Alloway Family History
Alloway Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ailwi,
which represents a falling together of several Old English names:
Æ{dh}elwig ‘noble battle’, Ealdwig ‘ancient
battle’, and Ælfwiig ‘elf battle’. Compare
Alvey. Alloway is a Scottish place name, but the surname is of
English rather than Scottish origin.Americanized form of any of
several French surnames, including Allouis (from a place in
Meung-sur-Yèvre), Halloy (from any of various places in
Oise, Pas-de-Calais, and Somme), or Allouet (a diminutive of
Allou or Alleu, which was a status name for a free
tenant, one not bound by feudal dues).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Alloway
Name Distribution of Alloway Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Alloway families
 24 - 45  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Alloway families
|
54 - 106 19 - 53 |
1 - 18 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Alloway families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Alloway Family Origin
Alloway Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Alloway
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Alloway Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Alloway Civil War Service Records
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