Re: Surname: Crapo
in reply to a message by Deborah
The surname Crapo has two difference sources in North America.
Crapo (1), alteration of Crapeau, origin uncertain.
— Pierre Crapeau (Nicolas and …) from Bordeaux in Gironde (Aquitaine) m. Penelope White (Samuel and Rebecca Lapham) in Rochester, MA in 1704.
Crapo (2), alteration of Crépeau, derived from Old French cresp(e) ‘curly-haired’.
— Maurice Crépeau (Jean and Suzanne Fumoleau) from Les Roches-Baritaud in Vendée (Pays de la Loire) m. Marguerite Laverdure (Martin and Jacqueline Leliot) in Québec in 1665.
Crapo (1), alteration of Crapeau, origin uncertain.
— Pierre Crapeau (Nicolas and …) from Bordeaux in Gironde (Aquitaine) m. Penelope White (Samuel and Rebecca Lapham) in Rochester, MA in 1704.
Crapo (2), alteration of Crépeau, derived from Old French cresp(e) ‘curly-haired’.
— Maurice Crépeau (Jean and Suzanne Fumoleau) from Les Roches-Baritaud in Vendée (Pays de la Loire) m. Marguerite Laverdure (Martin and Jacqueline Leliot) in Québec in 1665.