Daniel Rippin
2 & 3 The Beach, Walmer
Occupation: Farmer
Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald – Saturday 28 May 1898
Daniel Rippin came from a farming family who worked the land in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottingham. Daniel married late in life into the Poole farming family of Lincolnshire. There were numerous marriages between Rippin and Poole families.
Why Daniel decided, sometime during the 1880s, to move to a prestigious house on The Beach in Walmer, I have no idea. It may have been for health reasons or maybe his wife had connections with the area.
His eldest son Philip was named in a divorce scandal but his other children seem to have married well and had the opportunity to travel. Cyril and his South African wife went to Canada where they raised their 4 children and Cyril became involved in fruit farming. His sister Mary appears to have spent some time visiting her brother in British Columbia.
An interesting visitor or, as the 1891 census says, lodger, was Lady Ellen Constance Kilmorey and her husband Lord Francis Charles. Lady Ellen was apparently a renowned beauty and as Edward VII was a frequent visitor to the Kilmorey estates at Mourne Park, County Down it is thought that she had an affair with him. In 1910 she was embroiled in a scandal, caused as she was bequeathed the ‘Teck Emeralds’ and other jewels, by her lover, Prince Francis of Teck, brother of Queen Mary.
Why the Kilmorey’s were staying with Daniel Rippin or even if there is a connection at all, we don’t know.
2 and 3 The Beach as indicated by the arrow
| Name | Born | Baptised | Married | Died | Buried |
| Daniel Rippin | 1825 Eaton, Leicestershire |
25 December 1825 Eaton, Leicestershire | Mary Jane Poole 14 July 1863 Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire Born 1837 |
1892 Walmer |
30 June 1892St Mary’s Walmer |
The Children of Daniel Rippin & Mary Jane Poole
| Name | Born | Baptised | Married | Died | Buried |
| Annie Sophia | 1864 Barrowby, Lincolnshire |
May 29th 1864 | Edward Benest Shaw Benest 1897 St Andrews Church |
13 October 1960 Bath, Wilts |
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| Mary Louisa | 1866 Barrowby, Lincolnshire |
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| Philip Herbert | 1871 Barrowby, Lincolnshire |
Mary Williamina Simpson (Divorcee) Ramsgate 1899 |
1939 Ramsgate |
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| Cecil John | 1873 Barrowby, Lincolnshire | Marie Adelaide Jeanne Schlossmacher 23 December 1903 Tourraine, France. |
13 February 1951 | Summerland BC Canada |
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1841 | Castlegate School, Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Daniel Rippin | Pupil | Scholar |
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1851 | Granby Head Inn, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire |
Catharine Rippin | Farmers Wife | Farmer’s Wife -263 Acres Employing 5 Labourers |
| Philip Rippin | Son | |||
| Daniel Rippin | Son | |||
| Daniel Thorpe | Brother-in-law | Family Butcher | ||
| James Bellamy | Servant | Farm Servant | ||
| George Grice | Servant | Farm Servant | ||
| Mary Richardson | Servant | House Servant | ||
| Elizabeth Thurlby | Servant | House Servant |
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1861 | Wartnaby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire |
Philip | Head | Farmer of 206 Acres Employing 3 Men |
| Catharine | Wife | Farmers Wife | ||
| Daniel | Son | Farmers Son | ||
| Eliza Eston | Servant | House Servant | ||
| John Rippin | Servant | Groom |
Census
| Census | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1871 | Grantham Road, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire |
Philip | Head | Farmer Employing 404 Acres 5 Men & 2 boys |
| Eliza | Wife | |||
| John P | Son | |||
| Everest | Son | |||
| Edward | Son | |||
| Sarah K | Daughter | |||
| Bertha | Daughter | |||
| Daniel | Brother | Farmer 489 Acres employing 9 men 3 boys | ||
| Sarah A Poole | Visitor | |||
| Sarah Poole | Visitor | |||
| Henrietta Barret | Nurse | |||
| William Matthews | Servant | Farm Servant | ||
| Mary Prior | Servant | Domestic Servant | ||
| Emma Matthews | Servant | Domestic Servant | ||
| Maria Matthews | Servant | Domestic Servant | ||
| Emma Sharpe | Boarder | Governess |
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1881 | Marnham Hall, Marnham, East Retford, Nottinghamshire |
Daniel | Head | Farmer 34 Acres employing 5 labourers and 2 boys |
| Mary J | Wife | |||
| Mary L | Daughter | |||
| Philip H | Son | |||
| Cecil J | Son | |||
| Elizabeth Wells | Servant | |||
| Betsy Spivey | Servant | |||
| John H Saunders | Servant |
Census
| Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
| 1891 | 2 The Beach | Daniel | Head | |
| Mary Jane | Wife | |||
| A.S. Rippin | Daughter | |||
| Minnie | Servant | Housemaid | ||
| Eliza Finnis | Servant | Cook | ||
| Matilda Wood | Servant | Housemaid | ||
| Ann Taylor | Servant | Ladies Maid | ||
| Francis Charles Earl of Kilmorey KP |
Lodger | |||
| Ellen Constance Countess of Kilmorey |
Lodger | |||
| J.E.L. Pickering | Librarian Inner Temple | |||
| C.L. Pickering |
Trade and Street Directory
| Directory and Year | Trade or Occupation | Address |
|
Kelly’s Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891. |
8 Beach Terrace, Walmer |
Poll Books (selected)
| Year | Profession | Qualifying Residence |
| 1884 | The Beach | |
| 1889 | The Beach | |
| 1890 | The Beach, Denbigh House | |
| 1892 | The Beach, (dwelling house) Denbigh House |