Merle Grover Tripp: Tripp Family Genealogical Website

Tripp Families of North America

1911 - 1971 (60 years)

Generation: 1

Merle Grover Tripp was born on 11 Oct 1911 in Indiana, USA (son of Almadus Wilkinson Tripp and Ethel Z Kirkdorffer); died on 23 Oct 1971 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1920, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1930, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: Oct 1940, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1950, Winona Lake, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1960, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Web Link:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130638971/merle-grover-tripp

Residence:
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son

Residence:
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son

Residence:
WWII Registration; NAVY Enlistment 6 Mar 1942, Discharge 14 Dec 1945

Residence:
Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married

Family/Spouse: Eva Florence Engle. Eva (daughter of John Wesley Engle and Alice Louellen Erwin) was born on 3 Dec 1921 in Harrison, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died on 23 Mar 2009 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Almadus Wilkinson Tripp was born on 29 Jun 1889 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA (son of Almadus W Tripp and Saphrona Alice Anderson); died on 10 Feb 1961 in Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1917-1918, Marshall County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1920, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1930, Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
Residence: Abt 1935, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana
Residence: 1940, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1950, Winona Lake, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Web Link:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130638830/almadus-wilkinson-tripp

Residence:
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Step Son

Residence:
WWI Registration; Marital Status: Married

Residence:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head

Residence:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Son-in-law

Residence:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head

Residence:
Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married

Almadus married Ethel Z Kirkdorffer on 31 Dec 1910 in Marshall County, Indiana, USA. Ethel (daughter of Edwin Kirkdorffer and Ella Darnell) was born on 14 May 1889 in Bremen, Marshall, Kansas, USA; died on 3 May 1965 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ethel Z Kirkdorffer was born on 14 May 1889 in Bremen, Marshall, Kansas, USA (daughter of Edwin Kirkdorffer and Ella Darnell); died on 3 May 1965 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1908, South Bend; Mishawaka; River Park, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1910, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1920, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1930, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1935, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana
Residence: 1940, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1950, Winona Lake, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Also Known As:
Kirdorfer, Kirkendorfer

Web Link:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130638922/ethel-tripp

Residence:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

Residence:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

Residence:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

Residence:
Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married

Children:

1. Merle Grover Tripp was born on 11 Oct 1911 in Indiana, USA; died on 23 Oct 1971 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.
Dale Orson Tripp was born on 3 May 1913 in Bremen, Marshall, Indiana, USA; died on 13 Nov 1961 in Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA; was buried on 13 Nov 1961 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 3

Almadus W Tripp was born on 15 Jun 1828 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (son of Weston Tripp and Deborah Potter); died on 20 Feb 1890 in Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA; was buried in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1 July 1863, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1870, Marion, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Web Link:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37007951/almatus-w-tripp

Residence:
age 21

Residence:
Civil War Registration; Marital Status: Married

Almadus married Saphrona Alice Anderson in Abt. 1888. Saphrona (daughter of Nathan Anderson and Sarah L Johnson) was born on 16 Dec 1860 in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Jun 1942 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; was buried in 1942 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Saphrona Alice Anderson was born on 16 Dec 1860 in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Nathan Anderson and Sarah L Johnson); died on 28 Jun 1942 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; was buried in 1942 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1870, Smithfield, Selma, Johnston, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1900, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1910, Syracuse Ward 3, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1920, Turkey Creek, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1935, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana
Residence: 1940, , Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Also Known As:
Alice

Web Link:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37007950/s-alice-voorhees

Residence:
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife

Buried:
Syracuse Cemetery
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 37007950

Children:

Bernice Tripp was born on 11 Nov 1882 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died on 2 Aug 1939 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; was buried in Rocky River, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
Grover Cleveland Tripp was born on 17 Dec 1884 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died in 1959; was buried in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.
2. Almadus Wilkinson Tripp was born on 29 Jun 1889 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died on 10 Feb 1961 in Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

6.	Edwin Kirkdorffer was born in Oct 1860 in Indiana, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA Residence: 1910, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA Edwin married Ella Darnell in 1886. Ella was born in Sep 1868 in Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ella Darnell was born in Sep 1868 in Indiana, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1910, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA

Children:

3. Ethel Z Kirkdorffer was born on 14 May 1889 in Bremen, Marshall, Kansas, USA; died on 3 May 1965 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 4

Weston Tripp was born in 1792 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (son of John Tripp and Elizabeth Tripp); died on 12 Oct 1848 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; was buried on 12 Oct 1848 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

TRIPP LINEAGE - 6TH GENERATION - John Tripp 1611-1678: 1600
TRIPP LINEAGE - 7TH GENERATION - John Tripp 1611-1678: 1600
TRIPP LINEAGE - 7TH GENERATION - John Tripp 1611-1678: 1600
Mayflower Descendant - Francis Cooke - 9th Generation*: 1792
Mayflower Descendant - John Cooke - 8th Generation*: 1792
Mayflower Descendant - Richard Warren - 9th Generation*: 1792
Military Service: 1812, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1820, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1830, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1840, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

Web Link:
http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=287272

Web Link:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26948503/weston-tripp

TRIPP LINEAGE - 6TH GENERATION - John Tripp 1611-1678:
GEN6: WESTON TRIPP [6], (John5, Isaac4, Francis3, James2, John1)

TRIPP LINEAGE - 7TH GENERATION - John Tripp 1611-1678:
GEN7: WESTON TRIPP [7], (Elizabeth 6, Wesson5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, John1)

TRIPP LINEAGE - 7TH GENERATION - John Tripp 1611-1678:
GEN7: WESTON TRIPP [7], (Elizabeth Tripp6, Comfort Potter5, John Potter4, Mary Tripp3, John2, John1)

Mayflower Descendant - Francis Cooke - 9th Generation*:
GEN9: WESTON TRIPP [9],(Elizabeth Tripp8, Weston Tripp7, Judith Mosher6, Jonathan Mosher5, Lydia Taber4, Mary Cooke3, John Cooke2, Francis Cooke1)

Mayflower Descendant - John Cooke - 8th Generation*:
GEN8: WESTON TRIPP [8], (Elizabeth Tripp7, Weston Tripp6, Judith Mosher5, Jonathan Mosher4, Lydia Taber3, Mary Cooke2, John Cooke1)

Mayflower Descendant - Richard Warren - 9th Generation*:
GEN9: WESTON TRIPP [9], (Elizabeth Tripp8, Weston Tripp7, Judith Mosher6, Jonathan Mosher5, Lydia Taber4, Mary Cooke3, Sarah Warren2, Richard Warren1)

Military Service:
War of 1812

Buried:
Stone Church Cemetery
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 26948503

Weston married Deborah Potter on 14 Jan 1810 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Deborah (daughter of Edward Potter and Lydia Devol) was born on 22 Aug 1791 in Massachusetts; died on 13 Mar 1853 in Tiverton, Newport, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah Potter was born on 22 Aug 1791 in Massachusetts (daughter of Edward Potter and Lydia Devol); died on 13 Mar 1853 in Tiverton, Newport, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

Web Link:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26947684/deborah_tripp

Web Link:
http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=287273

Children:

Maria Tripp was born in 1811 in Rhode Island, USA; died on 3 Mar 1853 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 3 Mar 1853 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
Jeremiah Tripp was born in 1813 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Jan 1874 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
Clarissa Tripp was born on 21 Dec 1816 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Mar 1885 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 24 Mar 1885 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
Lydia Tripp was born on 18 Nov 1817 in Fall River Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Feb 1861 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; was buried on 21 Feb 1861 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Patience Tripp was born in 1820 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 12 Sep 1878 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; was buried on 12 Sep 1878 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Uriah Tripp was born on 12 Feb 1820 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 11 Aug 1846 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; was buried on 11 Aug 1846 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Weston Tripp, Jr was born on 2 Apr 1826 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island USA; died on 29 Jan 1899 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 29 Jan 1899 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Almadus W Tripp was born on 15 Jun 1828 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 20 Feb 1890 in Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA; was buried in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

10. Nathan Anderson was born on 26 Dec 1835; died on 17 Jan 1862.
Nathan married Sarah L Johnson. Sarah was born in 1831 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Sarah L Johnson was born in 1831 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1911.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1910, Syracuse Ward 3, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA

Children:

5. Saphrona Alice Anderson was born on 16 Dec 1860 in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Jun 1942 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; was buried in 1942 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.