I just received word that Blaine Whipple, perhaps the most prolific author of genealogical books on the Whipple Family, passed away on January 3, 2015. I will miss him! (Blaine’s wife Ines Mae [Peterson] Whipple passed away last year, on June 5, 2014.)
You can read Blaine’s obituary (published by The Oregonian) online. Ines’ obituary is also available online.
Blaine contributed numerous pages to the Whipple Website:
- Overview of the Whipple Research Project (submitted June 15, 1997, five months after Whipple.org went online)
- Who Was John’s Wife?
- America’s Railroads and Skyscrapers Indebted to Civil Engineer Squire Whipple
- Experiments in Artificial Anemia Earn George Hoyt Whipple the 1934 Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Clara Barton, American Humanitarian
- The Whipple Flag
He also sent photos of two reunions:
Some of Blaine’s books on the Ipswich (Massachusetts) Whipples are featured in Whipple Books. That site says to purchase his titles from BlaineWhipple.com, which seems to have gone dark? Some are available at Amazon.com. As I confirm places to purchase his books, I will update this site.
There are undoubtedly more pages by Blaine in the Whipple One-Name Study site.
Blaine is in the Whipple Database.
Rest in Peace, Blaine Whipple!