When William T Alley was born on 26 October 1840, in Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Alley, was 22 and his mother, Jedidah Ann Gloshen, was 21. He married Martha Ann Alley in 1866. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He lived in Saline, Kansas, United States in 1865 and Marion Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States for about 50 years. He died on 22 February 1926, in Mercer, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Alley Cemetery, Marion Township, Mercer, Missouri, 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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