 Castle Garden Immigration Station |
 Cayuga High Street |
More than eleven million immigrants arrived at the Port of New York from 1820 - 1892. New York was the major
port of entry into the USA in the 19th Century. From 1855 to 1890, Castle Garden was America's first official
immigration center, a pioneering collaboration of New York State and New York City. Ellis Island
opened in 1892. The Erie Canal opened up the Great Lakes region from New York, and the
region was flourishing by the 1850's after iron and copper industries were founded near Pontiac. Subsequent ecnomic growth
was spurred by the automobile industry developing in the State (1897-). Thomas William Mapley, a gardener from Newport Pagnell, emigrated to the US in 1867, at the age of 16, leaving
his family behind (they would all sail 3 years later to join him, and settle in upstate New York).
After his wife Adele died, he moved with his daughter to Michigan and settled there, establishing the first of many Mapley
generations in Michigan. He died in November 1918 from Spanish Flu. His father William Mapley, with his wife and family, arrived in 1870 and settled in upstate New York, in Cayuga in the
Finger Lakes region. They stayed whilst Thomas moved with his young family to Michigan, and settled the generations
that are there to this day.
Family index by Generation
1st Generation :-
- William Thomas Mapley (1824 - 1881) Newport Pagnell ==> 1870
- Charles Edward Mapley (1849 - 1886) Newport Pagnell ==> 1870
- Thomas William Mapley (1851 - 1918) Newport Pagnell ==> 1867
2nd. Generation :-
3rd. Generation :-
4th. Generation :-
- Wilbur K Mapley (1935 - 1975)
- Richard Thomas Mapley (1944 - 2020)
- Clair E Mapley (1944 - 1962)
- Charles Edward Mapley (1939 - 2020)
5th. Generation :-
- Michael Mapley ( - )
- William P Mapley ( - )
- Daniel E Mapley (1973 - )
- Richard Clair Mapley (1964 - )
6th. Generation :-
1st. New York Generation
From William Thomas Mapley :- from Newport Pagnell ==>
- Thomas William Mapley (9/5/1851 - 15/11/1918) m. Adele Palmer in New York in 1871.
He then moved from New York to Michigan after her death, where he re-married to Alice Barbara Kessel (24/2/1860 - 6/4/1937) in 1882
He emigrated from Newport Pagnell, England, on SS City of Baltimore, arriving in New York September 1867. ==> Michigan- Anna Mapley (30/4/1872 - 27/7/1941) ==> Michigan
- Charles Edward Mapley (1849 - 1889) m. Harriet Hulbert (1864 - 1929) in ?
He emigrated from Newport Pagnell, England, on SS Colorado, arriving in New York October 1870.- Nora Mapley (1884 - 1956)
- George E Mapley (17/6/1886 - 1957)
2nd. New York Generation
From Charles Edward Mapley :-
- George E Mapley (17/6/1886 - 1957) m. Maud E Soules (1885 - 1937) in 19x
- Doris Louella Mapley (1908 - 1979)
- Wilbur K Mapley (8/12/1911 - 18/10/1975)
- Carl E Mapley (20/11/1916 - 1/1977)
- Linda Mapley ( - )
3rd. New York Generation
From George E Mapley :-
- Wilbur K Mapley (8/12/1911 - 18/10/1975) m. Doris M Van Norstrand (1912 - 2/5/2004) in ?
- Wilbur K Mapley (2/2/1935 - 12/12/1946)
- Richard Thomas Mapley (4/5/1944 - 13/4/2020)
- Carl E Mapley (20/11/1916 - 1/1977) m. Louise S Stevens (1917 - 12/9/2012) in ?
- Clair E Mapley (1944 - 1962)
- Charles E Mapley (15/7/1939 - 30/1/2020)
4th. New York Generation
From Wilbur K Mapley :-
- Richard Thomas Mapley (4/5/1944 - 13/4/2020) m. Delores Pendell (1946 - 13/4/2018) in ?
- Michael Mapley ( - )
- Richard Clair Mapley (1964 - )
- William P Mapley ( - )
- Daniel E Mapley (1973 - )
From X :-
- Richard Clair Mapley (1968 - ) m. ?
- Jessica Mapley ( - )
- Jonathan Mapley (9/2/1984 - )
5th. New York Generation
From Richard Thomas Mapley :-
- Michael Mapley ( - ) m. Kimberly ( - ) in ?
- Richard M Clarkson Mapley
- William P Mapley ( - ) m. Jennifer ( - ) in ?
- Kyle R Mapley (7/2/1995 - )
- Paige A Mapley (9/5/1997 - )
