There is a Thomas Killip aged 27, Plumber, who arrived in the USA 25th June 1881 on board the Assyria. Also on that day an Eliza Killip aged 24 and a Hannah Killip age 9 months arrived on the same ship from England.
A Thomas Killip married Eliza Wilson in Liverpool 1878.
IGI has a Thomas Killip born in Liverpool to James Killip and Sarah Callister ? about the right time.
Len Faragher