The raleigh Surname
raleigh Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Raleigh in Devon, recorded in
Domesday Book as Radeleia, from Old English read
‘red’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| SIR WALTER AND DESCENDANTS | Roger | 6 |
| Frank Raleigh |
 Karen Wall
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| RALEIGH infant 1904 1904 son of G K and A M Raleigh |
t42OakGrove_DentonCoTX
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| looking for brother |
ashleyraleigh
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| Raleigh's of Macon, Bibb county, Georgia |
beverleeparadise
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| Christine Virginia Raleigh |
beverleeparadise
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| Ella A. Raleigh |
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| Raleigh Family Tree | Jayne Raleigh Defoe | 61 |
| Breathitt County Ky. Raleighs | mary williams | 21 |
| John/Jack Raleigh, b.1887 |
JoanHolland77
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