When William Perry Bailey was born on 28 March 1851, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, Daniel Baker Bailey, was 27 and his mother, Wealthy Ann Rose, was 23. He married Harriet Louella Dart on 7 October 1884, in Alma, Harlan, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lasalle, Weld, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Denver, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 8 August 1925, at the age of 74.
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Historical Boundaries : 1855: Grundy, Illinois, United States [Spreads into Grundy and Will counties]
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English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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