Yardley Family History
Yardley Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): habitational name from any of various
places, for example Yardley in the West Midlands, Essex,
Northamptonshire, etc., or Yarley in Somerset, named with Old English
gerd, gyrd ‘pole’, ‘stick’ + leah ‘wood’,
‘clearing’. The compound apparently referred to a forest where timber
could be gathered.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Yardley
Name Distribution of Yardley Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Yardley families
 196 - 390  66 - 195 |
 1 - 65  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Yardley families
|
16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Yardley census records
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Yardley Family Origin
Yardley Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Yardley Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Yardley Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Yardley census records
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Military Service by Yardley
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