The tilley Surname
tilley Name Meaning and History
- variant spelling of Tilly.
- habitational name from Tilley in Shropshire, named from Old English telga ‘branch’, ‘bough’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
- occupational name for a husbandman, Middle English tilie (Old English tilia, a primary derivative of tilian ‘to till or cultivate’).
- from the medieval female personal name Tilly, a pet form of Till.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| John Thomas Tilley, 1867-1936 Fannin Co, GA & Yancey Co, NC |
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| Trying to find out more about my family | Kallie Tilley Riddle | 1 |
| Harold Tilley | Mercedes Boggs | 3 |
| Jerome Oscar Tilley |
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| Tilley | Mary Farek | 14 |
| James franklin Tilley in Rockingham and Stokes County NC |
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| Nancy Tilley Hawkins NC to FL? |
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| Fred/Freed Tilley of Johnson Co,AR | Sandra Knickerbocker | 1 |
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