neff

  
  1685

• January 13, Johann Kaspar Stöver is born, second child of Dietrich Stöver and Magdalena Eberwein, in Frankenberg-Eder, Hesse; future husband of Gertraudt Friesenen

  
  1687

• February 21, Johann Michael Neff is born, son of Hans Jacob Naf and Anna Barbara Donner, in Michelfeld, Baden; future husband of Anna Dorthea Saur

  
  1690

• March 10, death of Andrew Eberwein, age 75, in Frankenberg-Eder, Hesse; husband of Christina Reise
• December 10, Anna Dorthea Saur is born, daughter of Johan Jacob Saur and Catherina Becker, in Michelfeld, Baden; future wife of Johann Michael Neff

  
  1692

• April 15, death of Margaretha Lang, age about 85, in Michelfeld, Baden; wife of Mathias Donner

1699

• September 11, death of Mathias Donner, age about 93, in Michelfeld, Baden; widower of Margaretha Lang

Eighteenth Century


1700

• December 21, death of Anna Barbara Donner, age 42, in Michelfeld, Baden; wife of Hans Jacob Naf


1710

• November 11, marriage of Johann Michael Neff, age 23, son of Hans Jacob Naf and Anna Barbara Donner, and Anna Dorthea Saur, age 19, daughter of Johan Jacob Saur and Catherina Becker, in Michelfeld, Baden; future parents of Johann Jacob Neff


1712

• June 12, death of Christina Reise, age about 84, in Frankenberg-Eder, Hesse; widow of Andrew Eberwein


1716

• December 11, Peter Blasser is born, fourth child of Nicholas Blaser and Barbara Steiner, in Langnau, Bern Canton, Switzerland; future husband of Anna Magdalena Althaus

  
  1718

• June 30, death of Hans Jacob Naf, age 59, in Michelfeld, Baden; widower of Anna Barbara Donner

1720

• Death of Dietrich Stöver, age 67, in Schwelm, Westfalen; husband of Magdalena Eberwein

1724

• September 23, Eva Christina Stöver is born, eighth child of Johann Kaspar Stöver and Gertraudt Friesenen, in Frankenberg-Eder, Hesse; future wife of Johan Jacob Neff

1725

• November 27, death of Catherina Becker, age about 78, in Michelfeld, Baden; wife of Johan Jacob Saur

1728

• September 11, landing of German immigrant Johann Kaspar Stöver, at Philadelphia, on board the "James Goodwill"

  
  1729

• March 17, death of Johan Jacob Saur, age 83, in Michelfeld, Baden; widower of Catherina Becker

  
  1733

• April 8, ordination of Johann Kaspar Stöver as Lutheran minister, by John Christian Schulz, in Trapp, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

  
  1738

• Death of Rev. Johann Kaspar Stöver, age 53, at sea on return voyage from Germany.


1739

• January 3, John Nicolas Blasser is born, eldest child of Peter Blasser and Anna Magdalena Althaus, in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; futue husband of Susanna Weynand

  
  1742

• May 11, marriage of Johan Jacob Neff, age 27, son of Johan Michael Neff and Anna Dorthea Saur, and Eva Christina Stöver, age 17, daughter of Johann Kaspar Stöver and Gertraudt Friesenen, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; future parents of Johan Peter Neff


1761

• June 10, marriage of John Nicholas Blasser, age 22, son of Peter Blasser and Anna Magdalena Althaus, and Susanna Weynand, age about 17, of unknown parentage, at the First Reformed Church, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, PA. Future parents of Susanna Blasser.

  
  1764

• April 3, Johan Peter Neff is born, eleventh child of Johann Jacob Neff and Eva Christina Stöver, in Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; future husband of Susanna Blasser


1766

• Johan Jacob Wolf III is born, son of German immigrants Johan Jacob Wolf II and Anna Margaret Schnug, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania


1769

• Maria Magdalena Waggoner is born, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; future wife of Johan Jacob Wolf III


1776

• July 4, The Declaration of Independence is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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  1783

• June 27, marriage of Johan Peter Neff, age 19, son of German immigrants Johann Jacob Neff and Eva Christina Stöver, and Susanna Blasser, age about 20, daughter of John Nicolas Blasser and Susanna Weynand, in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

1789

• October 18, John Wolfsen is born, son of Johan Jacob Wolf III and Maria Magdalena Waggoner, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania


1790

• March 6, Elizabeth Neff is born, fifth child of Johan Peter Neff and Susanna Blasser, and future wife of George Kipp, Sr., in Pennsylvania
• August 1, The first US Census is completed and the population placed at 3,929,625 including 697,624 slaves and 59,557 free blacks. The most populous state was Virginia, with 747,610 people, and the largest city Philadelphia with 42,444. The US population was about equally divided between New England and the Middle Atlantic States, and the South. Only Massachusetts reported having no slaves.


1793

• October 23, Mary Hawk is born, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, future wife of John Wolfsen


1796

• August 25, George Kipp, Sr. is born, future husband of Elizabeth Neff, in Pennsylvania

  
  1799

• April 4, death of John Nicholas Blasser, age 60, wife of Susanna Weynand, in York, York County, Pennsylvania

Nineteenth Century

1800
• The second US Census recorded a population of 5,308,483,, including 896,849 slaves, an increase of 1,379,269 and 199,168.. The center of the US population was 18 miles SW of Baltimore, a westward shift from 1790 reflecting the expansion of the frontier.

  
  1801

• November, death of Johan Peter Neff, age 37, husband of Susanna Blasser, in Mannheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania


1810

• The third US Census recorded a population of 7,239,881, an increase of 1,931,398 over 1800. Black population rose by 481,362 to 1,378,110, of whom 186,746 were free citizens. The center of population moved to a point 40 miles NW of Washington, DC.
• Death of Johan Jacob Wolf III, age 44, husband of Maria Magdalena Waggoner, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
• Death of Susanna Blasser, age 47+, widow of Johan Peter Neff


1813

• Henry Bauman is born, in Bavaria, Germany
• September 28, Elizabeth Wolf is born, first child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1815

• May 26, Mary Wolf is born, second child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1817

• January 31, John Wolf is born, third child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1818

• December 3, Barbara Wolf is born, fourth child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1819

• December 14, marriage of George Kipp, age 23, and Elizabeth Neff, age 29, daughter of Johan Peter Neff and Susanna Blasser, in York County, Pennsylvania

1820

• The fourth US Census reported a population of 9,638,453. The center of population was placed 16 miles east of Moorefield, West Virginia.
• John Kipp is born, first child of George Kipp, Sr. and Elizabeth Neff, probably in York County, Pennsylvania


1821

• May 9, Margaret Wolf is born, fifth child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1822

• April 15, George Kipp, Jr. is born, second child of George Kipp, Sr. and Elizabeth, in York County, Pennsylvania


1823

• August 27, Nancy Wolf is born, sixth child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1825

• November 5, Sarah Wolf is born, seventh child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk, in East Penneho Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, future wife of George Kipp, Jr.


1827

• May 5, Catharine Wolf is born, eighth child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1828

• May Hannah Margaret Brinkman is born, in Bavaria, Germany, future wife of Henry Bauman


1829

• June 2, Isabella Wolf is born, ninth child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1830

• The fifth US Census recorded a population of 12,866,020 with the geographic center of population 19 miles WSW of Moorefield, West Virginia


1831

• August 19, Samuel Wolf is born, tenth child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1832

• January 2, Death of Samuel Wolf, infant child of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1833

• April 15, Death of John Wolfsen, age 43, husband of Mary Hawk, in Ashland County, Ohio
• April 15, Death of John Wolf, age 16, son of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1840

• The sixth US Census recorded a population of 17,069,453 with a population center located 16 miles south of Clarksburg, West Virginia


1844

• Death of Maria Magdalena Waggoner, age 75, widow of Johan Jacob Wolf III, in Coshocton County, Ohio
• December 31, Marriage of Jacob Kipp, son of George Kipp Sr. and Elizabeth, and Henrietta Sheler, in Ashland County, Ohio


1846

• January 5, Death of Nancy Wolf, age 22, daughter of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk


1848

• George H. Collins is born, future husband of Mary Elizabeth Kipp
• February 17, Marriage of George Kipp, Jr., age 25, son of George Kipp, Sr. and Elizabeth, and Sarah Wolf, age 22, daughter of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk, in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio


1849

• January 25, Benjamin Franklin Kipp is born, first child of George Kipp, Jr. and Sarah Wolf, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; dies the very same day


1850

• The seventh US Census reported a population of 23,191,876 in 31 states with a center of population 23 miles SE of Parkersburg, West Virginia
• July 4, John Wilbert Kipp is born, second child of George Kipp, Jr. and Sarah Wolf, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1853

• February 17, Mary Elizabeth Kipp is born, third child of George Kipp, Jr., and Sarah Wolf, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1855

• Laura C. Fisher is born, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois, future wife of John Wilbert Kipp


1856

• March 17, Susan Bauman is born, first child of Henry Bauman and Hannah Margaret Brinkman, German immigrants, in York County, Pennsylvania; future wife of John Wilbert Kipp


1857 c.

• William Bauman is born, second child of Henry Bauman and Hannah Margaret Brinkman, German immigrants, in York County, Pennsylvania


1858

• October 4, Milton Henry Kipp is born, fourth child of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• November 13, Michael Bauman is born, third child of Henry Bauman and Hannah Margaret Brinkman, German immigrants, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1860

• On the eve of the Civil War, the eighth US Census reported a population of 31,443,321, including 448,070 free blacks and 3,953,760 slaves; the center of population shifting westward to a point 20 miles SE of Chillicothe, Ohio.
• January 16, Death of Elizabeth Neff, age 69, wife of George Kipp Sr.


1861

• Death of Milton Henry Kipp, age 2, son of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• April 12, The American Civil War begins, at 4:30 AM, when Confederate shore batteries in Charleston, South Carolina, open fire on federal garrisoned Fort Sumter.


1862

• May 11, Martin Luther Kipp is born, fifth child of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1863

• Minnie Pifer is born, future wife of Martin Luther Kipp


1864

• Caroline Bauman is born, fourth child of Henry Bauman and Hannah Margaret Brinkman, German immigrants


1865

• March 30, William Emerson Kipp is born, sixth child of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• April 9, General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox, Virginia, effectively ending hostilities
• April 14, President Abraham Lincoln is shot by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Boothe at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC, during a performance of "Our American Cousin", dying the following morning. Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th president


1866

• February 19, Death of Mary Hawk, age 72, widow of John Wolfsen, in Richland County, Illinois
• July 19, Death of Mary Wolf, age 51, daughter of John Wolfsen and Mary Hawk`


1869

• June 5, Death of George Kipp, Sr., age 72, widower of Elizabeth, in Ashland County, Ohio


1870

• The ninth US Census records a population of 39,818,449 with the population center shifting westward to a point 48 miles NE of Cincinnati, Ohio 1873
• November 13, Marriage of John Wilbert Kipp, age 23, son of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf, and Laura Fisher, age 18, in Richland County, Illinois


1874

• October 8, Death of John Kipp, age 56, husband of Catherine, in Montgomery Township, Ashland County, Ohio
• December 4, Death of Laura Fisher, age 19, wife of John Wilbert Kipp, in Richland County, Illinois; due to childbirth
• December 27, Marriage of George H. Collins, age 34, and Mary Elizabeth Kipp, age 21, daughter of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf


1876

• c. Maude Collins is born, first child of George Collins, Jr. and Hannah
• October 11, John Fitzpatrick is born, in Senca, La Salle County, Illinois; future husband of Mabel Callie Kipp


1877

• October 20, Charlie Millard Siegfried is born, in Homer, Hamilton County, Iowa, future husband of Lillie Blanche Kipp


1878

• May 5, Marriage of John Wilbert Kipp, age 27, son of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf, and Susan Bauman, age 22, daughter of Henry Bauman and Hannah Margaret Brinkman, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; his second
• December 17, Minnie Collins is born, first child of George H. Collins and Mary Elizabeth Kipp


1879

• March 3, Manuel Henry Kipp is born, first child of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1880

• The tenth US Census records a population of 50,155,783 with the center of population located 8 miles SW of Cincinnati, Ohio, in western Kentucky. New York becomes the first state to achieve a population in excess of 5,000,000 people.
• June, George W. Collins is born, second child of George Collins, Jr. and Hannah
• October 17, Clarence George Kipp is born, second child of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1881

• April 21, Marriage of William Bauman, age 24, son of Henry Bauman and Hannah Margaret Brinkman, and Mary Anna Scherer, daughter of Fred Schewering and Mary Anna Scherer, in German Township, Richland County, Illinois


1882

• May 23, Charley Collins is born, second child of George H. Collins and Mary Elizabeth Kipp
• August 20, Lillie Blanche Kipp is born, third child of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• October 5, Marriage of Adam Wall and Mary Elizabeth Kipp, age 29, in Richland County, Illinois; her second


1885

• September 5, Marriage of Martin Luther Kipp, age 23, son of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf, and Minnie Pifer, age 22


1886

• March 11, Frank Collins is born, third child of George H. Collins and Mary Elizabeth Kipp, in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa
• May 24, Clara E. Smith is born, in Wilton Junction, Muscatine County, Iowa, future wife of Clarence George Kipp
• December 30, Mabel Callie Kipp is born, fourth child of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1887

• October 16, Marriage of Michael Bauman, age 28, son of Henry Bauman and Hannah Margaret Brinkman, and Louisa Scherer, daughter of Frederick Scherer and Marie Schafer, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• November 29, Marriage of William Emerson Kipp, age 22, son of George Kipp Jr. and Sarah Wolf, and Emma Aneila Yonuka


1888

• June 28, Bertha Frances Kipp is born, first child of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1889

• August 11, Leah Emma Teichman is born, in Fullerton, North Dakota; future wife of Martin Elmer Kipp


1890

• The eleventh US Census records a population of 62,947,714, with a population center shifting NW to a point 20 miles east of Columbus, Indiana
• Death of Maude Collins, age 14, daughter of George Collins Jr. and Hannah


1891

• June ,Paul Emerson Kipp is born, second child of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• August 7, Martin Elmer Kipp is born, first child of Martin Luther Kipp and Minnie Pifer, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• November 3, Death of George Kipp, Jr., age 69, husband of Sarah Wolf, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1893

• June 28, Charles R. Kipp is born, third child of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1894

• January 29, Edward William Kipp is born, fifth child of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman


1896

• June 10, Kathryn E. Kipp is born fourth child of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• August 3, Earl Lloyd Kipp is born, sixth child of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, in Lester, Lyon County, Iowa


1898

• February 15, The US battleship Maine explodes in Havana Harbor, Cuba; US goes to war with Spain


1899

• July 6, Lilymae Nelson is born, first child of Tony Nelson and Margaret May Wilcox, in Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota; future wife of Earl Lloyd Kipp

Twentieth Century

1900
• The twelfth US Census reports a population of 75,994,575 with a population center placed 6 miles SE of Columbus, Indiana. Illiteracy reaches a new low of 10.7%; life expectancy is 49 years
• February 7, Marriage of Charlie Siegfried, age 22, and Lillie Blanche Kipp, age 17, daughter of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, in Homer, Hamilton County, Iowa
• June 28, Bernell Bidne is born, in Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota; future husband of Effie Mamie Bidne
• November 8, Effie Mamie Siegfried is born, first child of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Lester, Lyon County, Iowa; family historian


1901

• July 14, Albert Kipp is born, fifth child of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois


1902

• February 26, Marriage of Manuel Henry Kipp, age 22, son of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, and Bertha O. Thompson
• June 29, Wilbert Millard Siegfried is born, second child of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa


1903

• Death of Minnie Pifer, age 40, wife of Martin Luther Kipp


1904

• May 22, Jennie Blanche Siegfried is born, third child of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa
• July 2, Death of Jennie Blanche Siegfried, month old child of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa
• September 14, Marriage of John Fitzpatrick, age 27, and Mabel Callie Kipp, age 17, daughter of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, in Lester, Lyon County, Iowa
• September 28, Marriage of Charley Collins, age 22, son of George H. Collins and Mary Elizabeth Kipp, and Mammie Thompson


1905

• July 11, Grace Collins is born, only child of Charley Collins and Mammie Thompson
• July 16, Harvey Clarence Kipp is born, son of Clarence George Kipp and Clara E. Smith, in Alvord, Lyon County, Iowa
• September 22, James Lee Frank is born, in Iona, Lyman County, Iowa; future husband of Verna Susan Fitzpatrick
• October 4, Marriage of Clarence George Kipp, age 24, son of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, and Clara E. Smith, probably in Alvord, Lyon County, Iowa


1906

• June 21, Death of Sarah Wolf, age 80, widow of George Kipp, Jr., in Olney, Richland County, Illinois
• July 4, Charlie Chittim is born, in Missouri; future husband of Colleen May Kipp


1907

• November 9, Mabel Blanche Siegfried is born, fourth child of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Presho, Lyman County, South Dakota


1908

• September 13, Verna Susan Fitzpatrick is born, only child of John Fitzpatrick and Mabel Callie Kipp, in Archer, O’Brien County, Iowa
• December 15, Marriage of Frank Collins, age 24, son of George H. Collins and Mary Elizabeth Kipp, and Viola ???, in Rider, North Dakota; his second


1909

• August 17, Death of Clarence George Kipp, age 28, husband of Clara E. Smith, in Alvord, Lyon County, Iowa; struck by train
• December 16, Verus Orville Swanson is born, in Reliance, Lyman County, South Dakota; future husband of Norma Genevieve Siegfried


1910

• The 13th US Census reports a population of 91,972,266 with a center of population at Bloomington, Indiana. Farm population continues to decline to 32,077,000
• January 26, Irene Charlotte Siegfried is born, fifth child of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Presho, Lyman County, South Dakota
• July 31, Durwood Collins is born, first child of Frank Collins and Viola


1911

• November 27 Charles Webster Siegfried is born, sixth child of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota


1912

• Death of Caroline Bauman, age 48, wife of George Fritchley


1913

• July 19, Lila Lee Cumins is born, in Puckwana, Brule County, South Dakota, future wife of Charles Webster Siegfried


1914

• August ,The German armies of Kaiser Wilhelm invade France through neutral Belgium, plunging Europe into the "Great War," World War I


1915

• March 7, Viola J. Kipp is born, first child of Martin Elmer Kipp and Leah Emma Teichman
• December 28, Marriage of George Klinkel and Kathryn E. Kipp, age 19, daughter of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka


1916

• Death of Mary Elizabeth Kipp, age 63, wife of George H. Collins, in Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota
• April 16, Pearl Klinkel is born, first child of George Klinkel and Kathryn Kipp
• September 13, Orval Collins is born, second child of Frank Collins and Viola


1917

• April 6, The US declares war on Germany and enters the war on the side of Britain and France
• July 17, Norma Genevieve Siegfried is born, seventh child of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota
• December 1, Marriage of Earl Lloyd Kipp, age 21, son of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, and Lilymae Nelson, age 18, daughter of Tony Nelson and Margaret May Wilcox, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota


1918

• November 11, Armistice in Europe, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, outside Paris


1919

• January 29, The 18th amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages, beginning the era of "Prohibition"
• February 5, Lloyd E. Collins is born, third child of Frank Collins and Viola


1920

• The 14th US Census reports a population of 105,710,620 with a center 8 miles SSE of Spencer, Indiana. Fewer than 50% are rural; less than 30% are living on farms


1921

• Death of Martin Luther Kipp, age 59, widower of Minnie Pifer
• April 26, Death of John Wilbert Kipp, age 70, widower of Susan Bauman, in Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota


1922

• c. Death of William Bauman, age 65, husband of Mary Anna Scherer
• May 29, Carl Marlatt is born, future husband of Colleen May Kipp


1923

• Death of George H. Collins, age 75, widower of Mary Elizabeth Kipp


1924

• August 18, Marriage of Bernell Bidne, age 24, and Effie Mamie Siegfried, age 23, daughter of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Flandreau, Moody County South Dakota


1925

• April 22, Marriage of Eugene Bishop and Bertha Frances Kipp, age 36, daughter of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka


1926

• February 25, Marriage of Charles R. Kipp, age 32, son of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka, and Elsie Klinkel; his second
• July 5 ,Marriage of Wilbert Millard Siegfried, age 24, son of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, and Lois Eltha Fuller, in Gettysburg, Potter County, South Dakota


1927

• May 20, Charles Lindberg makes first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air


1928

• July 8, Marriage of Harvey Clarence Kipp, age 22, son of Clarence George Kipp and Clara E. Smith, and Florence Isobel Gibson, in Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota


1929

• October 29, The stock market crashes, ushering in the Great Depression


1930

• The 15th US Census records a population of 122,775,046 with a population center 3 miles NE of Linton, Indiana. Illiteracy reaches a new low of 4.3%


1931

• Death of Mary Alvina Collins, age 6, daughter of Frank Collins and Viola, in Romona, South Dakota
• June 3, Death of Michael Bauman, age 73, husband of Louisa Scherer
• September 22, Marriage of James Lee Frank, age 26, and Verna Susan Fitzpatrick, age 23, daughter of John Fitzpatrick and Mabel Callie Kipp, in Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota

1933

• March 4, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated President of the United States, an office he will hold through the Depression and the Second World War until his death in 1945.
• August 27, Marriage of Charles Webster Siegfried, age 21, son of Charlie Siegfried and Lillie Blanche Kipp, and Lila Lee Cumins, age 20, in Howard, Miner County, South Dakota

  
  1935

• January 25, Marriage of Verus Orville Swanson, age 25, and Norma Genevieve Siegfried, age 17, in Alexander, Hanson County, South Dakota
• August 22, Marriage of Paul Emerson Kipp, age 44, son of William Emerson Kipp and Emma Aneila Yonuka, and Dorothy Boysen
• October 22, Jack L. Petera is born, in Pierre, Stanley County, South Dakota; future husband of Toby Lee Kipp


1936

• William George Windsor is born, only child of William Windsor and Pearl Klinkel


1937

• October 9, Death of Don Bernell Bidne, age 7, near Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota

  
  1940

• On the eve of the second world war, the 16th US Census reports a population of 131,669,275 with a center of population 2 miles ESE of Carlisle, Indiana. Illiteracy drops to 4.2%; the average life expectancy is 64 years
• May 5, Death of Susan Bauman, age 84, wife of John Wilbert Kipp, in Yankton State Hospital, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota


1941

• Death of William George Windsor, age 5, son of William Windsor and Pearl Klinkel


1943

• November 25, Marriage of Bennie Nelson and Grace Collins, age 38, daughter of Charley Collins and Mammie Thompson

  
  1946

• July 18, Death of Manuel Henry Kipp, age 67, son of John Wilbert Kipp and Susan Bauman, in Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota

  
  1950

• The 17th US Census reports a population of 150,697,361 with a center of population placed 8 miles NNW of Olney, Richland County, Illinois, former home of the Kipp family. Illiteracy drops again, to 3.2%
• July 19 Death of George W. Collins, age 70, son of George Collins Jr. and Hannah
• September 17, Marriage of Colleen May Kipp, age 28, daughter of Earl Lloyd Kipp and Lilymae Nelson, and Charlie Chittim, age 44, in Red Lodge, Carbon County, Montana; his second


1951

• March 26, Marriage of Robert Dean Bidne, age 24, son of Bernell Bidne and Effie Siegfried, and Veronica Florence Vandeputte, age 26, in Medford, Steele County, Minnesota
• December 16, Death of William Emerson Kipp, age 86, husband of Emma Aneila Yonuka


1952

• Marriage of Elmer Stubbe and Pearl Klinkel, age 36, daughter of George Klinkel and Kathryn E. Kipp
• September 27, Laurel Cumber is born, second child of Harold Melvin Cumber and Elizabeth Kipp
• October 7, Death of Laurel Cumber, infant, daughter of Harold Melvin Cumber and Elizabeth Kipp


1953

• May 25, Marriage of Boyden Kipp, age 18, son of Harvey Clarence Kipp and Florence Isobel Gibson, and Charlotte Reardon, in Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota
• November 10, Marriage of Russell James Black, age 21, and Judith Anne Swanson, age 17, in Chamberlain, Brule County, South Dakota


1954

• August 1, Marriage of Francis Earl Rook, age 24, son of Earl Jennings Rook and Pearl Irene West, and Iris Rosemary Kipp, age 25, daughter of Earl Lloyd Kipp and Lilymae Nelson, at the Kipp home, in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
• December, Death of Elsie Klinkel, second wife of Charles R. Kipp


1955

• December 10, Death of Lillie Blanche Kipp, age 73, wife of Charlie Siegfried, in Denver, Colorado


1956

• March 13, Marriage of Lawrence Mulder and Joan Elsie Kipp, age 21, daughter of Albert Kipp and Emma C. Lindell
• May 30, Death of Martin Elmer Kipp, age 64, husband of Emma Leah Teichman


1957

• March 26, Death of John Fitzpatrick, age 80, husband of Mabel Callie Kipp, in Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota


1958

• August 31, Marriage of Jack L. Petra, age 22, and Toby Lee Kipp, age 22, daughter of Earl Lloyd Kipp and Lilymae Nelson, in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
• October 5, Death of Mabel Callie Kipp, age 72, widow of John Fitzpatrick, in Sioux City, Plymouth County, Iowa
• December 2, Death of Clara E. Smith, age 73, in Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, widow of Clarence George Kipp


1960

• The US population reaches 179,245,000
• November 4, Marriage of John Pettingill and Colleen May Kipp, age 38, daughter of Earl Lloyd Kipp and Lilymae Nelson, in Denver, Colorado; her second


1961

• May 14, Death of David Cumber, age 6, son of Harold Melvin Cumber and Elizabeth Kipp
• June 3, Marriage of Bennett Benson and Leah Fredenburg, age 21, daughter of Wesley Fredenburg and Viola Kipp
• July 11, Death of Charlie Millard Siegfried, age 83, widower of Lillie Blanche Kipp, in Denver, Colorado


1963

• September 21, Death of Earl Lloyd Kipp, age 67, husband of Lilymae Nelson, in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming


1964

• c. Death of Minnie Collins, age 85, wife of Ira Seward


1965

• August 19, Death of Emma Leah Teichman, age 76, widow of Martin Elmer Kipp


1966

• July, Death of Durwood Collins, age 56, son of Frank Collins and Viola


1967

• April 5 Death of Charles R. Kipp, age 73, husband of Alice Fletcher

  
  1970

• April 1, The 19th US Census recorded a preliminary population count approaching 205,000,000
• September 1, Death of Orval Collins, age 53, son of Frank Collins and Viola


1971

• August 28, Marriage of Carl Marlatt, age 49, and Colleen May Kipp, age 49, daughter of Earl Lloyd Kipp and Lilymae Nelson, in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada; her third

  
  1973

• May 24, Death of Charley Collins, age 91, husband of Mammie Thompson, in Beresford, Union County, South Dakota


1974

• April 18, Death of Kathryn E. Kipp, age 78, wife of George Klinkel
• August 30, Death of Carl Marlatt, age 53, third husband of Colleen May Kipp, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona; of liver disease
• November 3, Death of Merle George Kipp, son of Clarence George Kipp and Clara E. Smith, in Los Angeles, California

1980

• The 20th US Census recorded a population of 226,504,825 with a strong shift to the South and West


1982

• Death of Charlie Chittim, age 76, divorced husband of Colleen May Kipp, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
• November, Death of Patricia Belle Kipp, age 48, wife of Wilbur Ray Crawford, in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming; of cancer

  1990

• June, Death of Jack L. Petera, age 54, husband of Toby Lee Kipp, in Bermuda Dunes, Riverside County, California; of cancer


1995

• June 6, Death of Lilymae Nelson, age 95, widow of Earl Lloyd Kipp, in Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Twenty-First Century

To be continued……..