Stroples in North America - Stories of the Family
    

Psalm 16:6

From Peter Strople, Austin Texas, as relayed in the STROPLE FAMILY HISTORY compiled by the descendents of George Robert Strople (b 1854)

The earliest records of the "Strople" name in America is from the British Land Grant Records of the Royal American 60th Regiment. George Strople had been recruited from Germany to serve in this regiment in America. They were involved in the capture of Louisburg in 1758, the battle on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and the capture of Montreal in 1760. They were later used by the British in the American Revolution. 

George and his wife Maria along with one son George are registered as being given land grants in Guysborough County in Nova Scotia. Although his birth date is not known the land was granted in July 1784. Presumably he was born about 1735-1740.
 

From Steven Strople, University Secretary, University of New Brunswick
 

We are descended from the Guysborough Co. Stroples who originally moved to Nova Scotia from New England after the American Revolution. As I recall they had served with the (losing) British forces. The family originally were natives of Hesse, now part of Germany, and quite likely recruited as mercenaries by the British army. However, they likely would have been viewed as Loyalists following the large-scale migration from New England to the Maritimes following the revolution. The land grant in Guysborough Co. is consistent with that status.

From a note by Stuart Strople, Montreal Quebec, to Joe Strople on 24 January 1982

I was told that the family came from Germany to Gloucester Mass before the Revolution and I have been told by my aunt who lived in Quincy Mass that the name was a common one there thirty odd years ago. The name was Strobl which got anglicized.

One of the sons emigrated to Nova Scotia with his wife in a period before, during or after the Revolution and settled in Guysborough County in Nova Scotia.

From Mary Strople and Sisters, Gloucester, Massachusetts
 

In a note from Joe Strople he said he had a letter from Stuart Strople in which he said the family tradition has it that George Strople was one of a number of brothers who lived in Gloucester before the Revolutionary War. I am quite sure that this is not true. I'm familiar with Gloucester history and Stroples were never mentioned. 

The only thing I remember my grandfather saying was something about there being two or three brothers and one went out west. The two brothers could have been John George and William.