John Raper 1790 Australia
I have always had questions about my surname since I was a child, and generally my family pronounces our name like Rapier for obvious reasons, and my mother had to always ring each school I attended to remind them how to pronounce my surname.
I don't really care and always introduce myself as Richard Raper.
Anyway my grandfather always told me the Raper surname in Australia was given to convicts who were convicted rapists, and that is where our surname came from, 8 generations ago my great great.. etc grandfather was a convicted serial rapist.
Does anyone have any more information about the Raper surname in Australia?
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