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  • Distribution of Lap Families in England and Wales in 1891

Origin of Lap Total Records: 10  Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: Researching all references to the Lapsley surname. Surnames: Lapsley Submitted by: Clyde Lapsley Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: I'm researching my Laprath ancestors from Simonsberg parish, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. I'm especially interesd in: Catharina Laprath (born 1804) and her father Johann Hinrich Laprathe (born 1777) and her grandfather Andreas Adam Laprath. Surnames: Laprath Submitted by: Henriette Idestrup Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: Researching the Lapan's from Canada, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Surnames: Lapan Submitted by: Kim Monnar Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: Lapham meaning 'Lap' and 'Ham' is said to have derived from East Anglia in the UK. Lap is supposedly from Loppa, a man of the forest or tree cutter. Whilst Ham means homestead or place of dwelling. Yet there is also some debate that it derives from the welsh meaning for stone. Surnames: lapham Submitted by: james Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: Audet dit Lapointe Surnames: Audet dit Lapointe, Lapointe, Tremblay, Hebert Submitted by: Rachel Lapointe Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: Possibly from a village named Manchikalapudi near Duggirala in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Surnames: manchikalapudi Submitted by: Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: Here is another origin of the name 'Lapham'. It comes from Bertha Bortle Beal Aldrich's book 'Laphams in America, 13,000 Descendants', page 11. "The word Lapham means 'hearthstone or home stone' and is taken from the word lapis, stone and ham or helm, meaning home. Some of the Laphams lived in Norfolk, England and it is said that in earlier times the family flourished in Scotland and Wales." Surnames: Lapham Submitted by: D. Bruce Lapham, Jr. Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: Lapalme The secret calvinst and reformed churchs had names that probably is the origin, LaPalme, LaRose, LaPensee' and so on. Members of those churchs had to emmigrate to North-America and protestant countries like Sweden. Check the site www.vallon.a.se under the icon "fria amnen" and "Vallonen Per Jansson????". There you find links to several religious sites dealing with the subject. Moreover, a doctoral thesis by Hallander you can tank down from the site www.vallon.a.se. Regards, Jonas Palm Surnames: Palm, Lapalme Submitted by: Jonas Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: Italy Surnames: LaPorta Submitted by: LaPorta Origin of Lap, Meaning of Lap Origin: It is possible that the name may have been changed from the french for "the point", "the pier" or "the rock" Surnames: Lapeer Submitted by: Helen 11/9/2009 2:53 AM Page 1 of 1

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