Brief Life History of Israel James
When Israel James Tripp was born on 5 April 1857, in Hungerford Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, his father, Daniel DeMille Tripp, was 30 and his mother, Bessie Waddington, was 28. He married Deborah Ann Young on 10 September 1876, in Trent Port, Northumberland, Upper Canada, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hastings, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 5 May 1947, at the age of 90, and was buried in Niles Corners, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada.
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- Isreal Tripp, "Ontario Census, 1861"
- James Tripp, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Israel James Tripp, "Find A Grave Index"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
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.
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