Timperley Family History and Genealogy
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- 29Dec01
The tree which is part of your excellent site seems not to include all available information. Forgive me if you already have this data, which was found by my researcher in Esex and Suffolk. The tree in your site starts with William as the first TIMPERLEY, dying 1 April 1528. His parents were Nicholas TIMPERLEY, who died 20 May 1489 and Anne IVE. They had four children. Nicholas was buried at Buxhall. Anne's parents were John IVE of Boyton Hall in Great Finborough and Buxhall, and Alice Unknown. The parents of Nicholas were John TIMPERLEY who died 18 December 1491, and Margaret CHEDWORTH who died 1494 in Hintlesham. They had three children. John married for the second time to Alice STAMP. She was also married to John Kyng, but I don't know which marriage came first. The parents of John were John TIMPERLEY of Sutton and Hintlesham, and Margaret PETTISTREE, for whom I have no dates. She was buried at Hintlesham. Her father was William PETTISTREE. I am descended from the marriage of Elizabeth TYMPERLEY and William PLAYTERS. They are my eleventh gt grandparents. I would be most grateful for any additions, questions or corrections with respect to the above data. Alan Poole in Toronto afnpoole(at)rogers.com - 24Nov01
I have a wealth of information about the family Temperley of Co Durham, and Northumberland. I am prepared to look up any queries and when I get round to collating it put the family into the web. I have collected families with and without a direct line to the Temperleys I have collected along with information about their links to coal, farming and shipping .There are so many links that directly go to Temperley at Northumberland who as the years progress take their businesses to the far flung corners of the world .They seem to link with Guiliemus Temperley Circa 1680 at St john Lee Northumberland. I have used primary resources to confirm the secondary resources for my research. If you think that I can be of use please let me know. I am aware of the line to Vickers Temperley and have these other names on my line of research Gourley ,Vaux,Bellarby, Errington, Lewis, Warren, and the place names of Hunstanworth, Blanchland, Hexham, Fourstones, Stanhope Sunderland London, Muggleswick, and several others. I must not forget Newcastle although as I follow Sunderland Football club I find it difficult to talk about Newcastle. Please, if anyone needs help pass on this E-mail address. If anyone requires hard copy then all I will require is postage. I live in Stockton on Tees which is in the proximity of most major holdings of the Northern Temperleys.Yours Elizabeth Warren gidorm(at)ministryofsound.net PS it is my husbands family line that link with the Temperley family. - 11Nov01
I am interested in the Temperley family as the younger brother of John Brewis (my 3 x great grandfather) one Thomas Brewis married Elizabeth Temperley on 9 April 1804 at St. Peters' Church, Monkwearmouth, County Durham. She was considerably older than Thomas and by the time their youngest child was born, some 9 years after their previous child, Elizabeth would have been 56. Unusual but not unheard of. At the baptism of one of their children, the parish register gives full details of her parentage, showing her to be the eldest daughter of George and Hannah (nee White). I made contact with someone and have been given a lot of information on the Temperley's, some of which she had received from a John Temperley who unfortunately died a few years ago. Some of the information I have would appear to be slightly different, and my knowledge ends with William who died in 1713. I have also just made contact with someone who is descended from Thomas Brewis and Elizabeth Temperley, so once we have sorted out the connection, perhaps he will also get in touch with you - his name is Peter. I am going to drop Beryl, my earlier contact, a line to tell her of your website, so she can hopefully get to see it for herself, I know her daughter has a computer. Kay Stevens mcjm38(at)dial.pipex.com - 13Oct01
I'm center (John N Timperley) my new wife (Amelia Kathrine) next to me in the blue jean jacket my father(James Edward Timperley) is behind me to my left is my sister (Heather Timperley) and then to my wife's right is my other sister Amanda (a.k.a Mandy) my brother Benjamin Timperley took the picture. hope that you like it. John N. Timperley funkme2(at)hotmail.com - 28Sep01
I am writing on behalf of my mother who relayed a story to me regarding the life and times of her father who died in 1996. The whole story is quite a sad one really, it goes back to the turn of the 20th Century, 1910 to be certain, and the probelm was that my grandfathers mother became pregnant when out of wedlock. Obviously at this time this was unacceptable and the burden became too much to bear for her and her boyfriend. She gave birth to my grandfather, but she gave him up for unofficial adoption and left to live in America with her boyfriend who was her employer. Over the course of my grandfathers life, his parents continued to support him by means of cash, but they never saw each other again. My grandfather never knew the truth about his adoptive parents until his wedding day, when his birth certificate informed him of the truth. Obviously distressed at this bombshell, my grandfather never wanted to discuss his upbringing. Nothing was ever heard of again, until apparently in about the 1960's a broadsheet newspaper advertisement presumably from my grandfathers parents, requested him to contact them, possibly for some kind of reunion. Embarrassed, my grandfather never did and never spoke of it until his deathbed, when he gave his permission for my mother to persue the case if she wanted to. So I am just writing to you to see if you can dig up any kind of information for my mother regarding our long lost relations. The only information that I have is that my grandfathers name is Harold (known as Arnold) Timperley and he was born in Stretford Manchester, England on 19/9/1910 and his mothers name was Elizabeth Timperley, and that his mother and father emigrated to Portland, Oregan sometime between 1910 and 1912. Many Thanks, Paul Barnes, Liverpool England Paul.Barnes(at)ukpa.gsi.gov.uk - 18Sep01
My name is Kimberlee Border. My mothers name is Rolinda (Timperley) Border. Her fathers name is Rolin Dean Timperley. Her grandfathers name is Frank Owen Timperley. The same one as the one from Huron, SD. My mother is the same one that is mentioned in Anchorage, Alaska. My mother' mother is Marcia (the first wife). My mother has 3 children Pat, Justin and Kimberlee (me). My mother's sister Denise has 1 daughter, Deniel. My mother's other sister Pam has 2 children Laura and Ronny. You can reach me at tomandro(at)hotmail.com Thank you, Kimberlee Border - 09Aug01
Until April 2001 there was a Temperley family in Moscow, Russia. Now I'm moving to Kazakhstan. You can update the location list if you want. mark.temperley(at)ntlworld.com - 22Jul01
I stumbled upon your lovely website when I was searching for information on the SWALLOW's of LANCASHIRE ENGLAND. I noticed your Joseph Timperley was married to a JANE EMMA SWALLOW. Was she from Lancashire also and have you traced her line? My branch of the SWALLOW line originated in Lancashire England. The farthest I can go back is RICHARD SWALLOW and his wife MARY HALL. They were probably born around the early 1800's in England. They had at least 7 children. I am descended from their son, GEORGE HENRY SWALLOW and his wife LAVINIA HURST, then his son GEORGE HENRY SWALLOW JR. and his wife SARAH MORRIS. The two later lines emmigrated to America around the 1860's. Several of Richard's other children emmigrated to America also. Melody Edwards mel(at)truevine.net- Dear Melody, What I know of my Jane Emma (SWALLOW) is that she was born.21May1886, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, she was married in 1908 Leeds, England and that she died in 1969, and is interred at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI, USA. Her mother was Emmeline Hapworth Swallow and her father was William SWALLOW. She had a sister named Gertrude. I think her family was from Huddersfield, England. I have several pictures of Jane. I have not yet tried to research this line. When I do, which will probably not be for several years, I will post my findings on the web site. Until then, good luck with your own research and please be sure to contact me if our genealogical paths cross! Mark Timperley mark(at)timperley.org
- 21Jul01
Dear Mark, Thank you for taking the time to chase up the info you sent me. It appears that John Clayden is my Great-Great-Great Grandfather. It seems that due to the fact that a number of the Claytons and their spouses were unable to read or write at that point in time, and for some unknown reason the spelling was changed from Clayton to Clayden and back to Clayton. It is not known if it was misinterpretation of hand writing or a clerical error. A son Phillip (01/03/1823) had a son Henry Clayton baptised 14 July 1850, married a Mary Jane Timperley (dob 23 Oct 1855) daughter of Thomas W.W.Timperley and Ann Edwards. Mary Jane was my great grand Mother (maternal). I will attempt to attach a copy of the golden wedding photo of Henry and Mary Jane as it may be of some interest to you. Once again thankyou for your courtesy. Richard Simpson. drover13(at)optusnet.com.au
- 21Jul01
I am Richard Edward Simpson of 41 Railway Street, Booval, Queensland, Australia 4304. I am attempting to establish a connection with the maternal line of ancestors. My information starts with Samual Timperley who married a woman Mary ?. They had a son Thomas Wilbroham Wridgeway Timperley, born1816 and married Ann dwards,born 1816. A daughter Mary Jane Timperley was born 23 Oct.1855. On 02 Oct. 1873 Mary Jane married a Henry Clayton in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Henry was baptised in Berden, Clavering, Essex England, on 14 July 1850. Mary Jane died 19. Dec 1938. in Brisbane Queensland, Australia. Henry died 09 Feb 1925. Henry descended from a John Clayton b. 05 Mar. 1791, Clavering, Essex, England and Maria Woodcock, born about 1795 in Bishops, Storford, Herts, England (This sounds mixed up places?) married on 28 March, 1815 in Clavering, Essex,England. The Clayton Family sailed from Plymouth, England on 07, July 1860 on board the " Montmorency and arrived Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia on 16,Oct the same Year. It would be of a great help to me if you could give me any information in this matter. Respectfully, Richard E Simpson. drover13(at)optusnet.com.au- Dear Richard, Thank you for the email. Almost all of my information I have posted on the
Timperley web site http://www.timperley.org/ . I
poked around the http://www.familysearch.org
but didn't come up with much. I haven't found them to have reliable info anyway.
Here is what I found, note the different spelling. These are all men who married a
Woodcock. Sincerely, Mark Timperley
International Genealogical Index - British Isles
1. John CLAYTON - International Genealogical Index \ BI Gender: M Marriage: 10 Nov 1726 Leyland, Lancashire, England
2. John CLAYTON - International Genealogical Index \ BI Gender: M Marriage: 27 Dec 1753 Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England
3. John CLAYDEN - International Genealogical Index \ BI Gender: M Marriage: 28 Mar 1815 Clavering, Essex, England
- Dear Richard, Thank you for the email. Almost all of my information I have posted on the
Timperley web site http://www.timperley.org/ . I
poked around the http://www.familysearch.org
but didn't come up with much. I haven't found them to have reliable info anyway.
Here is what I found, note the different spelling. These are all men who married a
Woodcock. Sincerely, Mark Timperley
- 31May01
I thought I should just drop you a quick line to say that I found your site very interesting. I have an interest in the family tree of the Ardernes (being one myself) and like to keep an eye out for other members of the family cropping up and sites like yours are a wonderful help. I am a direct descendant of the Ardernes who owned the manor of Timperley. Kind regards, Lynn lynn.arderne(at)uk.pwcglobal.com - 22Apr01
Great website. I've seen it a few times and always intended to write. I was born and raised in Timperley and its interesting to see how people relate to it who have never been there. I guess others must have managed your expectations that Timperley is far from a romantic Northern village, with a duckpond and a few pubs. It might have been that way in the 1900s but now its an overspill suburban town which has been swallowed by Manchester. It has its fair share of good and bad, same as any towen or city in any country. However, Timperley is already on the map for other reasons. If you do a search on amazon for Frank Sidebottom, you'll find the bard of timperley. His CDs will tell you more about the place than any note I could write. Next time I'm home I'll take some pictures for you. Gav gavin.critchley(at)accenture.com - 14Apr01
I just recently discovered your page for the Temperley family. I found it very interesting and complete. I would like to send you the genealogy of our family in Argentina (Temperley of Buenos Aires, Argentina) I would like to know if you have some information on the Temperleys of Newcastle, on Tyne. As Alex Temperley mentioned in one of the letters published on your web site, a member of this family was named George Allison Temperley. I guess Allison is the surname of his mother since the Varonia is Temperley. George arrived in this country in 1838. He was born on Newcastle on the Tyne in 1823 and married in 1846 in Argentina 1°) Charlote Knight, who died in 1850, 2°) Caroline Knight, sister of the previous, with sons in both marriages. Buenos Aires, Friday 14th 2001 Best Regards and hope to continue in touch with all of you. Ignacio Solveyra isolveyra(at)uol.com.ar - 09Apr01
I'm very impressed with this web site... On the Timperley History... I'm a Timperley as well... I hope this will be a way I can find some of the Timperleys I'm related to... Janet Timperley jtimperley(at)hotmail.com - 25Mar01
A translation of the Motto of the Hintlesham family "Praevide Provide ne Praeveniare" is as follows - this is a lovely bit of Latin; the translation's quite simple - praevide = see to it in advance, provide = with foresight, ne praeveniare = that no one beats you to it - it being anything you're aiming at. A punchier translation would be simply 'Get there first' What you just can't convey in English is the lovely alliterative effect 'pr...pr...pr...' If you need anything else translated please don't hesitate to get in touch. We do long documents equally happily, and my daughter, who's a graduate in Modern Languages from Oxford, does German translation on the same terms. With best wishes Quintus quintus(at)catholic.org See his web site at http://www.latin.fsbusiness.co.uk/ - 05Mar01
I have been researching on the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 which was a Japanese Imperial Army's atrocity occured in then the Chinese capital, Nanjing. In research on this historical event, one of your kin, Harold John Timperley who was then an Australian journalsit, is important. I have collected what he had written in various journals and periodicals, which I believe that I have covered 95% of his works (but excluding his newspaper articles because many of them were anonymous). I had an interview with his ex-wife and have even his obituary. According to the obituary, he had some relatives in England. Do you know about them? What I would like to do is having an interview with them about his activity during the Sino-Japanese War. If you can let me know their address, I would like to send them mail in advance whether they are interested or not in my request. Kindly regards, [name withheld by request], Japanese journalist - 24Feb01
First of all, I am not related to the Timperley family; however, I was looking at my great-grandfather's civil war papers today and saw that there is an affidavit from a Henry Timperley supporting my grandfather's application for his pension claim. I am thinking that this Henry Timperley may be the possible "older brother" mentioned in the Timperleys of Stewardson, Ill. page. My great-grandfather, Martin Bertuleit, of Shelby Co., Ill. was shot by a minie ball at the battle of Kingston, North Carolina on March 10, 1865. He was carried off the battlefield and cared for by a John Jones also of Shelby County, Ill. In his pension file is an affidavit (Feb. 28, 1866) from Jones and a short affidavit from Timperley stating the circumstances of the injury and that other facts ( I actually think it is an affidavit in lieu of an officer's certificate, because they were in the company so short of a time, and after the war did not know the names or residences of any of the officers to support the claim for a pension). My g-grandfather had originally been drafted into Company K, 50th Regiment Ill. Volunteers. I checked the Illinois Civil War database and found: TEMPERLY, HENRY REC A 53 IL US INF SHELBY CO http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/civilwar.html When my ggrandfather was drafted, they apparently went directly to Tennesee where he took part in the Battle of Nashville in Nov. 1864. He was then temporarily transferred to Company B, 132nd New York Volunteers, which outfit then went to North Carolina and fought in the Battle of Kingston, where he was wounded. Both John Jones and Henry Timperley were in this New York outfit, so I'm guessing that perhaps they may also have been at the Battle of Nashville and may have been transferred to the NY outfit like my ggrandfather. Of course I don't know if you are persuing this line, however, it is just a little tidbit to follow, if you are, and I thought I would pass it along. Sincerely, Teri Cassias tcassias(at)netscape.net - 14Jan01
I have been reading the pages of the Timperley's for a couple of days now. I just discovered them recently through a new (to me) search engine. At least once a week for the last couple of years I have typed the name "Timperley" into various search engines to no avail. My mother's name was Veronica Timperley. Unfortunately I was remiss in garnering information re her maiden name prior to her passing. I have little, if any information regarding her. Following is what I know. Her date of Birth Sept.13, 1928 Place of birth: Sheffield Yorkshire England Mother's name: Catherine Nolan Father's name: unknown (my grandmother was married toWilliam Shepherd Married: Lt Kenneth Garfat Waugh (Canadian Armoured Corps) in 1944 Sibbling: Frank Timperley approximately 5 yrs her senior Moved to Canada sometime in 1945 (war bride) My birth took place at 75 Brook Road, Meersbrook, Sheffield, England, and I am assuming this was my parents residence at that time. I was born 10 Nov 44 (birth registartion #B1044628) Outside of the fact that she apparently attended an all girls school in Sheffield ( I believe it was Catholic as she had often mentioned ringing the bells). I have been involved in genealogy for several years and have done extensive research, but have hit a brick wall with my mother.... web sites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~garfatfamilyassoc/garfat/story2.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~garfatfamilyassoc/garfat/GarfatFamilyAssociation.html I know it's a lot, but any help or information you may provide would be greatly appreciated.... Thank you. Ken Waugh kiwaugh(at)sympatico.ca