I added a new page to the Robert Salter Ripley and Hannah Elizabeth Ripley section today. The "problem" is that Robert S. and Hannah E. are both Ripleys. I hesitate to call it a problem because I don't mind being a double Ripley and as far as I know, nobody ended up with 6 heads. We know how Hannah E. is related to the original Robert and Isabella Ripley but we don't know the parentage of Robert Salter Ripley's father Andrew C. Ripley. So we don't know whether Robert and Hannah were cousins. Apparently Ernest Coates had the same question because he wrote to Robert's grandson Robert Douglas Ripley and his wife Edith Seaman to find out. I found 3 letters written by Robert and Edith to Ernest Coates this summer while going through the Ernest Coates papers. I assumed that Robert and Edith had passed away but yesterday I discovered they had not and was delighted to speak with Edith and their son by phone. Today copies of the letters are on the way to them along with some photographs they may help me identify. Apparently Edith has written a family history which I hope to see one day as I am curious to see who she assigns as the father of Andrew C. Ripley. But my favourite part of the conversation was her talking about my grandmother Alice Malinda Ripley whom she remembers as "Ally".
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AuthorHi there! My name is Mallory Burton and I started researching the Ripley family in 2011. I'd describe myself as a careful amateur who's more interested in story than names and dates. I hope you enjoy my website and blog. I also have a public Mallory/Ripley tree on Ancestry with over 4,000 names. To contact me, please comment on any one of my blog posts. Archives
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