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19 Mar 2009
Interestingly, a contemporary (1 July 1843) newspaper account spells his name 'Ely Cropper' - see this here (scroll to end of article) This suggests that the name was spelled wrongly - assuming Eli Crapper is correct - at the time. Jamie

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