Web Cards April 2016 - Person Sheet
NameMary 
Birthabt 1810
Spouses
Birth16 Feb 1807, Hampstead,Eng.
Death12 Jun 1870, Hampstead Workhouse,Eng.
FatherAlexander RIPPER (~1773-<1838)
MotherAnn HUTCHINSON (1776-1835)
ChildrenWilliam (1827-1876)
Notes for William (Spouse 1)
With his first wife, at the baptism of their son William in 1827 at St John's in Hampstead they were registered as paupers.
At about the time of his second marriage as a widower to Mary Ann HAWKINS in 1838 he seems to have adopted the additional name of Alexander, being the name of his father. Indeed he names his first child by this second marriage either William Alexander (at baptism) or Alexander William (on the civil registration).
William was given poor relief of 1/= in 1835 by the Hampstead Guardians.
His son's marriage certificate dated 1848 has a line deleting the father and father's occupation.
His death is registered in Hampstead Workhouse as William NIPPER aged 63, a William RIPPER being present at the death. Present at his death was a William RIPPER, who is probably the one who dies in 1872, aged 82. This gives a birth date of around 1790 and the fact that he was present at the death probably indicates a family connection.
The following entries are census returns of this second William Ripper.
I have read through the census returns for 1841, 1861 and 1871 for Hampstead. I have also referred to the surname index of the 1851 census. These are the only entries I have found:
1841 - Brewhouse Lane, Hampstead (a lodging house for the poor?):
William Ripper; 45; labourer; born in Middlesex
1841 - Belmont House, Heath Street:
Mary Ripper; 50; independent means;not born in Middlesex
[quite what "independent means" implies is not certain; there are two other ladies living with her:
Esther Kearnes; 60; independent means; not born in Middlesex
Sarah Aldridge; 30; FS; not born in Middlesex
\]
1841 - Charlotte Street, Portland Place (a lodging house on the edge of contemporary London, quite a distance from Hampstead across Regents Park):
Frances Ripper; 50; independent means; not born in Middlesex
1851 - No entries in index; area scanned for errors on index; no Ripper entries found, even in Brewhouse Lane & Workhouse.
1861 - Brewhouse Lane Hampstead:
William Ripper;70; lodger; married; shoemaker; born in Hampstead Middlesex; no recorded disability.
1871 - Hampstead Workhouse:
William Ripper; 81; pauper/patient; married; formerly shoemaker; born Hampstead Middlesex; no recorded disability.
It is also interesting to note that this second William is a shoemaker, bearing in mind that Alexander who first came to London has shown his occupation at the time of attesting for the marines as a leather dresser. There is another connection to leather in that Ann RIPPER nee HUTCHINSON (Alexander's wife) wanted to leave the children in the workhouse whilst she went to work in Horsleydown, centre of London's tanning industry.
At about the time of his second marriage as a widower to Mary Ann HAWKINS in 1838 he seems to have adopted the additional name of Alexander, being the name of his father. Indeed he names his first child by this second marriage either William Alexander (at baptism) or Alexander William (on the civil registration).
William was given poor relief of 1/= in 1835 by the Hampstead Guardians.
His son's marriage certificate dated 1848 has a line deleting the father and father's occupation.
His death is registered in Hampstead Workhouse as William NIPPER aged 63, a William RIPPER being present at the death. Present at his death was a William RIPPER, who is probably the one who dies in 1872, aged 82. This gives a birth date of around 1790 and the fact that he was present at the death probably indicates a family connection.
The following entries are census returns of this second William Ripper.
I have read through the census returns for 1841, 1861 and 1871 for Hampstead. I have also referred to the surname index of the 1851 census. These are the only entries I have found:
1841 - Brewhouse Lane, Hampstead (a lodging house for the poor?):
William Ripper; 45; labourer; born in Middlesex
1841 - Belmont House, Heath Street:
Mary Ripper; 50; independent means;not born in Middlesex
[quite what "independent means" implies is not certain; there are two other ladies living with her:
Esther Kearnes; 60; independent means; not born in Middlesex
Sarah Aldridge; 30; FS; not born in Middlesex
\]
1841 - Charlotte Street, Portland Place (a lodging house on the edge of contemporary London, quite a distance from Hampstead across Regents Park):
Frances Ripper; 50; independent means; not born in Middlesex
1851 - No entries in index; area scanned for errors on index; no Ripper entries found, even in Brewhouse Lane & Workhouse.
1861 - Brewhouse Lane Hampstead:
William Ripper;70; lodger; married; shoemaker; born in Hampstead Middlesex; no recorded disability.
1871 - Hampstead Workhouse:
William Ripper; 81; pauper/patient; married; formerly shoemaker; born Hampstead Middlesex; no recorded disability.
It is also interesting to note that this second William is a shoemaker, bearing in mind that Alexander who first came to London has shown his occupation at the time of attesting for the marines as a leather dresser. There is another connection to leather in that Ann RIPPER nee HUTCHINSON (Alexander's wife) wanted to leave the children in the workhouse whilst she went to work in Horsleydown, centre of London's tanning industry.