Vallely surname

[Lucinda12]

I know this might be a long shot and may be impossible to answer, but is the surname Vallely from any particular place/county in Ireland? Sorry if this is a bit of a difficult question!

[aghadowey]

You can use some online reources to get an indication of where a certain cername seems to be most common.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch
(just put in surname- but won't show variations)
www.familysearch.org
(put in surname and Ireland as place, then use menu on left to break down results by county- will show variants but you can select for exact match).

[ballydw]

www.nationalarchives.ie/census   If you look at 1901 census you will see the distribution of the Vallely surname

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   In the mid 1800s the name was heavily concentrated in Co. Armagh.

Regards

[Lucinda12]

Thank you! Very interesting to see the name was concentrated in  County Armagh in the 1800s. That's the period I'm working on right now! Thanks to all who replied!

[PabloC]

As above I would also say County Armagh, and to a lesser degree in the adjoining counties of Louth and Tyrone.

[lenc]

I agree with the above and indeed I have Vallely relatives in South Armagh specifically Cladymore.

If you have access to Ancestry,  there are a couple of family trees on there [including mine] in which Vallely families feature.

One of mine was Bernard Vallely c1840 married Elizabeth Lenaghan and their daughter Elizabeth married John McArdle was my G Grandmother [d] 1909

Happy hunting!

[Lucinda12]

Thank you! I have hit a bit of a brick wall with this Vallely/woods side of the family.  Can't seem to find out too much about when they came over from Ireland. It seems they were in Ayrshire at one time, they married in st Joseph's in Kilmarnock, and then were in coatbridge where Owen woods, my gg grandfather worked in the ironworks but although I know a bit more about him, ann(ie) Vallely is more difficult to find out about!

[Chatty133uk]

Hi, I'm currently researching Francis Vallely born 1808 in Cladymore, Armagh and died there in 1885. I have his last will and testament which gives the names of his children. I know his oldest daughter was Catherine born 1831 in Cladymore but I have no dates of birth for any of his other children, namely John, Bridget, Terence, Peter, Francis and Patrick and with the absence of Francis wife's name I don't know where to search next.
I also have some Vallely family coming over to Newcastle and Gateshead who were born in Markethill, Cladymore in 1845. Just trying to establish how/if both families are related.
Thanks x