tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44531211381116846182009-07-14T00:30:43.613-04:00Blogging about WhipplesWWweldon@whipple.orgBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453121138111684618.post-73817202735985846702009-07-08T15:13:00.001-04:002009-07-08T15:13:56.683-04:00

Last night I received the following query from a Whipple Website visitor:Do you know of any tragedy to a child at any time on Whipple Road in Smithfield? We bought a house ... and my daughter is "seeing" things and hearing things. Something about a young boy maybe around age 8 with blonde hair and brown eyes.If you have insight, please comment.Thanks!!WW

Weldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12515987258489084988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453121138111684618.post-45099776544899452272009-07-03T17:46:00.003-04:002009-07-03T17:55:43.034-04:00

After a week or so of using using my own name as the Twitter name for the Whipple Website, I noticed that many other sites use the name of their web site. I began to ask myself what would be wrong with using the Whipple Website as my Twitter name.Unable to find anything wrong, I changed the address to:http://twitter.com/WhippleWebsiteSorry for the confusion!(Note that there is no space between "

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When I signed up for Twitter several months ago, I was clueless about what I could ever do with it. (Hmmm... maybe I'm clueless now as well.)Then I heard on the radio that Iranian dissidents were using it to communicate among themselves. This evening my son mentioned that he has to send a "Tweet" to his flight instructor every time he returns from a solo airplane flight.Suddenly I had an idea

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I just received a note from Mona Leigh (a descendant of Captain John Whipple and his wife Sarah (of Providence, Rhode Island). Mona writes:Last night on Coast To Coast AM radio program they played a song off of my album, "Comes The Light" in their "Emerging Artist" segment.I'm wondering if you would be so kind as to go to the site at http://www.CoasttoCoastAM.com and then click on the link to my

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I received an email yesterday, telling me about Whipple cousin Noah Bean, who appears on the TV series Damages. (Hmmm... When was the last time I watched TV? I still have a television, don't I? Does it still work?) Our cousin who sent this information says that Noah is the son of Ruth Harriet Whipple (http://whipple.org/121022).Noah appears in the Internet Movie Database, in Wikipedia, and

Weldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12515987258489084988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453121138111684618.post-63721545334549690222009-05-13T00:07:00.003-04:002009-05-13T00:20:36.143-04:00

Jeff Congdon submitted this photo today. It is the front of Whippletree Farm Antiques, located at 210 Main Street, Wauconda, Illinois. Jeff took the photo himself.Thanks, Jeff!

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I just received a note about Alex Whipple of Naperville, Illinois. It appears that he is the star player on Naperville Central High School's volleyball team. You can read about in the Daily Herald (published in suburban Chicago).Way to go, Alex!!

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Well, I finally did it: I created a Whipple Website group on Facebook. Several relatives have suggested that I do it in the past, but I've been somewhat skeptical until now. (I'm still not quite certain where it will lead, to tell the truth.)Anyway, feel free to visit the group on Facebook and join if you want to. Your suggestions and encouragement are welcome!

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That is the subject of an e-mail I just received from Harvey Westfall, who served on the Whipple. It serves as a reminder that April 23rd is the 89th anniversary of the commissioning of the USS Whipple DD-217 in Philadelphia. The second of three USS Whipple's commissioned in the 20th century, it was one of the "four piper" destroyers. The ship was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

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You might not notice it, but last week I enhanced the WhippleGenWeb search results page very slightly. Now, when you search for a common name (like "John Whipple" or "Sarah"), the search results are sorted by name. Prior to last week, the "hits" were displayed in a more or less random order. I hope you like the enhancement.If a search produces no hits, the search results give a few pointers for

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I just brought the new genweb.whipple.org server online. This server change (like most in the past) will likely cause broken links and other errors.Please notify the Webmaster (webmaster@whipple.org) if you find errors.Thanks!

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I just received a note from a (likely) cousin who traces her ancestry to the seventh son of Captain John Whipple. In looking at my database, I realized that there are currently 11 entries for Whipples named John with title of Captain. Here they are:Captain John Whipple, b. abt 1617 in England, d. 16 Jan 1685 in Providence, RI; m. Sarah in 1638.Captain John Whipple, b. 21 Dec 1625 in Bocking,

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I've received several reports this week about a new "one-stop shop for Michigan historical records," called Seeking Michigan (http://www.seekingmichigan.org). Seeking Michigan is a partnership between the Library of Michigan and the Archives of Michigan. It includes digitized state records.I have already added a number of new Whipples, as well as more information about already known Whipples from

Weldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12515987258489084988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453121138111684618.post-43492512486514233452009-03-08T21:56:00.003-04:002009-03-08T22:03:01.862-04:00

Jeffrey Congdon sent this photo of the "No Vacancy" sign at (apparently) Whipples Rustic Lodge in Florida.First, just the sign:Then his original photo:Whipples are everywhere!!

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Robin Gilebarto submitted this photograph of pupils at the school on Lambtown Rd. in Ledyard, Connecticut, complete with names of just about everyone in the photo. (Submitted 1/27/1009.) Can you substitute a name for the question mark below? Miss Arliss Sutherland was the teacher.Of particular interest in a blog about Whipples is that most everyone in the photo is a related to Noah Whipple and

Weldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12515987258489084988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453121138111684618.post-55428160920861341042009-01-27T19:00:00.006-05:002009-01-27T19:27:37.871-05:00

Probably not .... But that is what you might wonder if you participate in one of the theatrical/musical/dramatic presentations by Abraham's 5th great-grandson, David Paige, in Marietta, Ohio (where the Commodore is buried). David, wearing authentic clothes ("with drum and armaments"), plays the part of the Revolutionary War naval leader in reasonably priced "kid friendly" performances.Learn more

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We just received a notice of a newly published book about Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901), the first Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota. By Anne Beiser Allen, the book is entitled And the Wilderness Shall Blossom: Henry Benjamin Whipple, Churchman, Educator, Advocate for the Indians, with a forward by James L. Jelinek, VIII Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota. (Click here to visit the

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In July 1999, I attended a "Whipple Weekend" (family reunion) at the John Whipple House in Ipswich, Massachusetts.Note: The Whipple Website includes a few photos I took at that event--it was lots of fun! Although I am a direct descendant of the Rhode Island Whipples, I was quite certain I had a connection to the Ipswich Whipples through a 3rd great grandmother. (That connection has since then

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Most Whipples living in the United States today can trace their ancestry to one of two English ancestors:Matthew Whipple of Bocking, England, through his two sons Matthew and John, who came to America in 1638 and settled in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.Another person named John Whipple who came to Dorchester (part of today's Boston), Massachusetts aboard the ship Lyon in 1632, at about

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Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series has sparked considerable interest in vampires. (The interest promises to heighten further as Twilight the Movie appears in theaters on the 21st of this month.)The History Channel recently aired a series on Vampires in America. The second episode of the series mentioned a Simon Whipple Aldrich, who was thought to have been a vampire:Simon's headstone in Union

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Today I moved the [www.]whipple.org web site (the main Whipple Website) to a different server. The space on the new server costs considerably less than it did on the former server. (The WhippleGenWeb--[www.]genweb.whipple.org--remains unchanged; it hasn't moved.)There was a slight glitch for about 30 minutes. Fortunately a Whipple cousin noticed it almost immediately and notified the webmaster. (

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This is a photo of a Whipple's Penstemon that appeared on the front of a packet of seeds I purchased last year, hoping to grow some of these wild flowers.Unfortunately, our attempts to grow them were unsuccessful. They are a native wildflower of the southwestern United States.Although I'm not certain of the origin of their name, they are probably named after Major General Amiel Weeks Whipple. In

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Seven years ago Diane Whipple, an athlete and LaCrosse player living in San Francisco, died when mauled by dogs owned by neighbors. On Monday (following a series of legal proceedings), the dogs' owner was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Read more at Yahoo! News and in Wikepedia.Diane was born 21 Jan 1968 in Princeton, NJ.  She died 26 Jan 2001 in San Francisco.

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I sometimes read email from Whipple relatives who might not realize the idiosyncrasies of how approximate dates appear in the WhippleGenWeb. I offer this post to (hopefully) clarify approximate dates that appear there."Abt"Abbreviation for about. When "Abt" precedes a date, it generally means that the event likely occurred within a year or two of that date.This is common when censuses give an

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Nearly four years ago, I (the Webmaster of the Whipple Website) posted this on my own blog:Since the Whipple Website came online in 1997, we have watched that site grow from a few pages to over 100,000 pages [currently over 125,000] , with individual pages (in the WhippleGenWeb) for over 95,000 [now 122,000+] Whipple relatives.What is to become of the Whipple Website if the webmaster dies or

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