Redpath/Ridpath/Reidpath Family Newsletter
1Q February 2004
Table of Contents:
Editor's Corner
Issue Notes
Seems that once you get behind
on a publishing schedule, it gets very hard to catch up. But here's
another late edition of the Redpath/Ridpath/Reidpath newsletter..
Quite a few interesting tidbits this time, though, including some fascinating
information on yet another branching of the name: Rippeth. There
were no photos or graphics submitted for this newsletter, so maybe we can
all gather some great baby or family photos, pictures of old heirlooms or
documents, or even places related to our names and submit them for the
next newsletter.
Web Site
News
Again, one of the most active
parts of our website is the interactive Forum. There is now as
much information on our families there as in the newsletter plus the
added bonus of being able to respond back and ask questions directly of
other family members. Check it out at www.redpath.org
, www.ridpath.org , or www.reidpath.org
.
Meet the Family
Howard
J. Redpath, Jr. - Phoenix, Arizona, USA
My name is Howard J. Redpath, Jr. ("Skip").... I presently live in
Phoenix, Arizona, and this is just a short bio:
Born in Milford, Mass. to Howard and Ingeborg (Gable) Redpath on September 30,1945. I have three sisters, Pat (two years older), and Elaine (one year
older) and Cheryl (one year younger).
My Father, Howard Joseph Redpath was born in Brockton, Mass to Grafton
Redpath and Agnes (Bean) Redpath, August 25, 1923.Most of his early years were spent in Massachusetts, (Franklin, Mass). He was
in the Navy during WWII, then returned to Massachusetts, finally
settling in Westfield. He worked full time for the State of Massachusetts at the
Air National Guard in Westfield, and was a member of the Air Guard, (retired
a MSGT). He presently lives in E Falmouth, Mass. (Cape Cod).
Much of my younger life was spent in Massachusetts, primarily in the Town
of Westfield, Mass. I attended K-12 at Westfield schools, Graduating from
Westfield Trade High School in 1965.
I joined the U. S. Marine corps in 1965 and am a Vietnam Veteran. I was an
Air Traffic Controller in the Corps, with Duty stations at: Marine Corps Air
Station Beaufort, SC; MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, MCB Hue-Phu Bai, RVN; Marble Mountain,
RVN; MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; and MCAS Quantico, VA. I was Honorably Discharge inJune, 1976 with the rank of Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT
E-7)
I made my career in Law Enforcement, joining the Matteson, Illinois PD,
and eventually leaving that Department upon being offered employment with the
Mesa, Arizona PD. I was medically retired from Mesa PD in June, 1996 at the rank
of Detective. I currently reside in Phoenix with my wife, Jackie, (Jacqueline Trush
Redpath), and our Airedale, "Semper Fi".
Happy
Birthday Jo Anne Ridpath Ortiz - submitted by Wayne F. Ridpath
This is to announce the birthday of Jo Anne Ridpath Ortiz of Weehawken, NJ. She was born on February2nd 1976 at North
Hudson Hospital, Union City. New Jersey.
Love, Daddy
Family History
Rippeth Family Name -
submitted by Brian Rippeth near Oxford, England
Hello, This is Brian Rippeth, another derivative of Redpath, and I am either going to go over "Old
News" or give some additional background history to the origins of our
name. If anyone is interested they may wish to look at our Web site, which is
http://www.rippeth.info .
This is only offered as some kind of introduction to you all, the details and information were collated over many years, by Olin Rippeth from New Philadelphia, and myself from near Oxford in England. I
haven't had time to go over all the details of your "Club", and so I don't wish to appear to appear uneducated as to it's main aims or the fund of knowledge that you have gained, suffice to say that we must have been working away, in parallel, for years, unknowingly, and I was very excited when I ran into your Web page info on
www.Ancestry.com today. It's some time since I last looked at the Rippeth notice board, after a few years, nothing much seems to change, so I stopped looking for a while. I have no doubts whatsoever that REDPATH, a village near Earlston in Berwickshire, is the source for our name, the local pronunciation is "Rippath", with a silent letter
"D". (I'm not sure whether the majority of your members are American or British, so I may be wrong in my
assessment of your knowledge, of the U.K.)
Redpath was probably founded by a William de Redepath, a Berwickshire laird, who did homage to Edward 1 in 1296.I have visited the town and seen a farm , which until very recently was called Repeth east end farm, it is still shown on the local maps with this
name. It all comes down to the old English accents and ways of pronouncing the same name in many different
ways. It is also a fact that most people in those days could not read or write, and certainly those local peasants who would have been named after their professions i.e. Smiths or the village where they lived,
i.e. Brian of Redpath, certainly would not have able to write, so, in those days, and later, if there was a need to record their names, a scribe would have written down the name he "heard" and spelled it anyway to suit himself, and of course if these guys couldn't write they couldn't tell if their names had been correctly recorded,
etc. So now we are all different.
My own family has lived only a matter of sixty miles or so from Redpath, in the
village of Winlaton, in the parish of Ryton, and we have family records in the
Church going back to 1520, so in 700 years they had only moved sixty miles from their early
beginnings. The Rippeths in America left England because of Religious persecution in the 1760's, the Puritans had a local centre near the village and we can only presume that like many others they fled the country to save their way of life.
I hope my comments may have been helpful to you in some way, and if there is any other information that you think I can help with, then please contact me on ashbrook@tesco.net. One question from me, do you know who was the earliest Redpath in your family trees to reach
America? I think ours was about 1764. Kind Regards, hope to hear from you soon, Brian Rippeth.
Redpath Queries -
submitted by Cathy Lampshire
I have female REDPATHS in my family who were born in the New England states of the US in the early 1800's. Two of the names are unusual and I was wondering if they were: Common Scottish names,
Common New England names, or Common names for only that time period.
The names are: Elvira & Climena. Has anyone else found these names in
their Redpath/Ridpath lines?
Thank you, Cathy Lampshire California, USA email: clampshire@fullerton.edu
Redpath Research update - submitted by Ronna Tradewell
Hello. A while ago I sent info on William John Redpath born Ireland,
marriedt o Mary Walker. I have since found further info about this family and wanted to share it
in case someone might need it for their research. Very confusing as I
assumed that birth certificates and marriage certificates were supposed to
be accurate.
However, I discovered variations in spellings and also the
correct parentage of Mary (Walker). Her actual name is Mary McLuskie daughter
of Dennis Mcluskie and Christina Lawther. William Redpath was married
twice: to Martha Thomson in Belfast, Ireland and then to Mary McLuskie
1882, Scotland. Mary McLuskie Redpath (Walker) once before as well to
Thomas Walker with whom she had Christina, Jean, William and Margaret.
So here is the final result: William John Redpath married Martha Thomson 1859, Belfast,
Ireland. They had 7 children, Martha, Mary Ann, Helen, Jane, Sarah, Robert,
William John all born in Scotland. He then married Mary McLuskie formerly Walker, daughter of Dennis
McLuskiea nd Christina Lawther in 1882, Scotland. Together they had three more children, Mary, James and George.Hope.
This might help someone researching. Cheers, Ronna Tradewell (Burnett nee
Redpath).
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