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Early Origins of the Gally family

The surname Gally was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where this eminent family held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Gally family

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Gally Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gallix, Galli, Guelix, Gaelis, Gally, Gallis, Galix, Galy, Galis, Galit, Gallit, Guellix, Guellit, Guelit, Guelis, Guellis, Gaellis, Gaelli, Gaeli, Gaelit, Gaellit, Gaelix, Gaellix, Gallie, Galie, Guelie, Guellie, Gaelie and many more.

Early Notables of the Gally family

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Gally Ranking

In France, the name Gally is the 4,497th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1


United States Gally migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gally Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Richard Gally in Virginia in 1637
Gally Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Christian Gally, who settled in Philadelphia in 1751

Canada Gally migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gally Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Flora Gally, aged 17, Scottish servant who landed in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1815-1816 2

Australia Gally migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Gally Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. John Gally, English convict who was convicted in London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 27th August 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 3
  • Mr. John Gally, English convict who was convicted in Leeds, Yorkshire, England for 6 years, transported aboard the "Edwin Fox" on 24th August 1858, arriving in Western Australia, Australia

West Indies Gally migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 4
Gally Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century
  • Edward Gally, who settled in Barbados in 1659

Contemporary Notables of the name Gally (post 1700) +

  • Henry Gally Knight (1786-1846), English writer on architecture, born at Langold Hall, Yorkshire


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies


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