Whipple, Galon
(1823-1895)



Birth: January 9, 1823, England
Death: August 17, 1895, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Parents:
Spouse: Juliette (sp?)
Known Children: Georgianna, Floyd M.
Family Photographers: son Floyd M.
Other Occupations While Photographer:
Other Occupations: farmer (1850), teamster (1860)
Individual Number: 490


Known Dates
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Alternate Address
- G. Whipple Studio owner Valparaiso, Porter County, IN E. Main Street, opp. Court House
G. Whipple's Blue Light Gallery
- G. Whipple Studio owner Valparaiso, Porter County, IN opposite Court House
1870 Unknown Photographer Crown Point, Lake County, IN
1880-1887 G. Whipple Studio owner Valparaiso, Porter County, IN
1888-1889 G. Whipple Studio owner Valparaiso, Porter County, IN 17 E. Main St.
Whipple Studio 17 Lincolnway
1890s Unknown Studio owner 738 Halsted Ave.


















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DeathYear: 1895
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OriginalNotes: ancestry.com
1850 Census, New Hampshire, Cheshire County
Galand Whipple, b. NY, age 25, farmer
Juliet, b. Vermont, age 21
Calvin, b. NY, age 20, laborer

ancestry.com
1860 Census, Momence, Kankakee Co., Ill
Galon Whipple, 36, b. NY, Teamster
Juliette, b. Vermont, age 30
Georgianna L., 7, b. NH
Floid M., 2, b. Ill.

ancestry.com
1870 Census, Lake Co., Center Twp., Crown Point
Galon Whipple, b. NY, age 45, photographer
Juliett, b. , age 40, milliner
Georgiana, age 17, b. New Hampsher
servant

1880 Census, Valparaiso, Porter Co.
Galon, 54, b. NY, photographer
Juliette, 50, b. Ver.
Georgia, age 27, school teacher, b. New Hamp
Floyd M., age 22, b. IL, piano tuner
Lida Swearhart, 22, b. MI, adopted daughter, dressmaker  Cook County death certificate lists him as a photographer working in Chicago - buried in Valparaiso
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CATNUM: 490
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OriginalSource: ancestry.com
1870 Census, Lake Co., Center Twp., Crown Point
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Juliett, b. , age 40, milliner
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Floyd M., age 22, b. IL, piano tuner
Lida Swearhart, 22, b. MI, adopted daughter, dressmaker

Shook, "Photographers of Porter County"
Established a photography studio in Valparaiso in March 1880. Moved to Illinois by 1890 and opened a studio at 738 Halsted Avenue. Photographs imprinted with "Blue Light Gallery" or "G. Whipple."

1880-81 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1028

1882-83 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1088

1884-85 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1064 (Galen Whipple)

1887-88 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1332
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NameLast: Whipple
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State: IN
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