1885 Joseph G Ripkey and Miss Mary F Klink were married on February 22 in St Joseph Twp, Buchanan County, Missouri. [1]
1900 Joseph Ripkey (age 48), a laborer, and wife Mary Ripkey (age 42) lived in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri. They had been married 16 years. Joseph was born Oct 1851 in New York. His father was born in Germany and his mother in Spain. Mary was born February 1858 in Missouri and both of her parents were born in Germany. Their children were William (born Dec 1885), Cora (born Nov 1887), Emma (born Jan 1890), and John (Sep 1891). The first three children were born in Kansas and John was born in Missouri. [2]
1910 On April 18, Joseph G. Ripkey (age 58, born in New York, father born in Germany and mother born in Spain), farmer, and Fredricke M. Ripkey (age 52, born in Missouri, parents born in Germany) lived in Roscoe Twp, St. Clair, Missouri with daughter Emma (age 20, born in Kansas), servant in a private home, and son Jonnie, (age 18, born in Missouri), farm laborer. Joseph and Fredericke had been married 25 years, and she had given birth to 4 children, all living. [3]
1920 On January 12, Joseph G. Ripkey (age 68) farmer, and Fredrick M. Ripkey (age 61) lived in Roscoe Twp, St. Clair, Missouri. Joseph was born in New York, his father was born in Berlin, Germany, and his mother was born in Cuba with mother tongue Italian. Fredrick was born in Missouri, and her parents were born in "Witenberg," Germany. [4]
1932 Mary Fredricka Ripkey died on August 7 in Roscoe Township, St. Clair County, Missouri. [5]. She was buried in Pleasant Springs Cemetery, Oyer, St. Clair County, Missouri. [6]
1936 Joseph Geo. Ripkey died on June 8 in Osceola Township, St. Clair County, Missouri. [7] He was buried at Pleasant Springs Cemetery, Oyer, St. Clair County, Missouri. [8]
[1] Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1900, [FamilySearchImage].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1920, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Missouri death certificate, which reports her date of birth as March 7, 1856, [URL].
[6] Find A Grave Memorial 117584388, [FindAGrave].
[7] Missouri death certificate, which reports his birth date as October 6, 1851, [URL].
[8] Find A Grave Memorial 117584241, [FindAGrave].