When Asa Draper was born on 9 February 1809, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Chalkley Draper, was 31 and his mother, Rhoda Willard, was 24. He married Rhoda Draper about 1834, in North Carolina, United States. He died on 25 August 1845, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Hutsonville, Crawford, Illinois, United States.
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English: occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap ‘cloth’). The surname was introduced to Ulster in the 17th century. Draperstown in County Londonderry was named for the London Company of Drapers, which was allocated the land in the early 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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