Thanks to "srob1" I've also seen pictures of her beautiful daughter Patricia along with Patricia's husband and their daughter. It's wonderful to know that instead of disappearing unremembered she was surrounded by a loving family and has living descendants who remember Dorothy's daughter Patti as a favourite aunt. I hope they're equally excited to learn about Dorothy's origins and family. There is a lot of misinformation on some Ancestry trees and you have to be careful. But every once in a while you connect with someone who has posted much more than names and dates and provides the missing piece of the puzzle that reunites a family.
The whereabouts of my grandmother's sister, Dorothy Anna Esther Ripley, has been a mystery for some time. In the family Bible of Robert Salter Ripley, she was entered only as Anna Esther, but somewhere along the way she acquired the name Dorothy. The last reference to her that I had found was in her father's obituary where she appeared as Mrs. Anna Visor (actually Visser) and they were living in Buffalo New York. I had pretty much given up on finding out what had happened to her but thanks to a recent "meeting of the trees" on Ancestry.com I've discovered that she did come back to Canada and was living in Toronto when she passed.
Thanks to "srob1" I've also seen pictures of her beautiful daughter Patricia along with Patricia's husband and their daughter. It's wonderful to know that instead of disappearing unremembered she was surrounded by a loving family and has living descendants who remember Dorothy's daughter Patti as a favourite aunt. I hope they're equally excited to learn about Dorothy's origins and family. There is a lot of misinformation on some Ancestry trees and you have to be careful. But every once in a while you connect with someone who has posted much more than names and dates and provides the missing piece of the puzzle that reunites a family.
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This week I was excited to make a connection with another Ripley descendant who has travelled to Yorkshire to conduct research. She kindly shared a number of photos of the Yorkshire countryside, St. Andrews church, and a Ripley grave. I hope I can persuade her to write a section for this website about her trip to Yorkshire. I'm actually surprised how many people have travelled to Yorkshire to do research on the Ripleys. I know Gord Ripley has been several times. The Ripleys from the River Philip that I recently connected with have also been to Yorkshire. By coincidence four of my dance students travelled to Yorkshire to pursue interests in bike touring and folk music so I've been able to see many wonderful photos of the countryside. I still have much research to do in Canada. However, I'm starting to become very interested in Yorkshire... |
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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