Brief Life History of William
William Harley was born about 1786, in Shropshire, England. He married Christiana Snetsinger on 26 April 1817, in Cornwall, Stormont, Upper Canada, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Canada West, British Colonial America for about 10 years. He died in 1872, at the age of 87.
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Sources (4)
- William Harley, "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Harley - Government record: birth: about 1786; England, United Kingdom
- William Harley in entry for Robert Harley and Annie Conroy, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
Spouse and Children
about 1786–1872 Male
about 1786– Female
Children (3)
1818–1903 Female
1821–1874 Male
1832–1876 Male
World Events (2)
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
Age 1
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Age 3
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called Harley (Shropshire, Yorkshire). The Shropshire placename derives from Old English hær ‘rock, heap of stones’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Yorkshire placename derives from Old English hara ‘hare’ or hær + hlāw ‘mound, hill’, later replaced by lēah.
Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghaile ‘descendant of Earghal’, a variant of the personal name Fearghal without the initial F-. This name has also become Herley and Hurley . Compare Arrell and Harrell .
Scottish (Fife): habitational name from any of several places called Harlaw in Midlothian, Peeblesshire, and Berwickshire, named in Older Scots with hare ‘gray’ + law ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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