Oley Family History
Oley Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Oley Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oley families
 12 - 22  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Oley families
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24 - 46 9 - 23 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Oley Family Origin
Oley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Oley
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Oley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Oley Civil War Service Records
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