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| Ripley, Albert | Ref 554-477 |
Born in Bradford [29th February 1852].
On 25th October 1876, he married Mary Alice Emsley.
Child: Albert [b Apr 1878]
Albert (snr) died 9th January 1878
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| Ripley, Alfred | Ref 554-765 |
Against his mother's wishes, he joined the Navy.
He was on the HMS Royal Oak, but transferred to HMS Captain on 4th September 1870.
He was on board HMS Captain, one of the Navy's most expensive ships, when it went down in a squall off Cape Finisterre about 2:00 am on 7th September 1870. Only 27 of the 500 officers and crew were saved.
There was a memorial in Lightcliffe Old Church which was moved to hang on the south wall of the nave in St Mary's Church, Bedstone, Shropshire
| Ripley, Allen | Ref 554-768 |
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [26th January 1845]
| Ripley, Dan | Ref 554-114 |
On 14th January 1851, he married Alice Grandage in Bradford.
Children:
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| Ripley, Edward | Ref 554-720 |
The family moved from Halifax to Bradford.
Edward was a partner in Edward Ripley & Son, Bradford dyers.
He married Anne Murgatroyd.
Anne or Hannah was the daughter of a cotton merchant
Child: Henry William
In 1841, he and his son bought Holme House, Lightcliffe
| Ripley, Edward | Ref 554-478 |
Born in Bradford [26th November 1857].
He had 2 children (born in the UK) by Alice Porter:
Around 1888, he married Annie Arveson in the USA.
Children:
Edward died in Winnipeg [25th February 1931]
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| Ripley, Fred | Ref 554-517 |
In [Q1] 1915, he married Hilda Rastrick [1892-19??] in Halifax.
Hilda was born in Hipperholme
Child: Ernest [b Brighouse 1917]
The family lived at 55 Oddfellows' Buildings, Bailiff Bridge [1921].
During World War I, he was with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, then he served as a Private with the 173rd Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He died of wounds [23rd July 1917] (aged 26).
There was heavy gas shelling in the Armentières, with many wounded
He was buried at Estaires Communal Cemetery & Extension, France [Grave Ref IV H 9].
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial, on the Memorial at Brighouse Parish Church, on Rastrick War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland
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| Ripley, George | Ref 554-736 |
He went into business with his cousin William Walton at Bowling Dye Works, Bradford.
George took over the business in December 1807 and established Ripley's Dyeworks.
In 1820, he established George Ripley & Son with a work-force of 20 men and boys.
He married Unknown.
His wife helped with the business, collecting goods for dyeing.
Child: Edward
George died in 1834; after his death, the dyeing business was taken over by his son, becoming Edward Ripley & Son
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| Ripley, George | Ref 554-769 |
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [3rd November 1822].
He was a coal miner.
On 10th November 1944, he married Mercy Sinclair at Elland Parish Church.
The couple emigrated to the USA, and are recorded in Ohio [1850].
More details can be found in the From Liverpool to New York article on the People of interest in Lightcliffe Churchyard website
| Ripley, George | Ref 554-892 |
He was a valve fitter's labourer [1901].
He married Sarah E [1864-1???].
Sarah E was born in Heckmondwike
Children:
They lived at 46 Bonegate Road Brighouse [1901].
Living with them [in 1901] was Sarah's widowed mother Harriet Scott [b Liversedge 1834]
| Ripley, Sir Henry William | Ref 554-328 |
Born in Bradford [23rd April 1813].
He was a dyer [1841, 1851] / a partner in Edward Ripley & Son, Bradford dyers / a magistrate [1861] / president of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce.
In 1841, he and his father bought Holme House, Lightcliffe.
In August 1864, Lord Palmerston stayed with Ripley at Holme House.
The family supported both St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe – where Henry William gave the clock to the new Church [1875] – and Hipperholme Wesleyan Methodist Chapel – where he laid the foundation stone [1870].
He was active in the political and social life of Bradford. He built a convalescent hospital at Rawdon. Between 1866 and 1881, he built a model village, Ripleyville.
He was MP for Bradford [1868-1869, 1874-1880]. In 1880, he was created First Baronet Ripley of Rawdon.
On 28th December 1882, 46 people were killed when the chimney at his West Bowling Mill blew down.
He married Susan Milligan [1815-1886].
Susan was born in Crowhill and had been adopted by her uncle
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was Rev Edward G. Cecil.
In 1874, he moved to Rawdon and sold off his property at Lightcliffe and elsewhere.
In 1879, the family moved to Bedstone, Shropshire. Around 1883, he built the family seat, Bedstone Court.
He died there in 9th November 1882.
Susan died Q4 1886 (aged 71).
See Punch Bowl, Bailiff Bridge, Ripley Street and West Yorkshire Railway Company
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| Ripley, Hugh | Ref 554-110 |
Son of Sir Henry William Ripley.
Born at Holme House, Lightcliffe
He was educated at Cheltenham for the Army / Lieutenant in the 2nd West Yorkshire Yeoman Cavalry / Justice of the Peace for the West Riding / director of the BDA / director of the North-Eastern Steel Company.
In [Q4] 1881, he married Alice Louise Pease in Beverley.
Alice Louise was the daughter of J. R. Pease JP, of Westwood, Beverley
They lived at Hob Green, Markington, Yorkshire [early 1900s].
| Ripley, John Arthur | Ref 554-480 |
Born at Calverley Bridge [8th April 1866].
On 12th November 1887, he married Gertrude Crooks at Sheffield Registry Office.
Children:
John Arthur died 29th July 1949
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| Ripley, Joseph | Ref 554-770 |
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [18th February 1844]
| Ripley, Samuel | Ref 554-2 |
He was a wire drawer [1891, 1901] / a steel wire drawer [1911] / a wire drawer with R. Hill & Company [1921].
In [Q1] 1886, he (possibly) married (1) Ada Elsworth [1866-1925] in Dewsbury.
Ada was born in Cleckheaton
Child: Harold [b Halifax 1893] who was an apprentice steel wire drawer [1911]
Ada died in Middlesbrough [Q1 1925] (aged 59).
In [Q2] 1926, Sam married (2) Isabella Shutt [1865-19??] in Darlington.
Isabella was born 13th June 1865
They lived at
Living with them [in 1911] was niece Elly Warner [b Cleckheaton 1904].
In 1921, Sam was living with a boarder Mrs Alice Robinson [b Great Yarmouth 1874]. Ada was not recorded
| Ripley, William | Ref 554-479 |
Born in Bradford [9th May 1859].
On 2nd March 1883, he married (1) Eleanor Emily Deacon at Trinity Church, Gray's Inn Road, Middlesex.
They divorced in the early 1890s.
He married (2) Mary Dracon.
Children:
William died 10th September 1925
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| Ripley surname | Ref 554-1 |
Entries for people with the surname Ripley are discussed in this SideTrack.
Unattached BMDs for RipleyBaptism 1856
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