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Cepela Family Ties

Cepela Family Ties

Dick Cepela (View posts)
Posted: 17 Oct 2000 3:35AM GMT
Hello out there. I am looking for any Cepela's to try and find who is related to
who. There are 21 Cepela's listed in the
US phone books so I am trying to piece them
all together. Please e-mail me and we can
get started.

Re: Cepela Family Ties

Gejza Cepela (View posts)
Posted: 9 May 2002 3:33AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cepela
Hello,
my father was born in Slovakia in 1940 to Cepela family.His father originally spelled his name Csepela - Slovakia was part of Hungary when the old man was born in 1905 and to pronounce the name Cepela the way it supposed to be one had to write it Csepela [Hungarian spelling].I think that sometimes in the late twenties the spelling was changed to Cepela with hooklet above the "C" so the pronunciation remained the same
"Chepella".One of my grandfather's brothers left for Canada in the 1920-ties and his Canadian offsprings felt the need to change the name again so they became CEPELLA with double "L L".I don't intend to alter my name in any way so that I can proudly continue with the CEPELA family tradition.
Yours Sincerely,
Gejza Cepela
P.S.I remember well my grandfather telling me that his grandfather was born in the Tatra region of Slovakia and his son [my grand - grandfather ]moved to Presov - Slovakia where my father was born.
In Toronto 8 - 5 - 2002

Re: Cepela Family Ties

Gejza Cepela (View posts)
Posted: 24 Aug 2002 2:41AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Dick,
as far as I know my great - great grandfather lived in town of Martin in Slovakia .I'm not sure quite well when but I assume that in the second half of 19th century the Cepela family moved from Martin to town of Presov in the eastern part of Slovakia.My great grandfather was born in Presov sometimes around 1875 - 1880. You can email me Dick if you wish so. Regards, Gejza Cepela

Re: Cepela Family Ties

Posted: 19 Dec 2002 3:18AM GMT
Classification: Query
I know you wrote this a while ago... I am related to Walter Cepela, are you and I realted?
Jordan

Re: Cepela Family Ties

Gejza Nemes (View posts)
Posted: 29 Mar 2003 1:07AM GMT
Classification: Query
For your information 'Csepel' is a very old Hungarian name and a huge island in the Danube river under Budapest bears the same name for over a thousand years. According to old legend the island was named after a favourite stable boy (or horse hand) of Arpad, the chief (or khan) of the Hungarian tribes that came to the Carpathian Basin (present day Hungary) around 900 a.d. The first consonant is invariably pronounced as 'ch' in 'chair'.

Current Hungarian versions of the name are:
Csepel, Csepeli, Csepely, Cepeli, Czepeli.
The general meaning of the name is 'someone, who lived or came from the island of Csepel'. There is no Italian name that could bear any common ancestry to Cepeli, Cepela, Cepella or Cepelli, as the closest match would be Cipolla (onion) and these vowels do not vary that easily. (I'm a linguist.....)

a remark to Gejza Cepela: Gejza or Geza was also the son of Arpad for that matter..... the area from where your ancestors arrived to the New World was ethnic Hungarian (and still is to some degree) Consider yourself very much Hungarian....:-)

If you are interested in any more Hungarian relations, please write to my private address tropicale@mailbox.hu, as I just came across this forum while searching for my own name on the net.

Gejza

Re: Cepela Family Ties

Gejza Cepela (View posts)
Posted: 20 Aug 2005 2:06AM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks for the very interesting story of the Cepela names.

Re: Cepela Family Ties

Gejza Cepela (View posts)
Posted: 27 Oct 2005 2:14AM GMT
Classification: Query
Sorry,I do not know of any Walther in our family tree.

Re: Cepela Family Ties

Posted: 16 Jan 2008 4:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Dick,
I was curious about about my heritage & found this site. I'm from Canada & my grandfather, Rudolf emigrated in 1926. I know he had 2 brothers Vincent & Jerry that settled in the states. We're probably related & even though this message was posted on 2000, thought I'd respond anyway.
Best Wishes, Shauna Cepela

Re: Cepela Family Ties

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 10:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Shauna;

I think we are defintely related, my grandfather was Vincent from Tuckahoe, NY and retired in Dorset, Vt. I remember meeting Jerry when I was very young. I have old pictures also of Vincent's family. My e-mail is papabago@sover.net. Please e-mail directly and we can start exchanging info.
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