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Birth — 1889 25 February 1889 Lanoraie, Québec, Canada
Name: Oswald Lippee titles: Residence: Southbridge town (south of river but north of South St. & Main St.), Worcester, Massachusetts Birth Date: Feb 1889 birthPlace: Canada Fr relationship to head-of-household: Son spouse Name: spouse titles: spouse birth Place: father Name: Edmond Lippee father titles: father birthPlace: Canada Fr mother Name: mother titles: mother birthPlace: Canada Fr race or color (expanded): White head-of-household Name: Edmond Lippee Gender: Male Marital Status: Single years Married: estimated marriage year: mother how many children: number living children: Immigration Year: 1890 enumeration District: 1678 Sheet Number and Letter: 9B Household ID: 151 reference number: 84 gsu Film Number: 1240694 Image Number: 00254 Household Gender Age parent Edmond Lippee M Antime Lippee M Melodie Lippee F Clement Lippee M Eva Lippee F Oswald Lippee M Stephanie Lippee F
Some of of Edmond Lippe's children living on Lens Court in Southbridge, MA. Amanda, age 28, is listed as head of household. Living with her are Clement age 26, listed as son. This is an error. He's her brother. Eva, sister, age 23; Oswald, sister (really brother), age 21; Stephanie, sister, age 19.
Name: Oswald Lippe event: Draft Registration registration date year range: 1917-1918 Event Place: Southbridge City no 10, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Male Birth Date: 25 Feb 1889 birthPlace: Lanorai, Provence Of Quebec, Canada country of citizenship: United States nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards nara publication number: M1509 Film Number: 1684524 Digital Folder Number: 005216153 Image Number: 01291
'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZND-S29 : accessed 03 Dec 2012), Oswald Lippe, .
Some of Edmond's children living on Lens Court in Southbridge, MA. Melodie, age 37, head of household; Clement, brother, age 35; Eva, sister, age 33; Oswald, brother, age 32; Stephanie, sister, age 30; Romeo, nephew, age 12. All were born in Canada (year of immigration 1890) except Stephanie and Romeo who were born in MA.
Name: Oswald Lippi Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States District: ED 269 Gender: Male Age: 39 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Brother Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Brother Birth Year (Estimated): 1891 BirthPlace: Canada Immigration Year: 1892 Father's BirthPlace: Canada Mother's BirthPlace: Canada Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 10 Sheet Number and Letter: 10B Household ID: 207 Line Number: 84 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T626 Affiliate Film Number: 965 GS Film Number: 2340700 Digital Folder Number: 004950045 Image Number: 00958
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Malodie Lippi Head F 45 Canada Clement Lippi Brother M 43 Canada Eva Lippi Sister F 41 Canada Oswald Lippi Brother M 39 Canada Stephanie
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
Death
Name: Oswald Joseph Lippe Death Date: 1935 Death Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA Volume Number: 77 Page Number: 408 Index Volume Number: 91 Reference Number: F63.M363 v.91
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
SOUTHBRIDGE, June 25. Oswald LIppe, World War veteran died last night at the home of his Sister: , Mrs. Armand Gaumond, 711 Main street. He was one of the first Southbridge men to enlist and was shot near the heart, the bullet remain there since the wound was inflicted in 1918. His case had baffled expert Army doctors ever since.
Mr. Lippe was single. He was born in Canada, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Lippe, and came to Southbridge as small boy. He was one of the most devoted baseball fans in Southbridge and was a member of Southbridge Post, No. 31, A.L. He leaves three Sister: s, Mrs Fannie, wife of Armand Gaumond; Mrs. Eva, wife of Ovide Potein and Miss Melodie Lippe and two Brother: s, Clement and John Lippe, all of Southbridge...
Worcester Evening Gazette Worcester, Massachusetts June 25, 1935
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Old Notre Dame, St. Mary's, Sacred Heart Cemetery Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
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Birth — 1889
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