Brief Life History of William
William Malley was born in 1719, in Wyre, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Mary Malley.
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- 1744 Wm. Malley in entry for his son, Nicholas Malley, SAINT MICHAEL ON WYRE,LANCASHIRE, "England Christening"
- 1783 William Malley in entry for his son, William Malley, St. Mary's, Lancaster, Lancashire, "England Christening"
- 1742 Wm. Mally in entry for his son, Edmund Mally, SAINT MICHAEL ON WYRE,LANCASHIRE, "England Christening"
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World Events (4)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of O'Malley .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in northern France called Mailly (Marne, Somme, and elsewhere).
Americanized form of Rusyn (from Slovakia) Mlej (see Malay ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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