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Fenley History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Fenley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Early Origins of the Fenley family

The surname Fenley was first found in Delvin, where they held a family seat as chiefs Teffia or Westmeath. The clann, along with the O'Skullys were of the Dalcassian race, one of the founding races of Ireland. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable.

Early History of the Fenley family

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Fenley Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Finlan, Finland, Fenland, Fenlan, O'Fenelon, O'Finlan, O'Finnelan and many more.

Early Notables of the Fenley family

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Fenley Ranking

In the United States, the name Fenley is the 18,718^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Fenley migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fenley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

David Fenley, who landed in Maryland in 1668 2

Fenley migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fenley Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Robert Fenley, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1774

Fenley Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Andrew Fenley, aged 26, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Forth" in 1833
Henry Fenley, aged 24, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Forth" in 1833
James Fenley, aged 21, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Forth" in 1833
James Fenley, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833

Fenley migration to Australia +

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

Fenley Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Francis Fenley, English convict who was convicted in Essex, England for 15 years, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 8th December 1839, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Fenley (post 1700) +

Molissa Fenley (b. 1954), American dancer and choreographer
Stanley Fenley (1896-1972), English cricketer

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barossa