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 nearly 40 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 Sheffield.

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 29,000 people in my granddaughter’s family tree (including spouses). I find that I've got cousins in Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America & Europe.

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 sprigs of the tree - my granddaughter Robyn Alice Marples, born 3rd February 2008, and my grandson Theo Ray Marples, born 3rd April 2010!

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
I look forward to hearing from you.In the meantime, here are some pages that might interest you:

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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet