When Samuel Semore Tripp was born on 8 December 1877, in Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, his father, Israel Isaiah James Tripp, was 20 and his mother, Deborah Ann Young, was 21.
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1857–1947 Male
1856–1929 Female
1877– Male
1879–1956 Male
1885– Female
1888–1888 Female
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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