Ely Family History
Ely Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the cathedral city on an island
in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English
?l ‘eel’ + ge ‘district’.Probably also an
Americanized form of German Eley.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ely
Name Distribution of Ely Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ely families
 159 - 316  54 - 158 |
 1 - 53  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ely families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ely census records
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Ely Family Origin
Ely Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Ely Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Ely families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Ely Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Ely census records
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Military Service by Ely
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