Welcome
Marples Family Website Mission
Welcome to the Marples Family Worldwide Website. The purpose of this website is to promote pride in our Marples family heritage and encourage our families to share this history with their children. It is also an opportunity to share family photos and stories with each other across international boundaries.
Marples Family Origins
It is believed that the name Marples with the "s" came into being when the parish scribes wrote in the parish register with their flourishing script. The ending "e" in Marple many times ended in a flourishing cursive which resembled an "s" and later was interpreted as such and the name became Marples. There are records of people being baptized as a Marple without the "s" and later being recorded in their death certificate as Marples with the "s,"
- My great grandfather Thomas and his family emigrated to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) area in the late 1800's and early 1900's. They left Liverpool by ship and settled in Philadelphia. They formed family groups in Philadelphia (PA), Camden (NJ), Pensgrove (NJ), Carneys Point (NJ) and other points south in New Jersey.
- Other groups of the Marples family and Marple family (unrelated) already in America moved west and formed family groups in the Kansas and Kentucky areas. Still another group moved further west and formed family groups in northern California and Oregon.
- It has been suggested but not confirmed that the male leader of the Oregon Trail was married to a Marples.
- Phone listings determined from search engines confirm these family groups in areas of New Jersey, Kentucky, Kansas, Oregon and California in the US. In addition to the UK, there are significant groups according the phone listings in Canada and Australia.
Contact Information
Ellis L. Marples, Webmaster
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