Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Robert Warren "Robin" Whipple, Lieutenant
1919 - 1943 (23 years)-
Name Robert Warren "Robin" Whipple Suffix Lieutenant Birth 2 Mar 1919 Liberty, Maricopa, Arizona Gender Male Death 11 Jan 1943 Osaka, Japan Burial Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California Person ID I115987 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 3 Jun 2019
Father William Mickle Whipple, b. 12 Mar 1854, Provo, Utah, Utah d. 31 Aug 1918, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 64 years) Mother Marcia Brainard Odam, b. 12 Jan 1875, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois d. 8 Aug 1956, Redwood City, San Mateo, California (Age 81 years) Marriage 1 Jul 1913 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona Family ID F1702 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - !SOURCE: Email from Anne Billeter (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 27 May 2019. Cites Find a Grave memorial 76360999 (identifies him as "Lieut."). Also writes:
sources: Arizona birth certificate, Ancestry.com, mother's obituary: "The youngest [son], Robin Whipple, a lieutenant in the air force, was captured at Corregidor when the Japanese invaded the Philippine Islands and survived the famous "death march" only to die in a Japanese prison camp in Osaka, Japan, January 11, 1943. He was a graduate of the College of San Mateo. Robin was awarded the bronze which was given to Mrs. Whipple." "...Robin Whipple way in Belmont was named [for him.] [Robin Whipple Way is still a street in Belmont]
!SOURCE: Records of the Edson Whipple Family Organization. Spells middle name Warren.
!SOURCE: Photocopy of Laura Whipple Ledger, pp. 21-23, emailed to the Whipple Website by Dorothy Mahler (email hidden), 28 Sep 2016. Born "at the ranch." Spells middle name Waren.
- !SOURCE: Email from Anne Billeter (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 27 May 2019. Cites Find a Grave memorial 76360999 (identifies him as "Lieut."). Also writes: