The McKerley surname is an Anglicization, derived from the Irish Gaelic "Mac Toirdhealbhaigh."
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Early Origins of the McKerley family
The surname McKerley was first found in the Connacht counties of Galway and Roscommon (Irish: Ros Comáin) located in central Ireland in the province of Connacht, where the places names Ballymacurley and Curley's Island can be found. There is also legend in Ireland, that the name descends from Maolduin, the second son of the 164th Monarch of Ireland, who founded the clanns of Muldoon. Maolduin's great, great grandson was Clercen, whose name means "curly one." Clercen founded the Clan O'Cleircen, which anglicized is Curley or Curling.
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Early History of the McKerley family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our McKerley research. Another 65 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1305 is included under the topic Early McKerley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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McKerley Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Corley, MacCorley, Curley, Curlee, Curling, Kirley, McKerley, McCurley, McCurly and many more.
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Early Notables of the McKerley family
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Migration of the McKerley family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Charles Curley who settled in America in 1654; Rich Corley, who was among those given a land patent in Virginia in 1675-76; Biddy and Margaret Curley, who settled in Quebec in 1849.
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