Researching Elizabeth Tripp
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1462 people with the Tripp surname? In that year Tripp was ranked number 2196 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Elizabeth means "consecrated to God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Elizabeth Tripp on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Elizabeth Tripp and the Tripp Genealogy
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Tripp Genealogy Databases
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Elizabeth Tripp. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Elizabeth Tripp
Elizabeth Tripp
Elizabeth Tripp née Leigh (1809-1899) was an Australian educator. She was the founder and manager of one of the first lasting schools for girls in Melbourne the East Leigh in Melbourne, between 1859 and 1881.
Tripp was born to the jurist William Leigh in Devonshire in England. In 1831, she married her cousin, the lawyer William Upton Tripp (d. 1873), with whom she had five daughters and a son. She emigrated to Australia with her family in 1850.
In 1859, she separated from her spouse, and opened a school for girls in Melbourne with the help of her daughters. From the 1850s onward, it was common for an educated woman in Melbourne to open a school for girls, but normally, these schools were only a temporary method for self-support: the East Leigh was the first girls school in Melbourne to become a successful and permanent educational institution and was a such a pioneer institution. First only assisted by her daughters, Tripp was soon able to engaged professional teachers.
Tripp was also a successful businessperson within the stock market.
Tripp died at her home, 12 Bruce Street, Toorak, on 25 September 1899. Her funeral was held at St. John's Church, Toorak, with burial at the Melbourne General Cemetery.
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