In the 1881 census there is a Mary RIPPER living with her aunt Grace COCK in Camborne. Mary was aged 50. It is possible that this is the sister of Joseph Merrifield COCK. Mary is #3092. In the 1841 census at East Turnpike Road in Redruth lived an Elizabeth RIPPER (30, milliner) and Jane RIPPER (28, milliner. In the same house lived Elizabeth COCK (10), Arabella FRANCIS (20) and Eliza ROUSE (15, apprentice). A copy of the 1841 census follows in a few pages.