You may have noticed that some Lapray family members spell Lapray with a small "p" and others use a capital "P". Why? One explanation is that Clyde and Claude LaPray, twin sons of David LaPray, Jr. took a penmanship class and decided to start capitalizing the "p" because they liked the way it looked. It had more flair!
Another explanation said that David LaPray, Jr. started capitalizing the "P" in his name so the bank would not get the two David's bank accounts mixed up, since they both lived in the same town of Weston, Idaho.
David LaPray, Jr. signed his wife's death certificate in 1934 with a captial "P". So David was probably born with "Lapray" but changed his name to "LaPray" later in his life. This probably had some influence on his twins.
On the Lapray family reunion held in France in 2002. Pierre Lapray said they spell "Lapray" with a small "p", so that is the original spelling.
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