Oley Family History
Oley Name Meaning
German (Öley): occupational name for an oil merchant,
from Middle High German oleier ‘oil miller’ (i.e. someone who
extracted olive oil from olives), or from öl ‘oil’ +
hey ‘administrator’, ‘ranger’. Compare Ohler.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Oley Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oley families
 24 - 46  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Oley Family Origin
Oley Emigration Information (US)
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Oley Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Oley
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