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Early Origins of the Timberman family

The surname Timberman 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 Timberman family

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Timberman Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Timberman 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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United States Timberman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Timberman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Thomas Joransson Timberman, who arrived in Delaware in 1643 [4]
Timberman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Nicholas Timberman, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 [4]
  • Hans Timberman, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 [4]
  • Hans Nickel Timberman, aged 16, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1740 [4]
  • Gerhard Timberman, aged 46, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1740 [4]
  • Conrad Timberman, who landed in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1749 [4]

Canada Timberman migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Timberman Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Mrs. Mary Timberman, aged 58 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Saguenay" departing from the port of Cork, Ireland but died on Grosse Isle in September 1847 [5]
  • Mr. Michael Timberman, aged 50 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Washington" departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died on Grosse Isle in September 1847 [5]

Contemporary Notables of the name Timberman (post 1700) +

  • Beth E. Timberman, American Democratic Party politician, Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 2012 [6]


  1. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  2. Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
  3. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  4. 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)
  5. Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 58)
  6. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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