This concrete monument in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes commemorates Robert John Tripp (1919-1996) and Edith Elizabeth Burnell (1926-2007) who moved to this site in 1944 and raised nine children. A stone embedded in the concrete is from a barn built in 1907. A house there, still standing, was built in 1908.
Tripp family monument (August 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.31131, W99.86258
denoted by symbol on the map above
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 February 2021
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