When John Cambell Turple was born on 13 July 1844, in Shubenacadie, East Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, John Jacob Turple, was 39 and his mother, Grizella Barbrick, was 38. He married Mary Smith Watson on 19 June 1872, in Lower Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1872 and Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 5 June 1925, in Admiral Rock, East Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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In 1861, Hants County was divided for court sessional purposes into two districts named East Hants and West Hants.
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Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of Italian Purpura .
English (Norfolk): nickname or occupational name from Middle English purpel ‘purple, dark crimson’, perhaps denoting a dyer or a trader in fine cloth, or perhaps referring to a feature of someone's appearance.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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