Billy and Betty Kipps
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Title
Billy and Betty Kipps
Subject
Kipps, John William "Billy" (1930- )
Price, Betty Jean (Kipps) Saxton (1934- )
Description
Billy Kipps as a young boy standing beside his younger sister, Betty Jean Kipps.
Billy and Betty were two of the many children born to John Melvin (1894-1955) and Rosa Elizabeth (Grimm) (1894-1979). The family was from the St. Luke area of the Shenandoah County. Billy and Betty’s father farmed and was also a veterinarian.
Billy attended George Washington University in Washington D.C. and became a pharmacist. There are many short mentions of him in Northern Virginia Daily social column articles between 1946 and 1951 as he went back and forth from school to visit his parents.
He married Sandra Elizabeth Gray at the age of 34. She was born in Washington D.C. and worked as a bookkeeper when she married. Her parents were Frank M. and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Gray. The couple settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in their later years.
In the 1950 census, Betty Jean Kipps was the only child still living on the farm with her parents. Over a decade later, in 1961, she married Alan Price, a salesman born in Moline, Illinois, and living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents were David and Helen Clara (Tappendorf) Price. Betty and Alan settled in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Billy and Betty were two of the many children born to John Melvin (1894-1955) and Rosa Elizabeth (Grimm) (1894-1979). The family was from the St. Luke area of the Shenandoah County. Billy and Betty’s father farmed and was also a veterinarian.
Billy attended George Washington University in Washington D.C. and became a pharmacist. There are many short mentions of him in Northern Virginia Daily social column articles between 1946 and 1951 as he went back and forth from school to visit his parents.
He married Sandra Elizabeth Gray at the age of 34. She was born in Washington D.C. and worked as a bookkeeper when she married. Her parents were Frank M. and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Gray. The couple settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in their later years.
In the 1950 census, Betty Jean Kipps was the only child still living on the farm with her parents. Over a decade later, in 1961, she married Alan Price, a salesman born in Moline, Illinois, and living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents were David and Helen Clara (Tappendorf) Price. Betty and Alan settled in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labeled "Jan 1930" on box of plates.
Contributor
Subject identified by Virginia Stultz Gochenour.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
006396
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Billy and Betty Kipps,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 16, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39436.
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