Web Cards April 2016 - Person Sheet
Spouses
Birth1855, St Georges Southwark
Deathbef 1905
OccupationChimney Sweep
FatherWilliam RIPPER (1827-1876)
MotherSarah HARVEY (~1831-1873)
Marriage27 Dec 1875, St Mary's, Lambeth
ChildrenEmma Elizabeth (1876-)
Caroline Elizabeth (1878-)
Sarah Ann (1880-1882)
Francis Henry T (1881-)
Notes for William Alexander (Spouse 1)
Aged 21 on marriage certificate living in Joiner Street, Lambeth as a bachelor . He signed his marriage certificate.
His wife remarried in 1905, presumably as a result of his death.
1881 census - no mention of William, Caroline or any of the children. There is a William in HM Prison in Chatham, Kent who is aged 25 but birthplace is given as Middlesex, London. It is possible that this is the same William, circumstantial evidence points this way. I have no other William Ripper who meets the 1881 census criteria this closely. I have no trace of Caroline or the children on the census, would she have changed her name back to Foster? There are no children after 1881. When she remarries she is obliged to use her real married name, Ripper. Worthy of closer investigation. The prison registers at the PRO in PCOM 2/1 to 9 and in HO27 may prove usefulin identifying this William.
His wife remarried in 1905, presumably as a result of his death.
1881 census - no mention of William, Caroline or any of the children. There is a William in HM Prison in Chatham, Kent who is aged 25 but birthplace is given as Middlesex, London. It is possible that this is the same William, circumstantial evidence points this way. I have no other William Ripper who meets the 1881 census criteria this closely. I have no trace of Caroline or the children on the census, would she have changed her name back to Foster? There are no children after 1881. When she remarries she is obliged to use her real married name, Ripper. Worthy of closer investigation. The prison registers at the PRO in PCOM 2/1 to 9 and in HO27 may prove usefulin identifying this William.