Foley Family History
Foley Name Meaning
(southern) reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Foghladha ‘descendant of Foghlaidh’, a byname meaning
‘pirate’, ‘marauder’.(northern) Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Searraigh (see McSharry), chosen because of its phonetic
approximation to English foal.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Foley
Name Distribution of Foley Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Foley families
 422 - 841  141 - 421 |
 1 - 140  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Foley families
|
124 - 245 42 - 123 |
1 - 41 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Foley census records
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Foley Family Origin
Foley Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Foley Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Foley Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Foley census records
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Military Service by Foley
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