Rippington Road, BC, Canada

Life History

8th Apr 1883	Born in Knightsbridge, Middlesex, London
between 1891 and 1901	Resident in Fulham, Middlesex, London
1901	Occupation Apprentice Brass Finisher
1911	Fact 1 in Lodging with Alfred Adams & Family
1911	Occupation Foundry Labourer
1911	Resided in 1831 Alberta Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
25th Jan 1913	Married Jennie Rebecca HERBERT in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Groom Name:     Sidney Thomas Rippington Place:          Vancouver Reg. Number:    1913-09-073212 Bride Name:     Jennie Rebecca Herbert Date:           1913 1 25 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event:          Marriage Microfilm #:    B11377 (GSU # 1983705) Marriage Date: 25 Jan 1913 Marriage Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Groom's Name: Sidney Thomas Rippington Groom's Age: 31 Groom's Birth Date: 1882 Groom's Birthplace: Knightsbridge London, England Groom's Marital Status: Bachelor Groom's Father's Name: Thomas John Rippington Groom's Mother's Name: Annie Adamson Bride's Name: Jennie Rebecca Herbert Bride's Age: 22 Bride's Birth Date: 1891 Bride's Birthplace: Banbury, England Bride's Marital Status: Spinster Bride's Father's Name: Albert Edward Herbert Bride's Mother's Name: Emily Richards Film Number: 1983705 Digital Folder Number: 4400860 Image Number: 1913 BC Archives Film Number: B11377 Registration Number: 1923 Banns or License: Banns Collection: British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932
13th Nov 1913	Birth of son Frank RIPPINGTON in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1916	Occupation Plummer & Steam Fitter
1916	Resident in 1131 57 Ave E, South Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
26th Mar 1916	Military in Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force - Military Service Number 2005753.1
1st Jun 1921	Death of son Frank RIPPINGTON in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
26th Jun 1929	Birth of son Thomas Edward RIPPINGTON in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
23rd Jul 1954	Death of son Thomas Edward RIPPINGTON in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2nd Jan 1974	Died in Haney, British Columbia, Canada

Other facts

	Physical description Height "5" feet "8" inches; Weight "" pounds "" ounces; Description "Complexion: Brown"; Medical ""; Hair color "Brown"; Eye Color "Grey"
	Religion Church of England
	Fact 2 in Rippington Road, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada.2

Notes

• Name: Sidney Thomas Rippington
  Year of Registration: 1883
  Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
  District: St George Hanover Square
  County: London, Middlesex
  Volume: 1a
  Page: 492
• March 28, 1916 joined Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force
  (CEF - WWI) ... the Germans nicknamed them "Storm Troopers"
• Death Registration
  Name:   Sidney Thomas Rippington
  Date:   1974 1 2 (Yr/Mo/Day)
  Age:    90
  Gender: male
  Place:  Haney
  Reg. Number:                    1974-09-001428
  B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13330
  GSU Microfilm Number:           2050285
• 1911 Census of Canada:
  Vancouver       Vancouver City
  Rippington Sydney       M       Lodger  Single          Apr 1883        28
• Details from Pitt Meadows Museum & Archives:
  Sidney Thomas Rippington was a "soldier-settler" who came to Pitt Meadows sometime around 1922 (starts to appear in property tax records).  Land grants were issued to ex military in the 1850's/60's to help settle the area but your S.T. Rippington was not part of this settlement pattern as he was not born until the 1880's.  I think he must have settled as a veteran of the 1st World War (but I am not sure).  We have limited property tax records at the Museum. Our records begin in 1922 and he is shown paying taxes on 40 acres of land for $1900.00.  It does not say where the 40 acres were but they would have been in Ward 4 (wards have been obsolete here for at least 40 years) which is likely in the area of the road that bears his name.  This area is on the north west side of Pitt Meadows.  Mr. Rippington appears on voting lists for Ward 4 in all the years we have lists for starting in 1938.  We have homeowner directories for the area going back to 1890.  However, we do not find Mr. Rippington's name in them until 1931.  I don't know what this means unless he owned land from earlier on but did not live on it until 1931.    However, the Canadian Census of 1911 does list a Sydney Thomas Rippington as a resident of Vancouver City at that time.  His age in the census is 28 which is the approximate age your S.T. Rippington would have been at the time. Sidney Thomas Rippington died January 2, 1974 at age 90.  His place of death is a small community in the interior of the Province.
  Below are the references to Mr. Rippington as found in the Historical Story of Pitt Meadows book (1967):
  Travelling east on the Dewdney Trunk Road exits on the north side of it are Reichenback Road, named for a soldier-settler and Rippington Road, also for a soldier-settler.
  Sydney T. Rippington's name will always be associated with Pitt Meadows. He was a soldier-settler living on the east side of Rippington with the Alouette River bordering the northern part of his property.  He served for many years as a councillor and also as president of the Farmer's Institute.  It was he who chaired the gathering at Pitt Meadows Hall, May 24, 1937, when Reeve Park planted the Royal Oak seedling which now has nearly 30 years of growth.  In later years he has been a devoted worker for the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 88 of which he was one of the founders.
  Ben Crow and S. T. Rippington joined with Reeve Sutton and W.J. Park in a successful visit to the Commissioner of Dykes re the payment of 1948 dyking tax.  The commissioner now realized that his report on the ability of Pitt Meadows farmers to pay was a mistake.
  S. T. Rippington, now in his eighties, was one of the early presidents of the Farmers' Institute, which he served in many ways -- a councillor for many terms; a founder of Branch 88 Royal Canadian Legion, and had the road on which he lived named after him.  In truth a very worthy citizen.
  Image provided by the Pitt Meadows Museum and Archives.

Sources

• 1. Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force
  • 2004-03-30
  • (secondary evidence)
• 2. Alison Jeffery (nee Castell)
  • 2011
• 3. 1911 Canada Census
  • (secondary evidence)
• 4. 1901 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 5. 1891 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 6. Pitt Meadows Museum and Archives
  • (secondary evidence)