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alley Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from a Middle English personal name, Alli, Alleye, as forms such as Johannes filius Alli (Norfolk, 1205) make clear. This is of Scandinavian origin, cognate with Old Danish Alli, Old Swedish Alle.
  2. Americanized form of French Hallé (see Halley).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The alley name in History

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Distribution of alley Families in the US in 1920
Number of alley families
 92-182
 31-91		 1-30
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 267 - Messages: 883
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Thomas T. Alley - Jefferson County, AL Forrest 1
Parents of Minor Alley, VA and IND Alleys indyjalley 3
Alley-Jonesport,Maine harleigh1 45
Alleys in Indiana Jay_Alley 4
Agnes Elizabeth Burge george alther 15
Obit: ALLEY, James R. Jr rjpetreshockjr 0
Susannah Alley m. Jacob Shuey, Putnam Co., Indiana wjdevault 1
Susannah Ally wife of Joseph Ally chrisnsue2003 1
Josiah Jordan and his Descendants 1760-1979 jsub7 0
Sarah Alley Decker kathypat 2
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