Emma Louisa Tripp

28 April 1885–
Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada

The Life Summary of Emma Louisa

When Emma Louisa Tripp was born on 28 April 1885, in Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, her father, Israel Isaiah James Tripp, was 28 and her mother, Deborah Ann Young, was 29. She married Wellington Lee Smith on 3 October 1900, in Ameliasburg, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada in 1911.

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Family Time Line

Wellington Lee Smith
1881–1962
Emma Louisa Tripp
1885–
Marriage: 3 October 1900
Isaac Smith
1900–
Lorne Gilbert Smith
1906–1928
Isaac James Smith
1911–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 October 1900Ameliasburg, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
    Age 1
    In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
    1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
    Age 21
    Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
    1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
    Age 49
    Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English trip(pe) (n) ‘(to) dance; stumble’ (Old French tripe(r)), either an occupational name for a dancer, or a nickname for someone who had difficulty walking.English: metonymic occupational name from Middle English trip(e) ‘tripe’ (Old French tripe).German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden pattens (trippe), a type of raised sole that could be strapped to normal footwear for walking in unpaved muddy streets.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Trepp
    Trippe

    Sources (9)

    • Emma Luesia Tripp in entry for Issac James Smith, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
    • Emily Louisa Tripp, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
    • Emma Tripp in entry for Lorne Gilbert Smith, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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