RIPPER

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Ripper Family Stories

Line of descent

The Ripper or Repper family of Cornwall has a history that goes back over 500 years and 20 generations. Over 16,000 family members have been identified.

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The line of descent to Ken or Teresa can be seen further down this page.

The family structure and tree can be accessed from the notes icon shown to the right and by the links on the Families page on this website.

Below are stories about people and places taken from the family history. For stories awaiting publication see the table on the Home page.

History of the Ripper Surname Our Ripper family are Cornish. We have traced our family roots back to 1480. We have researched other families connected to the Ripper family. There are families with the Ripper surname who are not connected to our family. Read more ...	The Ripper Family in Cornwall Our Ripper family are Cornish. We have traced family roots back to 1480. We have researched other families connected to the Ripper family. There are families with the Ripper surname who are not connected to our family. Read more ...
Gunwalloe Gunwalloe is the earliest known home of the Ripper family, dating back into the mid-1400s. This description of the hamlet and the church on the beach, where our family worshipped 600 years ago, has been written by local historian John Evans. Read more ...(pdf)	Crawle Our Ripper family are from the parish of Breage in Cornwall. In the 16th and 17th centuries a branch of the family lived on a tenement in the parish, named Crawle. Its history has been captured from documents such as estate maps and leases. Read more ...
Thomas Ripper of Crawle (c1600-1661) The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Ripper who died in 1661 has provided an insight into the lives of the family in the seventeenth century. The will was exhibited at the Stannary Court in order to resolve the ownership of a mine and tin works. Read more ...	Tregonning Hill Tregonning Hill overlooks Breage, Crawle and the land where the Ripper family lived, farmed and mined. In the 1500s the earliest known commercial activity of the Ripper family was tin streaming on the eastern flank of the hill. Read more ...(pdf)
William Ripper of North Hill, Cornwall (c1696-1733) William was the great grandson of Thomas Ripper who died in 1661, and a mining adventurer from Breage who settled and died in North Hill, Cornwall. This document was created for North Hill Local History Group Open Day in 2013. Read more ...(pdf)	Emigration to the USA and the Y-DNA Connection By means of applying Y-DNA analysis it has been possible to validate our family history back into the 1400s and also add an unattached branch of the family to the family tree. Read more ...(pdf)
Alexander Repper (1773-1841) Alexander Repper was born in Helston, served in the militia and the Royal Marines. His was a life of hardship and poverty. His later years were spent in the workhouse and as an out patient. Read more ...	William Alexander Ripper (1855-after 1891) William Alexander Ripper was a thoroughly bad lot and a violent criminal. He spent many years in prison for a variety of crimes. DNA has now caught up with him. Read more ...
Annie Ripper (1862-1926) and her troubled beau Frank Crook Annie Ripper had a hard life. At one time, after two years in a relationship with Frank (shown here), he attacked her and cut her throat. The incident and their later lives are recorded here. Read more ... (pdf)	Hop Picking in Kent The Ripper family spent many summers either side of World War Two in the hopfields of Kent. Here are some family reminiscences telling of a time now receding from memory. Read more ...
William Frederick (Bill) Ripper (1916-1974) Ken's father, Bill Ripper, was in the army during WWII. His service record shows some inconsistencies with the narrative he gave to the family. Read more ... (pdf)	The Coal Business Ken contributed to PastTimesProject.co.uk his memories of the times when his parents, Bill & Mary Ripper, ran Their coal business in Bermondsey and the hard physical work that involved. Read more ... (pdf) Click here for larger image
M W Oldridge - author Our son Mark, who writes under the pen name of M W Oldridge, is a noted True Crime Author. His research is extensive and impeccably presented. Read more ...