We’ve taken a look at an era of Teply families, from Frank Teply’s birth in 1865 and arrival in America in 1867 as a child to Ben Teply’s early death in 1925.
During these two generations, we’ve seen the Teplys and their pioneer immigrant neighbors assimilate into agrarian and small town life in America. The influences of Bohemian and German and other European cultures stayed with the families, but their social lives and their participation in the Great War cast them into the American mainstream.
We’ve learned about their parents, marriages, and kids. We’ve seen their church and schools, and learned about their lifestyle in Washington and Marshall Counties during these 60 years.
A Peek Into the Future
We will continue our look at Teply stories after 1925 in our next series of posts. For now, here’s a peek into the future of some family members.
Anna Kloppenberg Teply
Anna Teply moved into Hanover after Ben died. She lived in one of her dad’s rental houses. There she raised Alice and Don. Anna went on to live a very long life.
Alice and Don Teply
Alice and Don Teply would grow up in Hanover, living with their mother. Alice and Don would be the last of our Teplys to live in Hanover.
Frank Teply and Anna Welter Teply
Anna Teply would continue to have bouts of ill health. But she would live until 1936. Frank would move into Hanover and live until 1952, age 87.
Josephine Petras Teply Swoboda
Josephine would die in 1927. She had certainly seen a lot in her 90 years, being born in Bohemia in 1837 and immigrating to America. She had five sons with her second husband Joseph Swoboda, who died in 1904.
Ignatz Kloppenberg and Anna Ross Kloppenberg
Ignatz also lived long after 1925. He continued to build houses. Anna died in 1942, age 77. Ignatz died in 1946, age 82.
Jacob Welter and Agnes Tuhey Wahlen Welter
Jacob had died in 1909. Agnes would live to age 86. She died in 1940.
Anna Alexa
Anna Alexa would live to age 80. She died in 1944
Sources
- Teply Pedigree chart – Ancestry.com
- Photos – Mark Jarvis – October 2015
- Various images and clip art – attributed in earlier posts
Family Nibbles 
Dear Mark,
My name is Alexandra Teplaya. My surname is the Russian feminine form of Teply, so I am researching my own direct paternal family line, not an unrelated surname.
I came across your Family Nibbles project and was deeply impressed by the work you have done on the Teply families from Telecí, Březiny, Pustá Rybná and the surrounding villages.
I am trying to solve a long-standing family mystery and hope you may be able to help me.
I am looking for my ancestor Leopold Teply and his family.
My documented ancestor was Franz Teply, born around 1831–1832, whose father was named Leopold. Franz was a Roman Catholic and later lived in the Russian Empire, in the village of Aderbiyevka, Black Sea Governorate, now in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Russian Orthodox church records confirm the following:
Franz’s father was Leopold Teply.
Franz was born around 1831–1832.
He remained Roman Catholic for most of his life.
On 5 July 1910, at approximately 80 years of age, he was received into the Orthodox Church by chrismation and was given the Orthodox name Peter.
He died in Aderbiyevka on 3 June 1915.
His son was Iosif Frantsevich Teply, born approximately in 1882–1884.
Iosif married Maria Tkachenko in Aderbiyevka in 1906.
I found references in your research to a Leopold Teply, born around 1808, from the Telecí/Březiny area. Chronologically, he could potentially have been the father of a son born around 1832.
Could you please tell me whether, in your published research, family tree, archival notes or unpublished material, you have encountered:
a Franz, František or Franciscus Teply, born around 1831–1832;
a son of Leopold Teply who later disappeared from the local records;
a Teply family member who emigrated to the Russian Empire;
any complete list of the children of Leopold Teply and his wife;
any migration, land, census or parish records that could help identify this family?
Even a negative result would be extremely valuable, because it would help me either confirm or exclude this particular Leopold Teply family.
I can also provide photographs and transcriptions of the Russian church records confirming Franz’s patronymic, Catholic faith, conversion to Orthodoxy and death.
Thank you very much for your time and for the remarkable work you have done preserving the history of the Teply families.
With best regards,
Alexandra Teplaya
A descendant of the Teply family
Russia
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