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Mary Catherine May 1824–1878 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Sep 1824

Birth Location: Rockingham County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 30 Dec 1878

Death Location: New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Isaac May

Mother: Mary Miller

Spouse(s): Nicholas Kipps*

Children(s): George Kipps, Nancy Kipps, David Kipps, Sarah Kipps, Lewis Kipps, Ann Kipps, Isaac Kipps, William Kipps, Mary Kipps, John Kipps

In 1824, Mary Catherine May entered the world in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA, born to Isaac May And Mary Miller. In 1850, Mary Catherine May resided in District 58, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. In 1860, Mary Catherine May resided in New Market, New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. Mary Catherine May married Nicholas Kipps, and had children including Ann Rebecca Kipps, David Moses Kipps, George Washington Kipps, Isaac Franklin Kipps, John Michael Kipps, Lewis Kipps, Mary Virginia Kipps, Nancy Catherine Kipps, Sarah Alice Kipps, William Henry Kipps. Mary Catherine May passed away in 1878 in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1824, Mary Catherine May entered the world in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA, born to Isaac May And Mary Miller.
  • In 1850, Mary Catherine May resided in District 58, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA.
  • In 1860, Mary Catherine May resided in New Market, New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA.
  • Mary Catherine May married Nicholas Kipps, and had children including Ann Rebecca Kipps, David Moses Kipps, George Washington Kipps, Isaac Franklin Kipps, John Michael Kipps, Lewis Kipps, Mary Virginia Kipps, Nancy Catherine Kipps, Sarah Alice Kipps, William Henry Kipps.
  • Mary Catherine May passed away in 1878 in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Isaac May
1798–1851
Birth Location: Virginia
IM
Mary Miller
1797–1853
Birth Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
MM

Spouses(s)

Nicholas Kipps*
1824–1884
Birth Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
NK

Children(s)

George Kipps
1850–1931
Birth Location: Forestville, Forestville, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
GK
Nancy Kipps
1863–1951
Birth Location: Quicksburg, VA
NK
David Kipps
1865–1950
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
DK
Sarah Kipps
1860–1936
Birth Location: Foust, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
SK
Lewis Kipps
1847–1926
Birth Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
LK
Ann Kipps
1849–1916
Birth Location: Virginia
AK
Isaac Kipps
1850–1922
Birth Location: Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
IK
William Kipps
1859–1930
Birth Location: New Market, Shenandoah Co., VA, USA
WK
Mary Kipps
1854–1927
Birth Location: Timber Ridge, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
MK
John Kipps
1858–1914
Birth Location: Forestville, Shenandoah Co., VA, USA
JK

Mary May's Ancestors

Self
Mary May
1824–1878
Birth Place: Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Isaac May
1798–1851
Virginia
Mary Miller
1797–1853
Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary May's Descendants

1.
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Mary (Catherine) May (30 Sep 1824–30 Dec 1878) m. Nicholas Kipps* (28 Nov 1824–14 Aug 1884)
  1. 1. George (Washington) Kipps 1850–1931 m. Louise (Catherine) Hinegardner 1851–1943
    1. 1. Homer (Allen) Kipps 1881–1948 m. Ora (Elega) Bowers* 1887–1972
      1. 1. Harold (Raymond Kipps) Capt. 1904–1989 m. Dessie (Viola) Mountz 1907–1977 m. Marjorie (Marie) Frye 1922–2004
        1. 1. James (Lloyd) Kipps 1932–2017 m. Delores (A.) Kipps 1934–1998
        2. 2. Ronald (W) Kipps 1947–2025
        3. 3. Elega (Mae (née Kipps)) Lamason 1930–1984
        4. 4. Robert (Lee) Kipps 1934–1937
        5. 5. Harold (Raymond Kipps) Jr. 1927–2018
      2. 2. Ruby (Catherine) Kipps 1916–2001 m. Ellis (Adrian) Albright 1907–1967
        1. 1. Ruby (Catherine) Albright 1936–2002 m. Franklin (Delano) Canter* 1937–2017 m. Ronald (David Barrett) Sr 1939–2005 m. Richard (Gerald) Dabbs 1935–1997
        2. 2. William (A) Albright 1948–2010 m. Genevieve (Pearl) Pitzer 1932–2003
        3. 3. Jeanette (L) Albright 1939–2019 m. Reginald (Preston) Jones 1933–1970
        4. 4. Sarah (Joanne) Albright 1935–2010
        5. 5. Robert (“Bobby” Ellis) Albright 1941–1963 m. Mary Greene 1943–2018
      3. 3. Cletus (Allen Kipps) Sr 1914–1997 m. Claudia (E) Shanabrook 1915–1992 m. Shirley (Jane McKeehan) Kipps 1923–
        1. 1. Ronald (Eugene) KIPPS 1944–1944
        2. 2. Donna (Jean Clarke (née) Kipps) 1948–2014
      4. 4. Marie (Elegia) Kipps 1918–2003 m. Roy (Lester) Brymesser 1913–1993
        1. 1. Infant (of Roy and Marie Kipps Brymesser) Brymesser 1942–1942
        2. 2. Unnamed (Infant) Brymesser 1942–1942
      5. 5. Dolph (Anderson) Kipps 1923–2017 m. Pauline (Lelia) Dunlap 1928–2010
      6. 6. Charles (Francis Kipps) Sr 1927–1984 m. LaHue (Loretta) Burke 1927–2009
        1. 1. Linda (Kay (née Kipps)) Shatzer 1947–2014
      7. 7. Hester (Lee) Kipps 1909–1965 m. Johno Boyce 1895–
      8. 8. Hazel (Virginia) Kipps 1907–2000 m. Russell (Comer) Hoover 1902–1974
        1. 1. Betty (Lou Bragg (née) Hoover) 1928–2013 m. Frank (Lee "Sug") Bragg 1929–1984
      9. 9. Edna ("Jeannette") Kipps 1920–2006 m. Forrest (Meyers) Husler 1911–1991
      10. 10. Redith (Mae) Kipps 1905–1999 m. Charles (Otto) Boyce 1897–1969
      11. 11. Iola (Louise) Kipps 1912–1913
      12. 12. Helen (Regina) Kipps 1925–2004 m. Daniel ("Janney") Ashton 1922–2000
      13. 13. Audra (Fay) Kipps 1931–2024 m. Robert ("Bob" Henry) Shifler 1929–1999
    2. 2. Carrie (Alice) Kipps 1893–1947 m. Charles (Henry) Bowman 1888–1918 m. Geo. (W.) Murnan 1880– m. Dennis (H) Palmer 1896–1971
      1. 1. Chas (Edgar Green) Bowman 1913–1984
      2. 2. Marshall (Robert) Murnan 1922–1990
      3. 3. Fountain (Henry) Bowman 1919–1994
      4. 4. Ohlen (William) Bowman 1915–1918
      5. 5. Zelma (Louise Murnan) Grove 1926–
    3. 3. Daisy (Permelia) Kipps 1884–1966 m. Charles (Cleveland) Lloyd 1886–1940
      1. 1. Raymond (Everette) LLOYD 1914–1989
      2. 2. Elsie (Ilene) LLOYD 1920–1993
      3. 3. Lurty (Guy) LLOYD 1909–1961 m. Anna (Rebecca) Lloyd 1909–1993 m. Virginia (Carmen ARCHER) (Banta) 1913–1999
      4. 4. Avis (Louise) LLOYD 1912–1964
      5. 5. Gladys (Marie) LLOYD 1907–1975
      6. 6. Alvin (E) Kipps 1905–1906
    4. 4. Franklin ((Jack) Lee) KIPPS 1887–1937 m. Dora (June) Kagey 1895–1980
      1. 1. Austin (Eugene) Kipps 1917–1974
      2. 2. Linden (Kagey) Kipps 1918–2001
      3. 3. Charles (Richard) Kipps 1920–2004
    5. 5. Ada (Catherine) Kipps 1888–1951 m. Walter (Harrison) Weatherholtz 1888–1967
      1. 1. Ralph (Charles) Weatherholtz 1920–2003
      2. 2. Guy (Lee) Weatherholtz 1923–1998
      3. 3. Orville (Wilson) Weatherholtz 1913–1978
      4. 4. Helen (V) Weatherholtz 1916–1978
      5. 5. Ivan (E) Weatherholtz 1917–1954
      6. 6. Dale (Roger) Weatherholtz 1932–1990
    6. 6. Minnie (Rebecca) Kipps 1892–1979 m. William (Fuller) Bowman 1891–1965
      1. 1. Myrle (Wilson) Kipps 1914–1985
      2. 2. Goldie (Beatrice) Bowman 1921–2016
      3. 3. Clyde (Fuller Bowman ,) Sr. 1912–1974
      4. 4. Allen (David) Bowman 1931–2011 m. Betty Hoover 1932–2009
  2. 2. Nancy (Catherine) Kipps 1863–1951
  3. 3. David (Moses) Kipps 1865–1950
  4. 4. Sarah (Alice) Kipps 1860–1936
  5. 5. Lewis Kipps 1847–1926
  6. 6. Ann (Rebecca) Kipps 1849–1916
  7. 7. Isaac (Franklin) Kipps 1850–1922
  8. 8. William (Henry) Kipps 1859–1930
  9. 9. Mary (Virginia) Kipps 1854–1927
  10. 10. John (Michael) Kipps 1858–1914 m. Lydia (Lettie C) Knupp 1860–1914
    1. 1. Nettie (Viola) Kipps 1880–1963
    2. 2. Jacob (O.) Kipps 1886–1957
    3. 3. Carl (Richard) Kipps 1897–1937
    4. 4. George (Oscar) Kipps 1883–1968
    5. 5. Robert (Lee) Kipps 1884–1963
    6. 6. Effie (Rebecca) Kipps 1888–1974
    7. 7. John (Melvin) Kipps 1894–1955 m. Rosa (Elizabeth) Grim 1894–1979
      1. 1. Hazel (Elizabeth) Kipps 1917–2011 m. James (Lee) Boyer 1914–
    8. 8. Roy (Franklin) Kipps 1890–1969

Mary May's Timeline

5 Records

1824
30 Sep 1824
Birth of Mary Catherine May in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
1850
1850
Age 26
Mary Catherine May resided here in District 58, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
District 58, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
1860
1860
Age 36
Mary Catherine May resided here in New Market, New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
New Market, New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
1870
1870
Age 46
Mary Catherine May resided here in Lee, Edinburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Lee, Edinburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
1878
30 Dec 1878
Age 54
Death of Mary Catherine May in Shenandoah, Virginia
Shenandoah, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Sep 1824
    Event Place: Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Lee, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: M593_1678; Page: 715B
    [3] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: M653_1377; Page: 719; Family History Libr
    [4] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 58, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: 976; Page: 117b
    [5] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: District 58, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 58, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: 976; Page: 117b

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: New Market, New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: M653_1377; Page: 719; Family History Libr

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Lee, Edinburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Lee, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: M593_1678; Page: 715B

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Dec 1878
    Event Place: Shenandoah, Virginia
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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