Kiley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Under the rule of England, land ownership in Ireland changed dramatically, and many native Irish families found themselves renting out land to farm from absentee owners. This was one of the prime reasons that immigration to North America began in the late 18th century: Irish farmers dreamed of owning their own parcel of land to work for themselves. At this point, the immigrants were at least of modest means for the passage across the Atlantic was often quite dear. In the 1840s the Great Potato Famine created an exodus of people of quite different means. These people were most often destitute: they either sold anything they had to gain a passage or they were sponsored by philanthropic societies. Many of these immigrants were sick from disease and starvation: as a result many did not survive the long transatlantic journey. Although those settlers that did survive were often despised and discriminated against by people already established in these nations, they were critical to rapid development of the powerful industrial nations of the United States and the country that would later become known as Canada. An examination of immigration and passenger lists shows many persons bearing the name of Kiley or one of its variants:

Kiley Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• J Kiley, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 5
• Cornelius, Dennis, James, John, Martin, Patrick and William Kiley, who settled in Philadelphia between 1832 and 1877
• Pat Kiley, aged 20, who landed in America from Ireland, in 1892
• Ellen Kiley, aged 23, who landed in America, in 1893
• Peter Kiley, aged 41, who landed in America, in 1893
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Kiley Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Patrick Kiley, aged 27, who landed in America from Dundee, in 1903
• Mary Kiley, aged 28, who settled in America from Donegal, in 1905
• Charles Kiley, aged 23, who landed in America from Yarmouth, in 1905
• Margaret J. Kiley, aged 47, who immigrated to the United States, in 1906
• Josie Kiley, aged 29, who landed in America from Tramare Co., Waterford, Ireland, in 1906
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kiley Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

• Thomas Kiley, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1834
• Maurice Kiley, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1835
• James Kiley, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1841

Kiley Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• William Kiley, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Lord Ashburton" in 1850 6
• Mary Kiley, aged 20, a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Admiral Boxer"

• John Frederick Kiley (1859-1940), American Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher
• Kevin Kiley Sr., American sportscaster and talk show host
• Roger Joseph Kiley (1900-1974), United States federal judge
• John Kiley (1912-1993), American organist at Fenway Park from 1953 to 1989
• Kevin Kiley, American professional wrestler also known as Alex Riley
• Kevin C. Kiley, American retired Lieutenant General of the United States Army
• Robert R. Kiley (b. 1935), American public transit planner and supervisor
• Daniel Urban Kiley (1912-2004), noted American landscape architect in the modernist style
• Richard Paul Kiley (1922-1999), American stage, television, and film actor
• Nathan Kiley (b. 1981), English stage actor
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