John Alfred Piper (1937 - 2003)

Born 3 Oct 1937 in Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Sep 2003 at age 65 in Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1937 in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, as the son of Emmet R. Piper and Mary A. Kincell.^{[1] [2]}. He has a twin brother, Thomas Wright. ^[3]

He was enumerated in the household of his father, Emmet R. Piper, in the US Federal Census on 15 April 1940 in Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The census shows him as being 2 years old.^[4]

He enlisted in the US Air Force on 10 January 1955 and was discharged on 30 January 1959.^[5]

On 15 November 1969, he married Carole Ann Hitchner in Edgewater Park, Burlington County, New Jersey.^[6]

John and Carole had one child, Kelley Virginia, who was born on 2 January 1972 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.^[7]

He lived from 1975 until his death in 2003 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey and worked first at the A&P and then at Acme Markets.^[8]

He died on 23 September 2003 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey. He was interred on 29 September 2003 at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, Burlington County, New Jersey.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ United States Department of Commerce, Notification of Birth Registration, number 585 (3 October 1937), John Alfred Piper, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. Copy in possession of Kelley Piper, Odenton, Maryland
2. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Health, Certificate of Birth, number 133738-1937 (3 October 1937), John Alfred Piper, Department of Health, Bureau of Health Statistics & Registries, New Castle, Pennsylvania. Copy in possession of Kelley Piper Odenton, Maryland
3. ↑ "Twins Born to Pipers", The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 4 October 1937; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35465676/: 6 August, 2021), citing original p. 6.
4. ↑ 1940 U.S. census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Dunbar, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 26-28, sheet 13B, family 256, line 78, John Piper; digital image, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com: accessed 6 August 2021; citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll m-t0627-03503.
5. ↑ U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com (ancestry.com: accessed 6 August 2021). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
6. ↑ "Brides in Social Spotlight", Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey, 17 November 1969; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34666577/: 6 August, 2021), citing original p. 24.
7. ↑ Knowledge of the researcher, Kelley Piper
8. ↑ Knowledge of the researcher, Kelley Piper
9. ↑ National Cemetery Administration. U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 [database on-line], Ancestry.com (ancestry.com: accessed 6 August 2021). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.