 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Julia Caroline Ripley akaberekerwa muCharleston, South Carolina, musi waFebruary 13, 1825. Amai vake, Zulma De Lacy Thomas, vaiva nevaHuguenot nevaKaturike. Vanasekuru navanambuya vaamai vake vaiva chizvarwa cheFrance, avo vakatiza kuSouth Carolina kubva kuSan Domingo kureva Haiti panguva yekumukira kwevaranda kwakabudiriramuchitsuwa ichocho, pedyo nomugumo wezana ramakore rechi 18. Baba vake, William Young Ripley, vakaberekerwa muMiddlebury, Vermont, mwanakomana wemumwe wemapiyona eVermont, uye kuburikidza naye kuti iye aibva kune vamwe vekutanga veNew England vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika, kusanganisira William Bradford, gavhuna wePlymouth Colony, naWilliam Ripley, uyo akasvika muHingham, Massachusetts muna 1638. 