John B. Curley was born about 1853, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. He married Sarah Burgess on 31 December 1870, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Kieran, Brendan, Brennan, Conan, Delma, Seamus.
Irish (Galway): shortened form of McCurley .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in northern France named Corlay, for example in Côtes-d'Armor and Indre, or possibly from Corlieu, the former name of La Rue Saint Pierre in Oise. Reaney and Wilson suggest also it may have been a variant of the nickname Curlew, after the bird, Anglo-Norman French curleu.
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