Samuel Naylor was born in 1870, in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died in 1881, in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 11.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name for a maker of nails, from Middle English nailer ‘nail maker’. This name was also taken to Ireland in the 17th century. Compare Nail .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Nahler, a variant of Nagler , and of French Cloutier . Compare Nailor .
History: Some of the American bearers of the surname Naylor are descendants of Zacharie Cloutier from France, who was in QC by 1634 (see Cloutier ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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