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Apple Origin and Immigration
Top Places of Origin for Apple
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Ports of Departure for Apple
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Apple Immigration to the US by Year
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Name History and Origin for Apple Naming patterns can help you learn more about your family’s cultural and ethnic background. You might find alternate name spellings which are helpful when searching for family records.
Apple Surname Distribution
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Origin: Richard Govey Appleford born 1797 Finsbury England died 1843. Married Jane Gumm 1825. His son Henry Gumm Appleford born 1838 London migrated to Australia ? Married Mary Martha Sayer 1867. 9 children died 1919 Malvern Aus. spent many years as a printer in Dunolly Victoria. Several other decendants
Surnames: Appleford
Submitted by: Margot Buckingham
Origin of Apple, Meaning of Apple
Origin: An ancestor, most likely Herveus de Kipier, married a daughter of the earl Percy on Northern England in the late 12th century. Her dowry was the manor of Topcliffe in Yorkshire so her husband styled himself de Toppeclyve. The vast majority of us descend from this marriage.
Surnames: Topcliffe, Topley, Topliff, Tapley, Tokely, Tockley, Toclive, Tocklyffe, Toplin, Taplin, Toppeclyve, Topply, Tople, Taple, Tapple
Submitted by: Colin Topley
Origin of Apple, Meaning of Apple
Origin: Trying to trace my Rappleyea line back to Joris Jansen Rapalje. I want to know which of his sons my family descended from. The farthest back I can go is to a David Rappleyea b.1793 in New York. Married Effie VanSlyke. Lived in Erie County. Once owned land in Amherst. One of his sons was Isaac Rappleyea b. 1820 Tonawanda. Married Phoebe Teachout. Anyone out there have my David on back?
Surnames: Rappleyea
Submitted by: Shelly Jay
Origin of Apple, Meaning of Apple
Origin: A town in Westmoreland, England, called Aballaba by the Romans, from which the name is derived. By signifies a town,--the apple-town.
Surnames: Appleby
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Origin of Apple, Meaning of Apple
Origin: Appleton
English origin means Apple garden
Surnames: Appleton
Submitted by: Glitz
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