Photos
Hannah Elizabeth Ripley (1851-1910)
A copy of the photo on the left was given to me by my cousin Sharon Carter Tibbs in 2012. Sharon said it belonged to our grandmother Alice Malinda Ripley. On the back it says "Our Dear Mother dearly loved by us all". Sharon confirmed this was our grandmother's writing. Alice's mother, Hannah Elizabeth Ripley, was born in 1851 and died in 1910 making her 59 years old at the time of her death. If this is Hannah, the photo must have been taken near the end of her life. By today's standards, this woman looks older than 59 but I do see a resemblance to my grandmother and to Emma in the Langille Portrait. Robert Salter Ripley (1847-1928) The photo below was sent to me by my cousin Tannis in 2014. Her mother, Geraldeane Mallory, granddaughter of Robert Salter Ripley identified the people in the photo as Robert Salter Ripley and possibly his second wife Edith Hyatt. Geraldeane thought the photo was taken at the home of relatives who lived on Church Street in Moncton. Geraldeane also said that Robert Salter Ripley raised trotting horses in Amherst. |
The R. S. Ripley 1917 LaFrance Pumper
The photo below was sent to me by Roberta Ripley in August 2014. It's a photo of a photo hanging in the New Waterford Fire Station. Roberta's source in New Waterford said the truck, or at least the frame, is currently outside the Firefighter's Museum at Yarmouth waiting to be refurbished for display. In August 2014, David Darby, the Curator/Director of the museum confirmed that they do have a 1917 American LaFrance Pumper Registered No. 1312 at the museum in storage in very poor condition. It was purchased by Nova Scotia Museum from W. A. C. Johns and later transferred to Yarmouth in July of 1976. It has lettering on the hood "New Waterford Fire Department" and "Veterans No.7" on the back cover. Robert T. Ripley told me that for the 50th anniversary of New Waterford (likely 1966) he, his father Robert D. Ripley, and grandfather James Trueman Ripley (Robert Salter Ripley's son) were asked to ride on the fire truck in the anniversary parade. In September 2014 Keith Watts, son of former New Waterford Fire Chief Earl Watts, told me that the R. S. Ripley was brought by rail to New Waterford because it couldn't be driven there in 1916. The truck originally had a twin in Halifax that was destroyed in an explosion there.
The photo below was sent to me by Roberta Ripley in August 2014. It's a photo of a photo hanging in the New Waterford Fire Station. Roberta's source in New Waterford said the truck, or at least the frame, is currently outside the Firefighter's Museum at Yarmouth waiting to be refurbished for display. In August 2014, David Darby, the Curator/Director of the museum confirmed that they do have a 1917 American LaFrance Pumper Registered No. 1312 at the museum in storage in very poor condition. It was purchased by Nova Scotia Museum from W. A. C. Johns and later transferred to Yarmouth in July of 1976. It has lettering on the hood "New Waterford Fire Department" and "Veterans No.7" on the back cover. Robert T. Ripley told me that for the 50th anniversary of New Waterford (likely 1966) he, his father Robert D. Ripley, and grandfather James Trueman Ripley (Robert Salter Ripley's son) were asked to ride on the fire truck in the anniversary parade. In September 2014 Keith Watts, son of former New Waterford Fire Chief Earl Watts, told me that the R. S. Ripley was brought by rail to New Waterford because it couldn't be driven there in 1916. The truck originally had a twin in Halifax that was destroyed in an explosion there.