Message: "Rapalyea" - Behind the Name

Rapalyea

by Christa S.

8/22/2007, 1:20 PM

Does anyone know the origin and meaning behing this surname? Tried to find it in the search engine, and could not find it.

- Jim Young (guest)

8/23/2007, 2:48 AM

Rapalyea seems to be a purely American surname. I tried a couple of alternative spellings and got this -
http://pages.prodigy.net/reed_wurts/heraldry/rapalje.htm

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