Researching Arthur Tilley
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3932 people with the Tilley surname? In that year Tilley was ranked number 1081 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Arthur means "from Latin Artorius, legendary king" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Arthur Tilley on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Arthur Tilley and the Tilley Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tilley Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Tilley family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Arthur Tilley at Find My Past.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 5607 people with the Tilley surname in the UK? Tilley is now ranked number 1060 for popularity in the UK. |
Tilley Family Tree Databases
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Find Arthur Tilley from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tilley Forums
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Miscellaneous Tilley Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Arthur Tilley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Arthur Tilley
Arthur Augustus Tilley
Arthur Augustus Tilley (1 December 1851 – 4 December 1942) was an academic of the University of Cambridge. An Old Etonian, his first subject at Cambridge was Classics, after which he began a career as a barrister. He returned to his old college to teach Classics, going on to specialise in French literature and becoming both a literary critic and a historian.Tilley is remembered at Cambridge for resisting the modernisation of behaviour and dress which he observed, describing the new elements in his college as 'bounders'.
Source: Arthur Augustus Tilley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tilley
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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