Brief Life History of Olive E.
When Olive E. Lapp was born on 9 December 1883, in Wills Creek, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, her father, Michael Wencelas Zimmer Lapp, was 53 and her mother, Lucinda Isabelle Miller, was 31. She lived in Coshocton, Ohio, United States in 1883. She died on 14 April 1884, in Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Coshocton, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Olive E. Lapp, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Olive E. Lapp, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
- Olive E. Lapp, "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962"
Parents and Siblings
1830–1904 Male
1852–1903 Female
Siblings (12)
1877–1899 Male
1878–1946 Male
1879–1958 Male
1880–1928 Female
1881– Female
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Name Meaning
German, English, and Dutch: from Middle High German and Middle English lappe, Middle Dutch lap ‘cloth, patch, rag’, a metonymic occupational name for a mender of clothes or shoes, or a nickname given to someone who wore ragged clothes or garments with loose folds, flaps, or hanging sleeves, or who had fleshy folds of skin on his face, neck, or body.
German: nickname for a simple-minded person, from Middle Low German lappe ‘fool’. This surname (in any of the two possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (mainly Alsace, also Lorraine).
English: nickname from Anglo-Norman French lappe ‘burdock’, perhaps for someone with a prickly character.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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