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The OxED has these uses of ravioli which predate the OP's references:
1760 C. Hervey Let. 27 Oct. in Lett. from Portugal, Spain, Italy & Germany (1785) II. 439 Our food consisted in some macaroni, raw ham, boiled beef, or bouilli, and..a dish of ravioli, or cheese made into a pudding.
1839 Countess of Blessington Idler in Italy II. 16 Here the polenta , polpetta , and ravioli , the three favorite dishes of Genoa, are prepared.
1841 Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 721/2 For the same money, I might have had..A heap of macaroni, or ravioli.
1898 L. Merrick Actor-Manager 66 Oliphant was duly introduced to ravioli.
It has no instances of raviola. Could someone in Reno have initially misspelled it; that misspelling being copied until someone noticed and corrected it; then others following the correction?
As a very young child in the 1950s I first learned raviola, by imitation, not my own invention. Whether this was at home, at school, or elsewhere I have no recollection. I do remember having to teach myself to say ravioli later. It was later still that I taught myself to ignore everyone else and be happy as a nonconformist.
Edit: This was in central New York State.
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