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According to Ancestry.com, the name Teeple is probably derived from the German Diebel...
which is itself a familiar form of Diebold...which is related to the German Theobald.
Last Name: Teeple
1. Probably an Americanized spelling of German Diebel.
Last Name: Diebel
1. German: from a pet form of Diebold.
Last Name: Diebold
1. German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements theud ‘people’, ‘race’ + bald, bold ‘bold’, ‘brave’ (see Theobald).
Last Name: Theobald
1. English and German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the unattested element þeudo- ‘people’, ‘race’ + bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’. The English surname represents a learned form, re-created from French Théobald; the common medieval form of the name was Tebald, Tibalt (Old French Teobaud, Tibaut).
and Tybalt was Romeo's adversary in the play by William Shakespear and so there is yet another connection between our line that illustrious bard of old.....
I don't know about you, but I never really new anything about dad's side of the family. It all seems to be clouded in mystery and legend. I've heard everything from tragicly murdered children to rum-smuggling during prohibition. Certainly we came from, I've heard, Canada, or Pennsylvania (apparently not) and before that Holland (who knows). I met a guy named Herb Teeple once years ago who had been to Holland and seen our name all over the place.
Gramma Teeple was from Canada we know. She was a live-in companion to some older woman in her teens and later came to Michigan as legend has it on a Coast Guard boat from Harrisville making a midnight secret border crossing and was a teacher. How much of that is true. How was Earl involved in her comming across the lake? She played the guitar as a girl and when she was 12, she said she saw Halley's Comet. What do we know for sure? Wallace, Earl's brother was a lighthouse keeper in Harrisville. The lighthouse which we have a photo of is prominently part of the Masthead of the Alcona Weekly Review, but what of it's history and what of the one-legged Great-Uncle Wallace?
July 4th, 2005, Just recieved a reply on GenForum from Dennis Beausoleil regarding the multiple personalities of Fred Teeple. This all gets pretty confusing so I have paraphrase ed and edited this message for clarity:
''In the 1910 census also in Alcona,he is indexed as Teeple O Frederick. Father Canada,mother Scotland. In 1920,he is widowed and staying with his son Wallace (I'm taking his word for this as I've seen the page in question and it is virtually illegible). In that census he lists his father born Pennsylvania, mother Scotland.In 1930,he is remarried to Ellen. This one lists Canada for father and Scotland for mother.There is also a Fred Tupler and son Fred Tupler in St Clair in 1860. The father came from Canada but the mother says Canada and the son Fred is age 5.'' If you look at it the top of the ''u'' in tupler doesn't connect so it could be two e's; also the ''r'' may well be slip-o-the-pen. James, also ''Tupler'' is listed with his family his occupation has been read as ''cooper'' by Anne, below, but I wonder if the same error changed ''laborer'' to ''cooper'' as he is listed in 1870 as being without occupation and it seems once one is a Cooper (barrel maker)one is always a Cooper.
It gets better. Anne Rahamut, who evidently is our cousin, sent the following: link to e-mail
A further message from Anne which answeres still more questions: link to second e-mail
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Teeple Family. This photo came from Aunt Joann and in the accompanying letter she writes that the baby Grand-ma Teeple is holding is probably Jean which would make this picture date to about 1916-17. |
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Mom and Dad posing with matching carnations. I believe this was their wedding day. Check out those snappy shoes (I mean Dad's), they must have been a little uncomfortable from the way he has his right foot askew. |
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Fred J. Teeple, newly minted warrior. |
