Chesley Family History
Chesley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Kent named Chesley,
from the Old English personal name Cæcca + Old English
leah ‘woodland clearing’. adm.Possibly an
Americanized form of German Schüssler (see
Schuessler).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chesley
Name Distribution of Chesley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chesley families
 44 - 85  15 - 43 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Chesley families
|
9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Chesley last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chesley census records
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Chesley Family Origin
Chesley Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Chesley
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Chesley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Chesley census records
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Chesley Civil War Service Records
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