When William Bickley was born about 1837, in Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Bickley, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann Green, was 33. He married Maria Duncomb on 29 November 1857, in Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Willenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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English: habitational name from any of the places called Bickley, in Worcestershire, Cheshire, North Yorkshire, and Kent, or Bickleigh in Devon, all of which are possibly named with an Old English personal name Bicca + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The first element could alternatively be an Old English word, bic ‘pointed ridge’.
Americanized form of German Bickler or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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