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Pople family in North End Yatton and Berrow
published by on Tue, 08/04/2014 - 14:57

I am interestested in the link between two branches of what are probably the same family. I have Samuel Pople (1826) of Yatton marrying Maria Pople (abt 1826) of Berrow at Bristol on 26 April 1852.

Samuel was descended from James (1795) of Yatton and Maria was descended from William (1782) of Berrow. Does anyone know the link between the two sides?

My other main interest is Ellen Pople (1835) of Yatton who is a direct ancestor of mine. She married William Leishman a Scotsman (or possibly not). Many researchers (especially in the US) have a different William to mine marrying Ellen, but I think my William (b1819 in Liverpool) is the right one. Ellen moved around a lot and William disapeared, maybe to America. Any information would be welcome.

Comments ..

Submitted by Pat Hase on Thu, 10/04/2014 - 12:51

I'm sure that there are other members of this society who know more about the POPLE family than I do but at the moment I can see no obvious connection between these families.

Maria POPLE's younger brother Alexander Henry POPLE married the sister of my great grandfather and so I have looked at the Berrow POPLE family. As far as I can see that branch of the POPLE family were in Berrow and before that Mark from at least 1729. There were certainly POPLEs in Wedmore from the 17th century and there could be a connection with the Mark POPLEs

Samuel's father, James POPLE was a Blacksmith in Yatton and his grandfather, another James POPLE, married Honor PARSONS in Kingston Seymour 17 April 1788 was also said to be from Yatton and a blacksmith. The banns were called in both parishes and can be seen in our transcriptions on this site. I haven't traced him back any further yet.

Submitted by Pat Hase on Fri, 11/04/2014 - 11:20

I would support you in your theory that William LEISHMAN was the son of Boyd & Jane LEISHMAN and was probably born in Liverpool. Is there a father's name on the marriage certificate when he married Ellen POPLE in Bristol?

The slight snag is that William appears to have had a previous family with a Catherine (possibly nee ROWE) and they can be found on the 1851 census in Bromley, Middlesex. Ref HO107/1555 Folio 511 Page 14.

Submitted by on Sat, 12/04/2014 - 13:46

William Leishman's marriage cert. to Ellen Pople does indeed state his father as Boyd (also a coppersmith). I also have the 1851 census info. William was, I believe, economical with the truth at times, or at the least a little confused. He says he was born in Scotland and he wasn't (although his elder brother and parents were); his age seems to be very variable, mostly stated as younger then actual. He did wander around - Liverpool/London/Bristol/Cardiff, and in 1871 I have him in Grimsby stating he was born in Bristol, which is where Ellen and the children were! Ah well, home is where the heart is I suppose.

Submitted by on Tue, 17/07/2018 - 2:57

Jane Pople is my Gt Gt Grandmother who emigrated to Australia to marry Henry Twitt 1836-1896 who arrived from Kewstoke 1852. They married February 1861 & took up farming at Smeaton, Victoria, Australia. Jane died giving birth to their 6th child 1874 & is buried at Smeaton in an unmarked grave.
Henry Twitt was the son of William Twitt & Betsy Bridge. William Twitt was the 4th child of John Twitt & Elizabeth Capel(my 6 x times gt grandparents) of Norton Court Farm, Lower North and, Kewstoke & are are buried in St.Paul's Church, Kewstoke with a lovely memorial to them inside the church.
Sadly I know nothing of my Pople lineage.
I would be most grateful if you could give me any help with this.
Kindest regards
Janice (Jan) Twitt-Grose
Victoria, Australia
janivg@bigpond.com
mobile 0419392598