Temperly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Temperly family

The surname Temperly was first found in Cheshire at Timperleigh (Timperley), a township, in the parish of Bowdon, union of Altrincham, hundred of Bucklow. 1 The place name literally means "wood or clearing where timber is obtained" from the Old English word "timber" + "leah." 2

Walter de Timperleie was recorded in the Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London (1254-1267.) Later, we found John Tymperley in the Subsidy Rolls for Warwickshire in 1332 and Thomas Temperle in Cambridgeshire (1340-1450.) 3

Early History of the Temperly family

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Temperly Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Timperley, Timberley, Temperley and others.

Early Notables of the Temperly family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Charles H. Timperley (1794-1846?), English writer on typography, born at Manchester in 1794, and was educated at the free grammar school. In March 1810 he enlisted in the 33rd regiment of foot, was wounded at Waterloo, and received his discharge on 28 Nov. 1815. He resumed his apprenticeship to an engraver and copperplate printer, and in 1821 became a letterpress printer by indenture to Messrs. Dicey & Smithson, proprietors of the 'Northampton Mercury.' About 1829 he worked with that firm at the same...
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Temperly migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Temperly Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Temperly, who landed in Maryland in 1665 4

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)