Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Catherine White was born about 1840 in County Clare, Ireland. She married Henry John Ripp, a waterman, in Woolwich, Kent, England in 1864.
In 1874, Catherine and Henry emigrated to Otago on the Christian McAusland.
Catherine and Henry ran a second hand shop in South Dunedin. They had no children. When Henry died in 1909, Catherine continued with the shop.
She died on 25 August 1924 and is buried in the Southern Cemetery, Dunedin.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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