Parsley Family History
- Parsley Name Meaning
- English (of Norman origin): altered form of the medieval family name Passelewe (assimilated by folk etymology to the herb name parsley). The medieval name is from Old French passe(r) ‘to pass or cross’ + l’ewe ‘the water’, hence a nickname, probably for a ferryman or a merchant who was in the habit of traveling overseas, or else someone who had been on a pilgrimage or crusade. It may also have been used as a topographic name for someone who lived on the opposite side of a watercourse from the main settlement.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 259,693 Historical Documents with Parsley on Ancestry
- 63,372 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 31,777 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,781 Military Records
- 1,989 Immigration Records
- 156,774 Member Trees
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Number of Parsley families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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64 - 126 22 - 63 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 121
- Confederate
- 68
- Union
- 53
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