Reply to: RE: [HANDLEY-L] Handley, Hanley, I'm sure most of you know this but Hanley, Handley, Handly and Hanly are all derivatives of the same Celtic name O'hAinlighe/O'hAinlidhe (Anglicized O'Ainle). If you read any book written in early English you will understand the problem with spelling in the early days. Hanley/Hanly are the most common in Ireland and Handley is the most common in England. There are two theories on the English vs. Irish branches. One says no relationship. The other says the English branch resulted from Irish invasions into that country perhaps in the 11th to 13th centuries. There were also Norman Hanleys so the English Handleys may descend from them...but quite possibly this is another branch of the Irish O'hAinlighes who stayed behind in Europe during one of the many early Irish excursions there and then ended up in England after the battle of Hastings 1066. Hastings was a fine battle so the Hanleys were surely there. Taken from:"The Norman People"and their existing Descendants in the British Dominions and The United States of America ...originally published London 1874.. Library of Congress catalogCS432.N7N7 1975 Handley, or D'ANDELEY (Lower), from Andelys near Rouen. Richer De Andeli occurs in England, 1083, as a baron (Exon.Domesd.). The name occurs in the Winchester Domesday (560), and in 1165 (Lib.Niger), when this family had estates in Hants and North Hants, and in Normandy. In England the name remained 14th century (Mon.Angl.i. 106, 1026; Palgrave, Parliamentary, Writs; D'Anisy et St. Marie sur Domesday). It bore the forms of Dandeleigh, Daundely, and Handley. The Irish Hanley branch descends from Heremon son of Milesius, king of Spain during the Celtic period. They have many Irish Kings in their lineage, the last of which was Muireadhach Tireach, 123rd king of Ireland, 319-352 A.D. Donal (Donnell or Dromhnall) 21st in descent from him was the first to adopt Hanley as a surname probably in the 11th century. Thus the difference in spelling. I have more on this if anyone is interested. If you have something to add, I would appreciate your sending it to me. Thanks and best wishes, Pete Hanley phanley@erols.com Cheryl Morales wrote:Hello List, I am searching for this list of Handley's. My cousin sent me a book called Umfress Family History and in this book the list of Handley names are spelled HANLEY. Does anyone have any of these names in their files. Here is the list of surnames in my files. George David Handley born: 1885 in: Tennessee married: to Alva Lena Ann Jane Humphreys (spelled several ways) born: November 1885 in: Tennessee Children are: Libert Handley born: 1908, Estella Handley born: 1909, Clyborn: 1910, Lawrence Handley born: 1912, Cora Handley born: 1912, Mildred Handley born: 1913, David Handley born: 1915, Beulah Handley born: 1916, Anna Lou Handley born: 1918, Lonnie Handley born: 1921 Chris L Handley is the son of Lawrence Handley. -- Cheryl Brown-Morales cherylbrown@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6658 ICQ #8501230 I am researching the following surnames: BASKETT, BECKHAM, BLALOCK, BROWN, CROWDER, ENGELHARDT, KUNKELMANN, FERRELL, FUTTER, GALLOWAY, GRUNIG, HASTINGS, HOCYNELL, HONEYSETT, HOSSFELD, HUMPHREYS, JOHNSON, JONES, KING, McGRAW, McMILLAN, MEEK, MESSER, MIDDLETON, MITCHELL, PIERCE, RANDOLPH, WEAVER, WEIDERSHEIM, WERNER, WOOLDRIDGE, and YOUNG RFC822 header ----------------------------------- Return-Path: <HANDLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from mx06.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.55]) by mta03.erols.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000417104223.SYUR303.mta03.erols.com@mx06.mrf.mail.rcn.net> for <phanley@mta.mrf.mail.rcn.net>; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 06:42:23 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([209.85.6.30]) by mx06.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 12h8z1-0004s7-00 for phanley@erols.com; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 06:42:23 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA23225; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 03:40:58 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 03:40:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: cherylm@execpc.com Mon Apr 17 03:40:56 2000 Message-ID: <38FB04C1.45CB9DEE@execpc.com> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 05:34:09 -0700 From: Cheryl Morales <cherylm@execpc.com> Reply-To: cherylm@execpc.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: "HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com" <HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [HANDLEY-L] Handley, Hanley, Resent-Message-ID: <EiBAgB.A.qqF.5ou-4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1200 X-Loop: HANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: HANDLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com Resent-Bcc: