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ansley Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from such places as Ansley in Warwickshire or Annesley in Nottinghamshire. The former is named with Old English ansetl ‘hermitage’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’; the latter with an Old English personal name An (‘the solitary one’) + leah. In some cases the American surname may be a respelling of Scottish Ainslie.

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

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Distribution of ansley Families in the US in 1920
Number of ansley families
 31-59
 11-30		 1-10
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thomas W. Ansley Kelli Ansley Davis 2
Sallie Reid Batts Ansley 1888-1968 EricOlson308 0
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the African/American Ansleys twomcc 13
Unknown Ansley Photo? HEAtkins1938 0
John Ansley + Jane Bever JKSullivan 0
amos ansley ancesters alerexyz 0
Information on James Aaron Ansley theansleys 1
Information on Waymon Pickney Ansley theansleys 0
Leonard Ansley ancestors in United States 1700s - 1800s Edna Hollingsworth 1
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