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The Tibert Family
of
Nova Scotia

Last Updated: August 2001
by Diana Lynn Tibert

Welcome to the revised web site of The Tibert Family Tree, once know as the European Descendants. Over the next couple of months, I will be adding updates and revising the complete web site. This was my first web site and now that I know a few more tricks about the internet, I want to add this to the site. So, please bear with me as I recreate my family tree.

A Brief History of the Family

The Tibert name was originally spelled Diebert. When Maria Elizabeth (Margerin) and Johannes Diebert boarded the ship, The Pearl, Johannes made his mark beside the Engish spelled Teybert. Once in Halifax, their son was baptized with the name John Andrew Teubert.

In the spring of 1753, Johannes and his family sailed with 1,450 other German immigrants along the south shore of Nova Scotia to found Lunenburg.

The surname went through many interesting spellings, including Deupert, Teubert, Teupert, but three spellings eventually were settled upon. They include Tibert, Typert and Tipert. The Tibert surname can be found in Liscomb Mills, Halifax, Dartmouth and the surrounding areas. The Typert surname was the origianl spelling of the family which settled in Liscomb Mills and exists today because of sons born early in the 1900s. The Tipert spelling exists in New Germany and along the South Shore of Nova Scotia. All are descendants of Johannes Diebert.

There is one group of Tiberts which can not be traced back to Johannes and they are concentrated in the Digby area. For more information about this line, check below under the Digby Tibert Family.

***ATTENTION***
Veterans of Guysborough County and
their families

     Research is currently underway for a book to capture and preserve the identities of the Guysborough County
Veterans. Every veteran who served in
WWI and WWII will be listed along with
a summary of their military information.
Within this book, the authors hope to
capture the names, faces, thoughts,
memories and history of those who
served to keep Canada a free country.
The authors are proud of these men and
women, and through this book they hope to keep their spirits alive and educate future generations about their history.
     This is a large project that will take a year or more to complete, but Diana and Kelly are determined to see its completion. This is their small way of saying thanks to all the brave souls who served.
     Anyone wishing to contribute information on themselves or on the behalf of others, please contact:

Diana Tibert at
[email protected]
or Kelly Kaiser at [email protected]

My father, Stephen Ellsworth Tibert, is the son of Eva Selina McDonald and William Clarence Typert, both of Liscomb Mills, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. He was born in 1922 in his parents' home in Liscomb Mills. At the age of 17, Steve joined the Canadian Army and served overseas with the West Nova Scotia Regiment and the C Pro Corps before returning to Canada in March 1946 and taking employment with Nova Scotia Power in Halifax.

There, he met and fell in love with Laura. He held several jobs through the years as his family grew in leaps and bounds, but eventually the wounds he had suffered while on the battlefield forced him to retire and spend the rest of his days on a Veteran's Pension.

He never forgot his Liscomb Mills' roots and took his family to visit the old homestead every chance he could. On May 6th, 1989, after a years battle with Lung Cancer, Steve left his family.

To discover more about the Tibert family, start the journey on Page One. This is the Beginning of the Story with specific information. There are five pages in total, with Page Five starting with my grandparents information and continuing with the childrens', all 17 of them!

My mother, Laura Alvina Appleby, is the daughter of Primadine Taylor and Hubert Francis Appleby, both of Burin Bay, Newfoundland. She was born in 1928 in her parents' home in Lewin's Cove. At the tender age of 17, she left Newfoundland and settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she eventually worked as Head Cook at Dalhousie University.

There, she enjoyed dances, skating, movies and other city social events the likes that she would never have experienced in the small community of Lewin's Cove. She also met a young man, fresh from overseas, a veteran of the Second World War and fell in love.

Together, Laura and her husband Steve had eleven children and were happily married almost 39 years before Steve died of Lung Cancer. Laura still resides in Nova Scotia, but travels to her birth place every summer to visit her mother.

To discover more about the Newfoundland side of my family, click on the appropriate surname.

Appleby

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