Ollie Pauline Frihe ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Ollie was Ollie Pauline Fisher.

  General Notes:

Several documents give her surname as Frihe but the obituary gives her surname as Fisher.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Cuivre, MO on 4 May 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 1, Dwelling 131, Family 131
Cuivre, Audrain County, Missouri
Married 4 years
Home rented
Ollie Gilpin..Wife..20..KY..0/0

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Springfield, IL on January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 171, Dwelling 242, Family 207, Roll 407
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
2309 South Ninth Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Olla Gilpin..Wife..30..KY

(Living with husband and 1 son.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Springfield, IL on 11 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 49, Family 179, Roll 559
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
2309 South Ninth Street; Home owned, $5000
Ollie P. Gilpin..Wife..40..KY

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Springfield, IL on 10 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 84-35, Family 132, Roll 885
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
2309 South 9th Street; house owned $3000
residence in 1935: Same House
Ollie Gilpin..49..IL..Divorced..8th grade
David Neal Gilpin..20..KY..10th grade..Electric Welder, Mfg. Co..earned $1500 in 1939
Betty P. Gilpin..6..KY

(Ollie and David were divorced. She was living with 2 children.)

NOTE - Living in the "rear" housing unit at 2309 was the married daughter, Marjorie Gilpin, and her husband Gilbert Peck. They paid rent of $15 per month. Both had completed 12th grade. He was a lathe worker at a mfg. company and earned $1500 in 1939.

The birth locations of David and Betty were listed as Kentucky whereas the birth location of Ollie was Illinois; this was probably an enumerator error and should be the reverse. The birth location of Marjorie Peck was correctly shown as Illinois. All of the Gilpin children were born in Illinois.

If Ollie's birth date was 19 Sep 1889, then her age should have been 50 instead of 49.
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• She was buried after 25 March 1986 in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, IL.

Plot: Block 42B
Find A Grave Memorial #49713335
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• Her obituary was published in the State Journal-Register on 27 March 1986 in Springfield, IL.

Mrs. Ollie P. Gilpin, 96, died at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Bartonstone Christian Home in Jacksonville.

She was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Stephen and Susan Fisher. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Surviving are one daughter Marjorie Peck of Springfield; one son, retired Col. David Gilpin of Daytona Beach, Fla.; several grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and one half-brother, Carl Fisher of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Services at Bisch Memorial Home, the Rev. John Caughron and Dr. Donald Clingan officiating. Burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

(Source: State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL, 27 Mar 1986)
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Ollie married David Woods Gilpin, son of George Green Gilpin and Dorinda Cynthia Eades, about 1912.^{1 2 3} (David Woods Gilpin was born in May 1887 in Kentucky ^{2 3 5} and died on 12 February 1977 in Christopher, IL.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Cuivre, MO on 4 May 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 1, Dwelling 131, Family 131
Cuivre, Audrain County, Missouri
Home rented
Married 4 years
David W. Gilpin..Head..23..KY..Farmer, General Farm
Ollie Gilpin..Wife..20..KY..0/0
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Springfield, IL on January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 171, Dwelling 242, Family 207, Roll 407
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
2309 South Ninth Street; Home owned, no mortgage
David Gilpin..Head..32..KY..Driver, Truck
Olla Gilpin..Wife..30..KY
Gerald Gilpin..Son..6..IL
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Springfield, IL on 11 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 49, Family 179, Roll 559
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
2309 South Ninth Street; Home owned, $5000
David W. Gilpin..Head..42..KY..Truck Driver, Factory
Ollie P. Gilpin..Wife..40..KY
Gerald T. Gilpin..Son..16..IL
David N. Gilpin..Son..9..IL
Marjorie L. Gilpin..Dau..9..IL
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