Lipsdorf
I have been unsuccessful in locating information on the German surname Lipsdorf.
It has been recorded as Lip or Lipp – and interestingly enough this is an English surname with ancient origins. It derives from the pre-7th century word lippa meaning lip. Various surname dictionaries describe this name as being a medieval nickname, presumably either for somebody with prominent lips, or perhaps using it to describe a person who talks a lot!
Dorf is simply a German word meaning village. Thus Lips+dorf = Lips Village.
The research on the Lipsdorf family is just beginning. I will be concentrating my efforts on the following people and their families:
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Franz Herman Lipsdorf (1881-1947) and wife Wilhelmine Augusta Anna Roestel
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Anna Marta Lipsdorf (1906-1981) and husband Kurt Willy Geier
Curbow-Montoya Family 
bill newman
March 3, 2011 at 6:59 pm
My great grandmother’s maiden name was Anna Lipsdorf born in 1873. She married John Gasner.
Judy Curbow
March 3, 2011 at 7:41 pm
Wow….Lippsdorf is a very uncommon name. Was she born in Germany or in America?
bill
August 15, 2012 at 10:56 am
She was born in Chicago according to my grandmother.