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Edward Grant RIPLEY

Male 1873 - 1972  (99 years)


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  • Name Edward Grant RIPLEY 
    Birth 9 Sep 1873  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1972-MN-028107 
    Occupation machinist 
    Death 23 Oct 1972  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Walker Methodist Home
    Burial 25 Oct 1972  Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Sec 36, Lot 317, Grave 1
    Notes 
    • In the 1895 state census, he is living with his brother William and William’s wife in Minneapolis.

      In the 1900 census, Edward and his wife were living in northeast Minneapolis, near his brothers and his sister and her husband. Edward was a machinist.

      In the 1905 Minnesota census, he and his wife Alice, 27, and their son Donald, age 3, live in Minneapolis. He’s a machinist.

      In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he was a foreman living at 1100 24th Avenue N.E.

      He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Minneapolis. He was a machinist foreman and lived at 338 East 17th Street in Minneapolis. He gave his nearest relative as Mrs. Alice Marie Ripley (presumably his wife) of that same address. He was described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and brown hair.

      In the 1930 census, he was a foreman for the steam railroad. He and his wife Genevieve, and her son Lester Ordway, lived in Minneapolis.

      According to his death certificate, he was the widower of Genevieve M. He worked for the Soo Railroad. He died from cardiac arrest. The informant for his death certificate was Richard Heiber, 4817 Drew Avenue S. (That Richard C Heiber was born 15 Nov 1921 and died 18 Sep 2011.)

      Heiber, Richard C. Age 89 of Mpls. Preceded by daughter, Susan Swanson. Survived by wife of 65 years, Eileen Myrta (nee Belland); daughters, Cheryl Glowdowski, Linda Olson; grandchildren, Michael, Jennifer, Vanessa, Christopher, Andrew, Evie, Linnea; 2 great- grandchildren. Private interment Lakewood Cemetery. Memorial service 2 PM Friday, September 23, with gathering 1 hour prior at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, 4901 Chowen Ave S., Mpls. Washburn-McReavy Edina Chapel 952-920-
    Person ID I4085  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 2 May 2013 

    Father Moses Harrison RIPLEY,   b. 29 Aug 1840, Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1892, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Ophelia LIGHTBOURN,   b. 27 May 1840, Turks and Caicos Islands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1893, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1859  Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 May MARTINSON,   b. Oct 1877, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1897  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • at the home of Henry and Lila Fortier, 346 E 17th Street
    Children 
     1. Donald Leroy RIPLEY,   b. 24 Jul 1901, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1992, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F3269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2021 

    Family 2 Genevieve May,   b. 5 Sep 1878, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1956, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 16 May 1925  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He is indexed in MOMS as Rupley.
    Family ID F12151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2011