Ansley Family History
Ansley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from such places as Ansley in
Warwickshire or Annesley in Nottinghamshire. The former is named with
Old English ansetl ‘hermitage’ + leah ‘woodland
clearing’; the latter with an Old English personal name An
(‘the solitary one’) + leah. In some cases the American
surname may be a respelling of Scottish Ainslie.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ansley
Name Distribution of Ansley Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ansley families
 28 - 54  10 - 27 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ansley families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ansley Family Origin
Ansley Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Ansley Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Ansley
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