MARPLES FAMILY HISTORY
A personal odyssey in
search of my roots
Welcome to my web site! I'm Rodney Marples
and I've been researching my ancestry for around 35 years. The oldest ancestor
I can identify with reasonable certainty is one George Marpple,
who must have been born around 1565 as his eldest son was baptised
in 1591. George and his family lived in Baslow, a
typical Derbyshire village on the edge of the Peak District, about 10 miles or
so from
George was an agricultural labourer and died in Baslow in 1640.
Three of his surviving sons themselves had families and from them I have traced
thousands of descendants and there are now over 13,400 people in my children’s
family tree (including spouses). I find that I've got cousins in
Here's my wife, Jean, and me, with our
younger son Robert and our daughter Kathryn at our side, together with our
elder son Roy, with his wife Abbey……
….and welcome the latest sprig of the tree -
my granddaughter Robyn Alice Marples, born 3rd February 2008!
In the process of researching my roots I
found it easier to trace backwards all the Marples names I came across. As a
result, I have lots of other substantial Marples family trees with thousands of
names. So if you're researching your Marples ancestry it's probable I've got
something of interest for you. It's also quite possible that we're related.
E-mail me by clicking on my name: Rodney Marples
EARLIEST REFERENCES TO THE NAME
OTHER MARPLES TRADING COMPANIES
THE MARPLES FAMILY IN BASLOW IN 1848 New!
DEDICATED TO MY UNCLE, WING COMMANDER ROY MARPLES, DFC & BAR
DEDICATED TO MY COUSIN, LEADING STOKER BERTRAM WOOD, DSM
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[This site last
updated 13th July 2008]