Lye Family History
Lye Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow,
pasture, or patch of arable land, Middle English l(e)ye (late
Old English leage, dative of leah ‘wood’,
‘glade’); or a habitational name from Lye in Herefordshire (with the
same etymology).French: habitational name from Lye
in Indre.French (Lyé): habitational name from places
called Lié in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.Norwegian:
habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Lye, Old Norse
Lýgi meaning ‘alliance’, ‘covenant’, used to denote a place
sanctified by such an agreement, such as a court or council meeting
place.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lye
Name Distribution of Lye Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lye families
 114 - 225  39 - 113 |
 1 - 38  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lye families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lye census records
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Lye Family Origin
Lye Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Lye Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Lye Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Lye census records
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Military Service by Lye
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