This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whipple Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/278.281.283.1 Message Board Post: I recently discovered my Whipple ancestors. Your Randolph Whipple's brother Nelson married Catherine Snider who had a son Randolph married Carrie Willcock who had a son Nelson: my father. I have one daughter. Seems this family liked to name offspring after family members.