When John Symonds Alley Jr. was born on 7 December 1915, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, Dr. John Symonds Alley Sr., was 30 and his mother, Edna Myrtle McElravy, was 25. He married Edna Sylvia Petersen about 1940, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 16 September 1944, at the age of 28, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
English: from the Middle English personal name Ally, Alli, as forms such as Johannes filius Alli (Norfolk, 1205) make clear. It may be a pet form of Alexander , Alan , Alice , or Alison , or a survival of Old Danish Alli, Old Swedish Alle, found as Alli in the Domesday Book.
In some cases also an altered form of French Hallé (see Halle 2) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Variant of Allee 2, a surname of French origin.
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