Kathleen Gallagher Teply died Monday morning, June 6. She was our mother, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law, and friend.

Kathleen Gallagher Teply died Monday morning, June 6. She was our mother, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law, and friend.
The past stories have brought the Teplys and Jarvises up to the 1930s. Mel Jarvis and Don Teply are coming of age. Their lives will soon be disrupted by World War II. After the war, they will marry and raise families.
Nothing worse than having to read a blog post when you’re busy sewing or cooking or whatever. Or, maybe you’re just lazy like me.
No matter the reason, here’s a solution. I’ll read the blog post to you.
Ed. Note: I tried to make videos for each post. After a few dozen videos, I stopped. They were too much work, and weren’t getting viewed like the regular posts. Sorry for those of you who have found lately that the YouTube links don’t work.
Continue readingThat’s right. Family Nibbles is now available as a book. You can enhance your personal library, and give a gift to a Teply family member.
Continue readingWe’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 readingBen and Anna Teply moved onto the Alexa farm in January 1921. Why?
It’s a story of neighbors, family conflict and lawsuits. Let’s take a look.
Continue readingIt’s January 1919. Ben Teply is just home from the war.
Anna Kloppenberg is working as a domestic.
Let’s get married.
Continue readingSt. John’s Catholic Church and Cemetery in Hanover witnessed the life events of our grandparents from the 1870s through the 1950s.
Continue readingWe have a guest author for this post – Anna Kloppenberg Teply Mengers (1G).
This article is copied from “The Kloppenberg / Overwald Family History”, by Ed Kloppenberg.
The article was written in December 1992. I suspect it was really written by Alice Teply Karr, Anna’s daughter.
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