Berley Family History
- Berley Name Meaning
- English: variant spelling of Burley. Probably an altered spelling of Swiss German Beerli, from a short form of the Germanic personal name Berilo, from Old High German bero ‘bear’. Possibly an Anglicized spelling of French Berlet, from a diminutive of Berle, a topographic name from Old French berle ‘water parsnip’ (of Celtic origin, compare Welsh berur, Gaelic biorar ‘watercress’), or perhaps an occupational name for a grower of the plant.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 17,517 Historical Documents with Berley on Ancestry
- 6,262 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 5,730 Census and Voter Lists
- 621 Military Records
- 785 Immigration Records
- 4,119 Member Trees
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Number of Berley families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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26 - 50 9 - 25 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Berley census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- All Berley
- 22
- Confederate
- 6
- Union
- 16
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