When Elizabeth Amanda Melvina Draper was born on 3 July 1848, in Council Point, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, William Draper Jr, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Staker, was 42. She married Asa Downs Smith on 24 March 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 30 September 1906, in Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, 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.
Possible Related NamesAMANDA ELIZABETH MELVINA DRAPER and ASA DOWNS SMITH Amanda Draper, was the last of the children of William and Elizabeth Staker Draper. She was born at Council Point, Iowa, July 3, 1847. Her paren …
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