Paisley Family History
Paisley Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from a place in
Renfrewshire, now a suburb of Glasgow. It is first recorded in 1157 as
Passeleth, then in 1158 as Paisleth and in 1163 as
Passelet, Passelay; it may be derived from Late Latin
basilica ‘church’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Paisley
Name Distribution of Paisley Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Paisley families
 42 - 81  15 - 41 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Paisley families
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50 - 98 17 - 49 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Paisley census records
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Paisley Family Origin
Paisley Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Paisley Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Paisley Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Paisley census records
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Military Service by Paisley
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