tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post1618936457955515496..comments2024-01-04T15:48:20.985+00:00Comments on RADNORIAN: Musical Interlude - songs of the defeatedradnorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-26983251792591277132013-04-14T10:52:14.057+01:002013-04-14T10:52:14.057+01:00Llew - of course words in one language can be spel...Llew - of course words in one language can be spelt the same as words in another - with quite different meanings. I believe that manufacturers of chocolate bars occasionally encounter this problem.<br /><br />No doubt Pepler is a Shropshire name and also a French Huguenot name, there's no reason why there should be any connection between the two other than the spelling.<br /><br />For example Thomas is the third most common French surname and French people used this surname long before the Welsh gave up our patronym system. It would be daft to think that the Welsh Thomases have any connection with those in France.radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-78243168314144761192013-04-14T00:50:08.958+01:002013-04-14T00:50:08.958+01:00Tut tut not at all Jac. It all depends on where on...Tut tut not at all Jac. It all depends on where one chooses to research. Very possibly it is a Huguenot surname and likely it is that branch who migrated to the Cape.<br /><br />It is also of English origin. Recorded as Peploe, Peplaw, Peplow, Peplar, Pepler, and possibly others, this is an English medieval surname. It originates from a place called Peplow near the small town of Hodnet, in Shropshire. It is first recorded as Papelav in the famous Domesday Book of 1086 and as Peppalawe in the tax rolls known as the Feet of Fines of 1232. The placename means Pebble Hill from the pre 7th century Olde English pyppel-hlaw.<br /><br />There appear to be both Peplows and Peplers from the beginning of surnames in both the British Isles and Germanic regions. <br /><br />Either way I maintain Bok van Blerk is a more credible stage name than Louis Pepler. Much in the same way that Bonnie Tyler rocks out better than Gaynor Hopkins really.Llew Bualltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-15533503502437807422013-04-12T22:37:18.355+01:002013-04-12T22:37:18.355+01:00Tut, tut, Llew, many Huguenot families fled to the...Tut, tut, Llew, many Huguenot families fled to the Netherlands and then on to the Cape, or even went directly to the Cape. This explains the huge number of Afrikaaner surnames of French origin, here are just some: Joubert, Marais, de Villiers, Roussouw, du Plessis, Terreblanche, de Klerk. Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-61916912695293367962013-04-12T17:23:17.489+01:002013-04-12T17:23:17.489+01:00Welcome back Llew .....
It seems that Pepler is ...Welcome back Llew ..... <br /><br />It seems that Pepler is a Huguenot name, they migrated to the Cape in the 1680s. About the same time the Radnorian Quakers and Baptists went to Pennsylvania<br /><br />I did find a Hendrick Lodewicus Pepler born in 1773, so no doubt just as genuine a Boer as the Radnorian Buftons are Welsh.<br /><br />I once came across a sizeable Afrikaner clan descended from a Welshman, can't find it now though.<br /><br />I remember how disappointed I was when I found out that the early South African communist David Irfon Jones - he's buried in the Kremlin - was actually from Aberystwyth and that his second name was Ivon not Irfon.<br /><br />radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-18854206579493295002013-04-12T15:55:40.540+01:002013-04-12T15:55:40.540+01:00Catchy little ditty by Bok van Blerk. A fine Afrik...Catchy little ditty by Bok van Blerk. A fine Afrikaaner name. Much more so than his birthname of Louis Pepler which just happens to be an English medieval surname that originates from a place called Peplow in ShropshireLlew Bualltnoreply@blogger.com