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eley Name Meaning and History

  1. English: variant spelling of Ely.
  2. German: from a short form of the personal name Eligius (see Loy).

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

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the eley family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of eley Families in the US in 1920
Number of eley families
 69-136
 24-68		 1-23
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 100 - Messages: 293
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Eley Family from Derby Adrian Nicholas 11
Eley/Eli info c. 1635 Isle of Wight Co, VA Melia Cotton 9
Surname ELEY BKGathman 48
Eley shagan823 3
Eley from Essex, England Marian Pringle 7
William Eley shagan823 11
Ernest Hillyer Eley born November 27, 1883 calvin1963 1
Chester and Patricia Eley MKB 2
William John Eley & Martha Cooper shagan823 1
eley / cooper shagan823 0
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