When Martin Draper was born in 1814, in Crawford, Illinois, United States, his father, Chalkley Draper, was 37 and his mother, Rhoda Willard, was 30. He died in 1814, at the age of 0.
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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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