Dalby Family History
Dalby Name Meaning
Norwegian, Danish, and northern English: habitational name from any
of various places named Dalby, named with Old Norse dalr
‘valley’ + býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’. The English surname is
common in Yorkshire, where it derives mainly from Dalby in North
Yorkshire, but similarly named places in Leicestershire and
Lincolnshire are also possible sources. In Norway, it is common as a
farm name. See also Dahlby.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dalby
Name Distribution of Dalby Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dalby families
 507 - 1,012  170 - 506 |
 1 - 169  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dalby families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dalby census records
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Dalby Family Origin
Dalby Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Dalby Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Dalby Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Dalby census records
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Military Service by Dalby
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