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Henry William RIPLEY was born at No. 9, York Terrace, Regent’s Park in London on 28 April 1827.  He was a tea broker and Director of the General Assurance Company. He lived for most of his adult life at No. 1, King’s Road, Clapham Park in Surrey. He died there on 3 August 1905.

He was married on 3 June 1856 to Julia Henrietta WILLIAMS. They had issue ten children, including:

Edgar Hue RIPLEY, born in Clapham in 1864.

Edgar died, aged 29 years, in Liverpool, “the day after his arrival from South America”, on 23 February 1894.

Now things get murky.

It seems young Edgar was married to Bella Maud DAVIES - BUT I CANT PROVE IT WITH CERTAINTY AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE OR WHEN.

Bella was born in Birmingham in 1868. After Edgar's death she married [2] William Sydney Bartlett. When the national census was taken at the end of March 1901, she was living at No. 65, Cecile Road, Hornsey in Middlesex with her second husband, three children and a domestic servant.

It seems - but proof is maddeningly incomplete - that Edgar Ripley and Bella Davies had a son, Edgar William Frederick RIPLEY, who was born in Chile, South America in 1894 (possibly posthumously.)

Can anyone help, please ?
William

Hopefully, if young Edgar W F was a british subject, his birth will appear in the overseas birth index, ansd youcan send for his birth cert. ALso might be able to find parents marriage.

Think they are online at findmypast.
If not index books can be viewed in person at FRC Islington

Hi William, I don't know if my story has any link with yours but anyway here we go: my grand mother's (Clara de la Barra Ripley) grandfather was Mr. Santiago Ripley, a UK or US sailor that arrived to Concepcion bay in Chile probably around 1850. Unfortunately I don't have further information. By the way, the huge retail store "Ripley" run by Calderon family has nothing to do with any Rilpley family. As far as I know, Mr. Santiago Ripley family is unique in Chile and I haven't been able to find any relative bearing this family name in this country. Currently I'm still leaving in Chile. Best regards, Gonzalo E. Mardones