Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery (3rd generation)
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Marriage Details
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Robert Ripley
b. 5 Mar 1810 (TRS) d 3 Nov 1865 age 54 (NSHVS death record) Buried Michael Fortune Cemetery (SCCNSC, p. 67) |
Rebecca Vickery
b. 1 July 1818 (1901 census) d. 23 Apr 1903 aged 85 years Rebecca's obituary Amherst Daily News 24 Apr 1903 Buried Michael Fortune Cemetery (SCCNSC, p. 67) with husband Robert Ripley and sister Rachel Vickery |
To view estate papers of Robert Ripley, see Ripley Wills 3rd Generation on this website.
Rebecca's parents are likely Jonathan Vickery and Hannah Allen (see Rebecca's Obituary and #224 on online Vickery Family Tree. If this is true, Rebecca may be a descendant of Mayflower passenger Constance Hopkins. See Mayflower Connection on this website. |
William Coates Ripley
b. 6 Dec 1849 (Family Bible Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery, 1901 Census) d. 29 June 1917 Maccan (NSHVS death record) Buried Michael Fortune Cemetery with wife Cynthia. (SCCNSC, p. 67) |
To view estate papers of William Coates Ripley, see Ripley Wills 4th Generation on this website.
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Hannah Elizabeth Ripley
b. 2 Nov 1851 (Family Bible Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery, 1901 Census, birth year from gravestone) d. 22 Jun 1910 (Source: Family Bible of Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery) in Moncton (Source: Edith Seaman Ripley Family History) Buried Amherst Cemetery with her husband Robert Salter Ripley and their daughter Nellie Ripley Barclay |
Robert Salter Ripley
b. 23 Aug 1847 Fenwick d. 28 Dec 1928) New Waterford Cape Breton (NSHVS death certificate) Buried Amherst Cemetery Robert Salter Ripley married 2nd Edith Hyatt date unknown. |
See Robert Salter Ripley and Hannah Elizabeth Ripley page on this website;
According to Hannah's sister, Robert Salter and Hannah Elizabeth were cousins. However the parentage of Robert Salter's father Andrew C. Ripley is currently unknown. To view the estate papers of Robert Salter Ripley see Ripley Wills 4th Generation on this website. |
Phoebe Isabella Ripley
b. 24 Sep 1854(Family Bible Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery) d. 3 Oct 1907 (SCCNSC, p. 67) Buried Michael Fortune Cemetery |
Did not marry
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Was living with married sister Alice on 1901 census. To view estate papers of Phoebe Ripley, see Ripley Wills 4th Generation on this website.
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James Crosscomb Ripley
b. 24 Feb 1856 (Family Bible Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery) d. 25 May 1934 (Family Bible of Robert Vickery and Rebecca Vickery, SCCNSC, p. 67) Buried Michael Fortune Cemetery |
James died after a fall from a hay wagon filled with the slippery marsh grass they used as a protective layer over their good haystacks. Ada has two gravestones, the original and a newer replacement stone.
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Jonathan Vickery Ripley
b. 7 June 1858 (Family Bible Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery, NSHVS death certificate) d. 5 June 1950 Amherst (NSHVS death certificate) Buried Amherst Cemetery with wife Isabella B. Coates |
Jonathan was living in Seattle in 1930 Census, confirmed by sister Esther's obituary but later moved back to Amherst.
According to his death certificate Jonathan was a cabinet maker and lived at 6 Regent Street in Amherst. |
Mary Jane Ripley
b. 26 Apr 1860 (Family Bible Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery, various census and American border crossings) d. 1941 (Family Bible of Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery) likely in Waterton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Buried St. George's Anglican in Parrsboro with Nelson. |
m sometime between 1891 and 1901 census
Nelson Phinney |
Nelson Phinney
b. 27 Dec 1861 d. 8 Jul 1921 (NSHVS death certificate) Buried St. George's Anglican in Parrsboro. |
Living in Parrsboro in 1903 according to mother Rebecca's obituary.
Living in Waterton, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 1930, 1940 Census at 137 Irving Street. |
Esther Lev Ripley
b. 14 Jul 1862 (Family Bible Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery, Obituary Amherst Daily News, Mon Dec 31, 1928, p. 4) d. 29 Dec 1928 (NSHVS death certificate; Obituary Amherst Daily News, Mon Dec 31, 1928, p. 4) Buried Michael Fortune Cemetery |
Did not marry
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Living with married sister Alice and her husband Howard Andrew Ripley at time of her death; Alice signed death certificate.
Esther was a seamstress and enjoying doing needlework. Many of her pieces were still hanging on the walls of "The Old Place" when Hedley James Ripley was living there. |
Alice Rebecca Ripley
b. 30 Mar 1865 (Family Bible Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery, 1891, 1901, 1911 Census) d. 31 Oct 1930 (Family Bible of Robert Ripley and Rebecca Vickery, SCCNSC, p. 67) Buried Michael Fortune Cemetery |
Howard Andrew Ripley
b. 19 Dec 1969 NSHVS birth record) d. 12 Aug 1957 (NSHVS death certificate; SCCNSC, p. 67) Buried Michael Fortune Cemetery |
Howard and Alice were related several ways. Howard's mother was Sarah Ripley, daughter of Andrew C. Ripley and Howard's father was Rufus Ripley whose father was Thomas Ripley, brother of Alice's father Robert Ripley.
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Sources:
LAC Library and Archives Canada Census Records Online. The 1871 census online is relatively new.
NSHVS Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics. Birth, Marriage and Death records viewable online and can be purchased.PMMR Parrsboro-Maccan Marriage Records 1832-1894 transcribed. There are numerous viewable and downloadable copies online.
SCCNSC Some Cumberland County Nova Scotia Cemeteries by Susan Hill. Book available for purchase online. Extremely valuable resource for locating family graves.
TRS Township Records of Southampton viewable online.
LAC Library and Archives Canada Census Records Online. The 1871 census online is relatively new.
NSHVS Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics. Birth, Marriage and Death records viewable online and can be purchased.PMMR Parrsboro-Maccan Marriage Records 1832-1894 transcribed. There are numerous viewable and downloadable copies online.
SCCNSC Some Cumberland County Nova Scotia Cemeteries by Susan Hill. Book available for purchase online. Extremely valuable resource for locating family graves.
TRS Township Records of Southampton viewable online.