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Early Origins of the Fadeley family

The surname Fadeley was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1208 when Nisant Fadmore held lands.

Early History of the Fadeley family

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Fadeley Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Fadeley has been recorded under many different variations, including Fadmore, Fadmoor, Fatmore, Fadley, Fadeley, Fatemore, Fademoor, Fademore, Fadirle and many more.

Early Notables of the Fadeley family

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Migration of the Fadeley family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Fadeley or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Fadeley (post 1700) +

  • Edward Norman Fadeley (1929-2015), American attorney and politician, 88th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (1988-1998)
  • Edward Norman Fadeley (b. 1929), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Oregon State House of Representatives, 1961-62; Member of Oregon State Senate, 1963-67; Oregon Democratic State Chair, 1966-67; Candidate for U.S. Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1968 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, March 16) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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