Researching William Alley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 407 people with the Alley surname? In that year Alley was ranked number 3172 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Alley on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Alley and the Alley Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 355 people with the Alley surname in the UK? Alley is now ranked number 3706 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called William Alley
William Alley
William Alley (also Alleyn and Alleigh; 1510 – 15 April 1570) was an Anglican prelate who was the Bishop of Exeter during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Alley is known to the literary world by his Poor Man's Librarie, printed in folio by John Day, London, 1565, or Lectures upon the First Epistle of Saint Peter, red publiquely in the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paule, within the Citye of London, in 1560. Here are adioyned at the ende of euery special treatise, certain fruitful annotacions called miscellanea, because they do entreate of diverse and sundry matters.
Source: William Alley, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Nassau Alley
William Nassau Alley (1808 – June 1849) was an Irish Methodist.
Alley was a native of Ballinasloe and is credited with much of the responsibility for the erection of the Methodist chapel of Galway, at what was later to be known as Victoria Place. In 1836 he and his wife Mary had only recently set up business as merchants in the town, where he was acknowledged as one of the leading members of the community. Thanks mainly to their efforts, the chapel was opened in 1839.
Galway was one of the worst affected areas in Ireland during the Great Irish Famine, and members of the community risked their lives in attempting to save the lives of their fellow Irish. While assisting the sick and hungry, Alley became infected with fever and died in June 1849. His wife, Mary, died in 1863, aged 62. Both of them were buried at the back of chapel at Victoria Place, over which an impressive monument with a Corinthian pillar was erected.
He was an older brother of George Alley.
Source: William Nassau Alley, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Alley
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