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The oley Surname

oley Name Meaning and History

German (Öley): occupational name for an oil merchant, from Middle High German oleier ‘oil miller’ (i.e. someone who extracted olive oil from olives), or from öl ‘oil’ + hey ‘administrator’, ‘ranger’. Compare Ohler.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of oley Families in the US in 1920
Number of oley families
 12-22
 5-11		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 11 - Messages: 45
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Mary E. OLEY, South Shields, Durham, UK Julie 2
Oley's of Shotley bridge. dinallt 7
Looking for some family history. Scott Oley 22
Oley, Katherine Alice Layton W. Vick 0
OLEY John Arthur _and_ Helen V LAWTON _.JPG t42WashingtonDC 0
doDOdodo doDOdodo(theme from twilight zone) Matthew Oley 3
contacted family member! julia oley 1
Melvin O. Oley - 1909 death notice k 0
contacted family member! julia oley 0
looking for Oley's in Arkansas, New Mexico Kelly 0
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