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Note: 1. 1880 Census" Market woman Living at 211 Washington St., Baltimore City
Hipps, Charlotte 70 market woman b. Germany parents born Germany
2. Will of Charlotte Hipps, dated 2 Nov 1881, proved 22 Nov 1881
Last will and Testament of Charlotte Hipps of the City of Baltimore and State of Maryland
I Charlotte Hipps of the State of Maryland and the City aforesaid do hereby make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in form and manner as follows --
First, I direct my Executor hereafter named to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses.
Second, I give divise and bequeath unto my son George Hipps a certain promissory note for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars payable on demand executed by him in my favor in consideration for a Stall in the Fells Point Market, it being my desire that he shall have the same free of any claim or demand therefore.
Third, I give devise and bequeath unto my son George Hipps and my daughter Margaret the house and lot situated in the City of Baltimore on the West Side of Washington Street, 65 feet Northerly from Alice Anna Street, and fully described in an assignment (deed?) from William N. Harrison and others on the ??February 1868 and Recorded in Liber G.R. No. 365 folio 541 & c of the Land Records of the City of Baltimore, the said Son George to have for his interest in said household estate a share of two thirds (2/3) and my said daughter's share therein to be one third (1/3) my daughter's said share of one third (1/3) to be for her sole and separate use, freee and absolutely without the interference or control of any person whatever and especially of any husband she has or may at any time hereafter have.
And fourth, I give devise and bequeath unto my Son George aforesaid all other property merchandise effects and chattels of whatever the same may consist or where ever the same may be situated of which I may be possessed or in which I may have any interest at the time of my death.
I appoint my son George Hipps to be the Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
And lastly I hereby revoke, annul and cancel any and all former Wills or Testamentary instruments I may have made prepared or executed and decleare this to be my true and valid last will and Testament.
Witness my hand and seal this Second day of November eighteen hundred and eighty one.
Charlotte (X her mark) Hipps (Seal)
Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the above named testator Charlotte Hipps as her last Will and Testament, in our presence, who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto signed our names as witnesses, thereto.
Lewis N. Hirshberg
Henry Bouhers
James H. Burris
Baltimore City, S.S.
On the 16th day ofNovember, came Lewis N. Hirshberg and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almightly God, that he doth not know of any Will or Codicil of Charlotte Hipps late of said City deceased, other than the above Testament of Writing and that he received the same from the Testator at the time it was executed and that he has retained it in his possession to the present time
Charlotte Hipps late of Baltimore City, deceased, and also the evidence adddressed as to its validity, Orders and Decrees, this 22 day of November 1881, that the same be admitted in this Court as the true and genuine last Will and Testament of the said Charlotte Hipps, deceased
Nelson Poe
Geo. W. Bindsay
John K. Carroll
My notes:
Copy of will indicates Charlotte Hipps signed her will with "her mark", suggesting that she could not read or write.
Witnesses of wills frequently can provide clues to other family mambers. However, inthis case, the witness Lewis N. Hirshberg is listed as a "lawyer" in the 1880 Maryland Census. Presumably, therefore, he was ackting as Charlotte Hipps' lawyer and is no relation. No Henry Bouhers was found in the 1880 Maryland Census. However, perhaps the name actually is "Bucher". A Jacob Boucher was the undertaker in the death of Charlotte's granddaughter Charlotte Hipps in 1878. A James H. Burris is listed in the 1880 Maryland Census but the information does not suggest any relationship.
3. Death Certificate:
Age at time of death: 72 yrs 11 months 8 days
Birthplace: Germany
Duration in City of Baltimore: 35 yrs (Therefore, came to Baltimore about 1846 at about age 38. From Germany?)
Place of death: 211 S. Washington St.
Cemetery records indicate she died of typhoid fever.
4. A Laura Hipps is listed in the 1864 Baltimore Directory as running a grocery at Bethel near Pratt Street.
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