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Lila May RIPLEY

Female 1868 - 1928  (59 years)


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  • Name Lila May RIPLEY 
    Birth Nov 1868  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Minnesota Deaths and Burials says her birth date was 1 November
    Gender Female 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1928-MN-017961 
    Occupation Dressmaker 
    Death 14 Jan 1928  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • “Lily” in the 1875 state census.

      Indexed as Lita or Lela Fortier in the 1920 census index. She is a widow. She and Howard lived in a rented apartment at 338 East 17th Street. She works as a seamstress doing day work.

      Her father was born in Maine, her mother in West something. Census illegible. In the 1910 censuses, it seems to be “West Indies” as it does for her brothers in the 1900 census. But for Lila in the 1900 census, the indication for her mother is “India.”

      Reported in the 1900 census has having had 2 children, zero still living. Reported in the 1910 census that she had had 3 children, only one still living.

      She was a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
    Person ID I252  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2018 

    Father Moses Harrison RIPLEY,   b. 29 Aug 1840, Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1892, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Ophelia LIGHTBOURN,   b. 27 May 1840, Turks and Caicos Islands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1893, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1859  Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry Alfred FORTIER,   b. 25 Sep 1853, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1921, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1889  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • per Minnesota Marriages in FamilySearch pilot, not in MOMS
    Children 
     1. Minnie May FORTIER,   b. 1892, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1892, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Howard Francis FORTIER,   b. 10 Dec 1902, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1960, St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2010