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.
Continue reading63 – End of a Teply Era 1865-1925
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30 – Pusta Rybna Churches
27 – Say Goodbye to House Numbers and Maps
As we’ve researched family history earlier than 1770, we’ve lost some of our best research tools – house numbers and maps.
Continue reading23 – Farmers, Farms, and Farmhouses
It’s complicated. Let’s start with two definitions:
Continue readinglán – A measure of land, about 45 acres. Same as a “hide”.
láník – A farmer who farmed one or more lán. Same as a “sedlák”.
21 – That’s the Wrong House
20 – Frantisek Petras and Anna Teply (5G)
19 – Anton Petras and Terezie Zahradnik (4G)
Let’s meet Josepha Petráš Teply’s parents, Anton Petráš and Terezie Zahradnik.
Interestingly, Anton Petráš and Terezie Zahradnik each has a Teply parent or grandparent.
Continue reading16 – Bohemian Emigration
Joseph and Josepha Teply left Bohemia in 1867, bound for America. They are the only ones of our direct Teply ancestors to emigrate.
Continue reading15 – Josepha, and Illegitimate Children
Illegitimate Children were a fact of life, literally.
Illegitimate children were common. It’s not unusual to see an illegitimate child on each page of the parish register.
Continue reading14 – Joseph Teply and Josepha Petras (3G)
We met Joseph and Josepha earlier, when we were in Borová and Oldřiš. They had gotten married and had a son Frantisek. Let’s learn more about them.
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