The cropley Surname
cropley Name Meaning and History
- English (East Anglia): habitational name from Cropley Grove in Suffolk, which is probably named from Old English cropp ‘swelling’, ‘mound’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
- Probably an Americanized spelling of Swiss German Kroppli, a variant of Kropf.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thomas Edward Cropley | Nathan McBain | 3 |
| CROPLEY family in India 19th century |
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| Cropley in England |
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| Richard Cropley |
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| Richard or James and Mary Cropley | Dolly Cropley Gilman | 16 |
| Cropley of Wisconsin |
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