Frances (Kipps) Saxton
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Frances (Kipps) Saxton
Subject
Saxton, Frances L. Kipps (1920-2002)
Description
Portrait of Frances L. Kipps as a young woman.
Frances was the oldest child of John Melvin (1894-1955) and Rose Elizabeth (Grimm) (1894-1979) Kipps. When Frances was a young girl, the family lived west of Woodstock on Coffmantown Road where her father farmed.
By 1940, Frances was living with her maternal grandmother, Mary Grimm, on Route 605 near St. Luke in the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County. She worked for the school district.
Frances married Robert James Saxton (1922-2000) from Washington D.C. He was the son of John L. and Enda P. (Luberg) Saxton. He had served in the U.S. Navy during WWII from 1942-1946. Both Frances and Robert are buried together in Saint Luke.
Frances was the oldest child of John Melvin (1894-1955) and Rose Elizabeth (Grimm) (1894-1979) Kipps. When Frances was a young girl, the family lived west of Woodstock on Coffmantown Road where her father farmed.
By 1940, Frances was living with her maternal grandmother, Mary Grimm, on Route 605 near St. Luke in the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County. She worked for the school district.
Frances married Robert James Saxton (1922-2000) from Washington D.C. He was the son of John L. and Enda P. (Luberg) Saxton. He had served in the U.S. Navy during WWII from 1942-1946. Both Frances and Robert are buried together in Saint Luke.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Oct 1943" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by both Virginia Gochenour and Harold Hoffman. They remembered she had a sister named Hazel Boyer.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
007068
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Frances (Kipps) Saxton,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 30, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/24658.
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