Thornley Family History
Thornley Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from Thornley in
Lancashire, so named from Old English þorn ‘thorn bush’ +
leah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Thornley Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Thornley families
 17 - 31  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Thornley families
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712 - 1,421 238 - 711 |
1 - 237 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Thornley families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Thornley Family Origin
Thornley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Thornley
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Thornley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Thornley Civil War Service Records
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