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Re: Dalby's in Sheffield Yorkshire, England

linda_petal — 2012-05-18 13:18:17Z

my grandparents were ernest and ellen dalby..ernest and your father were brothers..i am tracing dalby family and any info will be appreciated...

linda lavell

Re: Dalby Family , Leicestershire England

lightice1961 — 2012-03-04 03:56:04Z

Dear Jim ; I went to familysearch.com, and found my entire line of Dalby back to 1586 in Leicestershire after a basic search and I'm sure you can do the same. It lists the full families. Good luck from Anthony Dalby in Australia.

Re: Opie D. Dalby of Texarkana, TX 1926

MThompson6694 — 2012-01-04 02:01:14Z

This is "off subject" and I apologize. If you have access to the 1926 Texas High Yearbook, would you be willing to do a single look-up? It would be most appreciated.
Please contact me at mthompson246@suddenlink.net
Thank you!
Mary

Re: Re Dalby's in India

marydalby42 — 2011-08-30 01:11:08Z

hi allan it mary k dalby my dad comes from inda and grandad name was pevcival dalby and my anut is mary Denoory and bills your dad .mary k dalby.

Henry Olson Dalby

lastonestanding — 2011-07-17 00:56:15Z

Oak Park Cemetery,Claremont,Ca
Headstone
"Henry Olson Dalby
Wisconsin
Pvt. 22 U.S.INF.
June 7 1938"

Re: Dalby Family

untamed127 — 2011-07-15 07:37:52Z

Hi,
Thank you soooooo much for this information, I really appreciate it. I phoned my mother, when I told her about your reply, she was ecstatic, and remembered the second name to be Margaret!
I've got a dear friend living in London, I'm gonna send her on a further search.
I really hope that this is our family, if so, I will let you know. Once again, thank you very much.
Kind regards

Annetté Schoeman

Re: Dalby Family

JeffKetterer67 — 2011-07-14 20:55:02Z

Hi,
The family in England isn't usually a place that I search, however there is an Elizabeth M. Dalby with an Anthony H. Dalby in the British phone books in the 65+ age group.

It is a pay site, so I wasn't able to learn anything. If you Google them, it should come up. I don't know if that is your family or not.

Re: Dalby Family

untamed127 — 2011-07-06 09:13:06Z

Hi,
I am desperately trying to find my mother's sister!
They haven't seen each other in some 50+ years.
Al that I know is that she is Elisabeth Pienaar Dalby, married to Tony Dalby, had 2 children Shirley and Edward. She was born in 1933 in Cape Town South Africa. The last letter my mother received from her was from the following address:
11 Nelson Court
Greyville Drive
Smithwick
Warley
Worcestershire
England
B66IJR

I don't know where else to look.
I am from Oranjemund - Namibia

Kind regards

Annetté Schoeman

PS: My mother's name is Martha Magdalena Erasmus nee Pienaar

Re: Dalby's of Hinckley Leicestershire

leledalby — 2011-05-20 00:13:40Z

Thanks for the info! There was actually two Maria Illife's born around the same time in Hinckley but I was having trouble figuring out which was the correct Maria Illife that was related to my family. I think you just helped me figure it out.

THANKS!

Re: Dalby's of Hinckley Leicestershire

leledalby — 2011-05-20 00:08:36Z

Hi Rebecca,
If Anthony Willett Dalby is your grandpa then we are definatly talking about the same family. Your grandpa's brother Eric was my grandpa. My parents visited your mom last year when they visited England from Texas. I also contacted your mom last year to find out more infomation on our family history, but she wan't able to fill in any of the blanks. Unforunatly, since my grandpa Eric died young I don't have much info about the Dalby side of the family. Are you interested in family history? I'd love to know more about the Dalby family history if you ever find out anything. Thanks for responding. Tell your mom I said HI!
Leanne Dalby Long

Re: Dalby Family - England

admin1s2f6ubltsov3c9tepiu2oufe0hqi — 2011-05-12 07:49:15Z

Firstly, my user name was some kind of computer generated name, it took the first part of my email address and added all sorts of gabble after.

I have had communication via Facebook with Benita and have just replied to her.

I explained to her that I am in a difficult situation. No doubt you will communicate with her now.

Regards

Matt

Re: Dalby Family - England

silicondale — 2011-05-11 11:02:28Z

Matt - Have emailed you off-board. We would really appreciate any information you could share. There seems to be a good probability that Benita's and my Dalby relatives are connected, but we are still missing the essential information to connect them. By the way, why did you choose such as strange user name as admin1s2f6ubltsov3c9tepiu2oufe0hqi ?

Re: Dalby Family - England

admin1s2f6ubltsov3c9tepiu2oufe0hqi — 2011-05-10 17:23:41Z

I may be able to help you
If you google search me, Matt Harper Photographer Devon, you are bound to find me to get in touch

Re: Dalby's of Hinckley Leicestershire

RogerCorti67 — 2011-05-09 19:33:09Z

There is a Mary Illife b 1861 Hinckley with parents James & Catherine in 1891 - Mary shown as single.living in Rugby Rd

Re: Dalby's of Hinckley Leicestershire

rebecca715198 — 2011-05-08 20:11:52Z

I can ask my mum as they might have been related to my grandpa Anthony willett dalby.

Re: Dalby's of Hinckley Leicestershire

rebecca715198 — 2011-05-08 20:11:50Z

I can ask my mum as they might have been related to my grandpa Anthony willett dalby.

Re: George David Dalby

silicondale — 2011-02-07 15:28:33Z

No - the one we thought was George Daniel is actually George David. See attached image from the St George-in-the-East register. It doesn't help locate his death record, though. Whether Daniel or David, I haven't yet found it.

Re: George David Dalby

RogerCorti67 — 2011-02-07 14:01:08Z

Could be George Daniel?

George David Dalby

silicondale — 2011-02-06 21:36:10Z

Eldest son of Octavius Dalby and Hannah Dobson. Born 29 March 1811 in Stepney, christened 18 August 1811 at St George in the East - then disappears. All other children traced, but I would very much like to know what happened to George David. IGI transcription of George Daniel is incorrect - discovered from check of original handwritten record. Still doesn't help, though.

Octavius came from Howden, E.Yorkshire, and Hannah from Whitgift, E.Yorkshire, but have found no trace of George David in either place, or in London.

- Stephen

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

JamesHogg74 — 2010-11-30 17:48:05Z

The migrations from Denmark to Normandy in France and to eastern England took place more or less in the same period, from around the year 800. This was several centuries before the general introduction of surnames. So I don't think it's correct to say "Many Dalbys from Denmark, centuries ago, did indeed leave Denmark and settled in France because of something to do with religion. Here they stayed for a number of generations begore migrating on to England." Even when the Norman/French William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066 surnames were a long way off except among the nobility and there was no one actually called Dalby.
However the Scandinavian migrants had earlier brought to England their language, in which the word Dalby (dal-by) meant homestead or settlement in the dale or valley. They gave the name to several locations in England and hundreds of years later it was adopted as a surname by people from those places when they found they could no longer get along with just a first name. I believe that the vast majority of people called Dalby today descend from those people.

Richard & Susannah Dalby, Washington Co., Pa.

DMcCMackey — 2010-11-27 05:35:52Z

I'm searching for any information on Richard & Susannah Dalby, Washington Co., Pa., identified by some researchers as the parents of Elizabeth Dalby Bumgarner, born about 1772.

Dalby Family Newsletters - Betty Lue Jones

justindalby — 2010-10-14 13:50:14Z

I have received a bunch of the Dalby Family Newsletters, and additional information, that Betty Lue Jones had written over the years. I have scanned all of them and created a huge PDF file (416 pages) so that there will always be an electronic version floating around. If you would like this file, e-mail me at the below e-mail address.

Be sure to pass the file on to future Dalby family researchers!

justindalby@hotmail.com

Justin Dalby

Dalby Manuscript - Norman Leonard Dalby

justindalby — 2010-10-04 18:21:51Z

After a year or so I have finally received a copy of "The Dalby's of Northeast, Texas" by Norman Leonard Dalby. I have scanned this manuscript into PDF form and will gladly e-mail this to other Dalby researchers out there. Thanks.

justindalby@hotmail.com (justindalbyathotmaildotcom)

Justin Dalby

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

midge1249 — 2010-09-28 17:54:51Z

Many issues here. The big one being the natural flow of people during migration. From what I read, many Dalbys from Denmark, centuries ago, did indeed leave Denmark and settled in France because of something to do with religion. Here they stayed for a number of generations begore migrating on to England. I think that both scenarios are correct, given the transformation of surnames over the centuries and the influence on their spellings and pronunciations by the language of the country they are in and the ear of those who write their names as they hear them - remember that we were dealing with very few literate people until the early 20th century, so names were written down not as they were told they were spelled by the person (who couldn't spell), but by the village enumerator who was one of the few people who could actually write, so he wrote what he heard and some of these spellings stuck (many of them did).

I'm sure that many of the Dalbys came directly to England from Denmark, but many did not, taking the slow, many-generationed move which influenced their surname's spelling.

We have another name in our family which our branch spells Garman. Other branches (yet same tree) spell it Garmon and Gorman. I suspect that it all boils down to the first guy who copied the name down wrong.

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

JamesHogg74 — 2010-09-28 10:05:13Z

That's an excellent summary, Midge. The only doubt I have concerns D'Aulby. There are Dalbys who ignore the Danish meaning of the name and claim that it originates in France. There is a place there called Alby and a Frenchman bearing the locational name "from Alby" would be called De Alby, elided into D'Alby. A nice idea, but it ignores the very clear Viking influence on English place-names that you have outlined. Among your early examples is Matthew de Dalbi; the placing of the "de" shows he was “from Dalby” in England, not “from Alby” in France.

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

midge1249 — 2010-09-27 20:53:41Z

This interesting name is of Old Norse origin, and is a locational surname deriving from any one of the places called Dalby, in Lincolnshire, near Spilsby; in Leicestershire near Melton Mowbray, and in North Yorkshire near Terrington. All three places are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Dalbi", and all share the same meaning and derivation, which is "the farm in the valley", from the Old Norse "dalr", valley, with "byr", farm, settlement. The surname is found most frequently in Yorkshire, and therefore probably derives mainly from Dalby in that county. Locational surname s were mostly acquired by those former inhabitants of a place who had moved to another area, and were thereafter best identified by the name of their birthplace. The modern surname can be found as Dalby, Dalbey, Daulby, and the apparently Norman form D' Aulby. Among the recordings of the name is Yorkshire is that of the christening of Thomas Dalby, son of Richard, at Brandesburton, on May 6th 1585. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Matthew de Dalbi, which was dated circa 1160, in Documents relating to the Danelaw (Lincolnshire), during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Dalby#ixzz10lWBR6kH

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

JamesHogg74 — 2010-09-27 19:52:51Z

Midge, you're quite right that the places called Dalby -- in Yorks, Leicestershire, Lincolnsire and the Isle of Man --were named by Viking invaders. There are still villages called Dalby in Scandinavia. I peronsally doubt the French connection, but when the evidence is hazy we are all entitled to our own theories!

James

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

midge1249 — 2010-09-27 19:45:06Z

Dalbys in Yorkshire too. Many of the original Dalbys came from Denmark via France way back when. The name Dalby in Danish sounds like "Dale Boo" and means 'town in a valley' or something close to that. I think the v8illages, etc of Dalby were named after these very early immigrants who settled the areas in England.

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

JamesHogg74 — 2010-09-27 07:38:07Z

Stephen, there is a small village called Dalby in Lincolnshire, off the A16 just north of Spilsby. It's possible your ancestors lived there at the time when some people adopted their place of origin as a surname.

James

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

silicondale — 2010-09-26 18:27:37Z

So I wonder how many different unrelated Dalby lines there are, then? My Dalby ancestors were from Howden, eat Yorkshire in the 18thC, with indications (no actual evidence yet) that they were probably from north Lincolnshire before that. Doesn't fit especially well with either the Leicestershire or the Castle Howard cluster. Descendants migrated to London (my branch), Cornwall/Devon, and some to Australia & New Zealand; and some stayed in the Humberside area.

- Stephen

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

JamesHogg74 — 2010-09-26 17:06:23Z

Thanks, Elaine. You may think I'm American because my famiy emigrated there, but in fact my great-grandfather returned to England and I'm English. Though I live in Cambridgeshire I know Halifax -- and Yorkshire -- well.

Sounds as if you belong to the Dalbys who originate in the place of that name in Leicestershire, while I belong to the Dalbys who originated from Dalby, tiny hamlet near Castle Howard.

James

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

ElaineBrunton — 2010-09-26 15:46:30Z

Hi James,
Im am sorry my Dalby's came from Northamptonshire into Rutland then south to Kent and London. It's funny I now live in Halifax not that far from Tong Bradford. There are plenty of Dalby's locally.

Wishing you the best in your research and if I find anything that might be of interest to you as I go along I will try to let you know.

Elaine

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

JamesHogg74 — 2010-09-26 15:10:04Z

Elaine, I was interested that you've traced your Dalby ancestry back to the 1600s. It's unlikely that we belong to the same line -- there are a lot of Dalbys -- but just in case we do I'll mention that my g-g-grandfather Robert Dalby emigrated from Tong in Yorkshire, England, to Albion, Illinois, in 1835. Any connection?

James Dalby Hogg

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

Rachel2702 — 2010-09-26 11:23:49Z

Hi Elaine, great to hear from you. I'd love to hear more - my email addr is racheleifion@sky.com
Thanks very much
Rachel

Re: Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

ElaineBrunton — 2010-09-25 16:51:10Z

Hi Rachel,
George Harry Dalby was my great grandfather Richard Dalby's elder brother. I have manage to trace the family back to the 1600's. If you are interested in further contact let me have your e-mail address and I will respond.

Best wishes Elaine

Dalby - Looking for descendants of George Harry, b.1870, Kent

Rachel2702 — 2010-09-25 16:21:58Z

George Harry Dalby & Ruth Alice Gumbrell had four children, Edward William (b.1896), Eric Arthur (b.1898), George Harry (b.1901) and Jessie Edith (b.1903)
would love to hear from any descendants - George Harry Senior was my Great Grandfather - he married again after Ruth died, and had more children, Frank Robert was my Grandfather. My father was born just after Frank died (WW2) and would like to find out more about the Dalby family, as would I. Looking forward to hearing from anyone with more information! Best wishes, Rachel

Re: Dalby's of VA, NC, TN, and Texas

AudraM97 — 2010-09-24 02:18:12Z

From what branch do you descend? My genealogy has been packed away in boxes for 2 years because we are building a new house, so I can only access my computer database. I am happy to share, but with the manuscript, you probably have most of the same information that I have except for your particular branch. I can share from my branch with you.

Looking forward to hearing back from you. Audra

Re: Dalby's of VA, NC, TN, and Texas

sjwn10 — 2010-09-21 21:18:42Z

Please contact me. I have a copy of the same manuscript you have and also descend from Nancy Bullock and Knightgale Dalby as you do. I am in Texas. Many thanks

Re: Old Dalby Newsletters

justindalby — 2010-09-21 14:21:50Z

Hey, Mary! I hope you receive this! I would love to have the old Dalby Newsletters. In fact, I have been searching them for a long time. At your convenience, you can e-mail them to me at:

justindalby@hotmail.com (justindalbyathotmail.com)

I would also love to compare some notes. Thank you very much, this means a lot!

Justin Dalby

Re: Dalby Family

justindalby — 2010-09-21 13:54:27Z

Do you have information on the children of B.H.Y. Dalby? I am looking particularly for information and verificiation that B.H.Y. Dalby->Stinson Dalby m. Salena C. Manees->Alvin Dalby m. Mazie Leonard->Leonard Dalby.

Also, what documentation do you have of the Dalby line? I would love to get more in depth information on the actual people (births, deaths, marriages, and especially any inside information about the persons life). I would love to get anything that is verified correct on the Dalby's.

No, I am not from Texas. I am from Illinois and my line is from Jefferson Co., IL after Stinson Dalby.

Please let me know if you need anything on my end and I appreciate your efforts in helping me with my search!

justindalby@hotmail.com

Justin Dalby

Re: Dalby Family

sjwn10 — 2010-09-20 21:09:29Z

I tried to email you but couldn't. Yes, Benjamin Henry Yandell Dalby was the son of Edward Benjamin? Dalby s/o Knightingale Dalby and his wife Nancy Ann Bullock. This is about all I can do on this right now due to illness in the family. Are you in Texas?

Re: Dalby Family

justindalby — 2010-09-20 17:18:12Z

Hey, sjwn10! Great information. I believe I am from this line...Benjamin H.Y. Dalby. Please send me an e-mail if you get this so we can compare some notes! I have been researching this line and am stuck but I think you may have the answer! Thanks!

justindalby@hotmail.com (justindalbyathotmaildotcom)

Justin Dalby

Re: Nightingale Dalby

justindalby — 2010-09-15 17:31:30Z

EWSHOOK, Can I get a scanned copy of this Manuscript!? It would be much appreciated!

Justin Dalby
justindalby@hotmail.com

Opie D. Dalby of Texarkana, TX 1926

drbrownlee — 2010-09-10 04:58:19Z

Opie is pictured in the 1926 Tiger, yearbook of Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas, and is a member of the faculty. I'm not kin but thought this might help someone researching this family.

Re: Ellen (Lavigne) Dalby

Lillydalby — 2010-09-07 02:52:27Z

I am still here in Texas . Daddy is still living he is 81 now but in bad health . You can call me at 430-200-7712 thanks .Ellen Lavigne Dalby

Re: George Dalby, b. ca 1837 in Yorkshire, England

sanunneley — 2010-08-23 22:56:31Z

Thanks so much!

New to genealogy but as a scientist understand rules of evidence. And I personally visited historical sites in Tynemouth area in 1980s long before genealogy effort because of my interest in Scots-English history.

-- Sally

Re: George Dalby, b. ca 1837 in Yorkshire, England

midge1249 — 2010-08-23 22:46:07Z

As Rhoda was the first child of George Dalby, he is almost certainly the son of James Dalby and Rhoda Leach who were married in Bradford, Yorkshire July 18 1834. They are in the 1841 Bradford census with children Annie (5), George (3), and Sarah (2). Both James and Rhoda list that they were born in Yorkshire and that they are both aged 25 (so born abt 1816). Rhoda died in 1843 after which James married again to Ann Elizabeth Smith in 1844 and had the following children with her: Frederick, Emily Louisa, Frances (girl), Arthur, and Walter. Both James and Rhoda were born in Clayton, Yorkshire and Ann Elizabeth was born in Dewsbury in Yorkshire. James gives his age as 39 in the 1851 census and 49 in the 1861 census, so born abt 1812. George and Annie are not with their father in the 1851 census, just Sarah is. Annie is away at school and I can't find George. All children appear to have been born in Bradford (George too). James is still in Yorkshire in the 1871 census, aged 59, and in the 1881 Yorkshire census, aged 69, and in the 1891 Yorkshire census, aged 79, so he seems pretty consistent that he was born abt 1812. He died in 1893 at age 83.

Hope this helps out.

Re: George Dalby, b. ca 1837 in Yorkshire, England

midge1249 — 2010-08-23 22:01:25Z

George Dolby and Hannah Yellowley Spencer were married under those names
August 27 1860 in Tynmouth District, Northumberland county in England. She
appears to be a daughter of John and Isabella Spencer and was born 12 Jan
1840 in Gateshead, Durham.
Their record is here:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl?start=1860&end=1...

I would suggest that you go to www.raogk.com to find someone in the
Gateshead area who can go and look up the marriage and see who George's
parents were.

Also, they are in the 1861 Westminster township, Middlesex county, Canada census with no children yet, so emigrated to Canada sometime after their August 1860 wedding and before the 1861 Canadian census.

George Dalby, b. ca 1837 in Yorkshire, England

sanunneley — 2010-08-23 20:12:49Z

I'm seeking ancestry/information about George Dalby (Dolby, etc.) who married Hannah Spencer in Newcastle on Tyne ca 1860. Abt 1862 they emigrated to Canada and then to Michigan where they raised ten children. One of their youngest, Anna Marie Dalby (b. 1877) married Emory T Nunneley and is my grandmother.

Re: Dalby Family , Leicestershire England

lightice1961 — 2010-08-22 10:33:33Z

Hi Jim, No doubt we are related from a distant great grandfather, so if you were to view my family tree from around 1642 where 2nd 3rd and 4th born sons moved on from the home estates, and trace forward through other sons then you should well find your true bloodline. My gggGrandfather was John Dalby b1798 ( Builder ) ,and is often confused with your ggGrandfather b1799. Beware of misinformation confusing the two as it is easy to accept information a little lightly. Good luck mate.