Tapley Family History
Tapley Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name from Tapeley in Devon, which
Ekwall derives from Old English tæppa ‘peg’ + leah
‘wood’, ‘clearing’, i.e. ‘wood where pegs are obtained’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Tapley
Name Distribution of Tapley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tapley families
 37 - 72  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Tapley families
|
56 - 109 19 - 55 |
1 - 18 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Tapley census records
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Tapley Family Origin
Tapley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Tapley
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Tapley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Tapley census records
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Tapley Civil War Service Records
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