Fripp, Leslie Percival Thomas “Les”
Honora Theresa Bernadette (Rabbitt) Fripp (Nora)
Daughter: Daughter: Gertrude Euphemia (Fripp) Parolin
Son: Thomas “Tiny” Fripp
__ __oldest of 3 __Gertrude (Trudy), Thomas, Madeline
Les Fripp was born on January 11, 1901 in Vancouver, BC. He was the son of Thomas William Fripp and Gertrude Maude (Muriel) Fripp. He married Nora Rabbitt on June 14, 1933 at the Rabbitt Ranch in Tulameen, BC. The marriage certificate notes that he was working as a trapper at the time of his marriage.
In August 1931, he had a claim at the head of Pierre Creek. His trapping and mining partner was Ernest (Ernie) Rice.
He died on January 10, 1985 in Princeton. His body was cremated in Penticton and he is buried on the Rabbitt Cemetery in Tulameen. At the time of his death, he was working as a section foreman on the railroad.
They are both buried in the Rabbitt Cemetery, Tulameen, BC.
Princeton Our Valley, pages 343, 344; Princeton Star, August 20, 1931, page 1; June 29, 1933, page 1; Similkameen Star, March 15, 1945, page 4; Birth, Marriage, Death registrations (BC Archives)