Ralph James Pipp (1916 - 1997)

Born 8 Sep 1916 in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Oct 1997 at age 81 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Biography

The son of Rudolph Pipp and Anna (Schwab) Pipp, Ralph Pipp was born in Highland Park, Michigan^{[citation needed]} in 1916, residing with his family in Detroit, Michigan.^[1][2]

Ralph registered for the World War II draft when he was 24, registering in Detroit, Michigan on October 16, 1940.^[3] He was described as being 5'10" tall and weighing 160 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. He stated that he lived with his family at 15408 Greenlawn in Detroit and that he worked for Ford Motor Company, working at the Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Ralph enlisted in the United States Army, enlisting on June 24, 1941.^[4]

After the war, he returned home to Michigan, marrying Beth Marie Coulston (1921-2000), the daughter of Arthur Ellis Coulston and Mary Jane Dick, in Detroit on February 1, 1946.^{[citation needed]} They made their home in Dearborn, Mcihigan, where Ralph worked as an electrician at an automobile manufacturing plant.^[5] He later lived in Dearborn, Michigan and in Farmington Hills, Michigan.^[6]

Ralph Pipp passed away at the age of 81.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7S3-3DL : accessed 8 July 2022), Ralph J Pipp in household of Rudolf J Pipp, Detroit (Districts 0501-0750), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 541, sheet 39A, line 3, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1054; FHL microfilm 2,340,789.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH9T-1V6 : 10 January 2021), Ralph Pipp in household of Rudolph Pipp, Detroit Ward 16, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-1031, sheet 8B, line 76, family 169, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1871.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2238 #267481848 with attached Image
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PD-QZ2 : 5 December 2014), Ralph J Pipp, enlisted 24 Jul 1941, Detroit, Michigan, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSF-W2YC : Wed Oct 04 03:58:16 UTC 2023), Ralph J Pipp in Entry for Beth M Pipp and Susan M Pipp, 25 April 1950.
6. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KYMX-NQR : 28 June 2021), Ralph James Pipp, 2001.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKC2-76D : 9 January 2021), Ralph J Pipp, 17 Oct 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQW-LWLP : 10 February 2023), Ralph James Pipp.