Doleys is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.
The Doleys is variant form of the Dallas. Watered valley. Dail means "field, meadow, plain, valley" while uis means "water." Dallas or Dollas is in county Elgin.
Sir William de Doleys, knight, was living in 1286 and in 1367 appears John de Dolais, Thane of Cromdale. About half a century later, the barony of Cantray came into the possession of one of the family, whose descendant, James Dallas, Laird of Cantray, was killed at Culloden. A scion of this branch.
Robert Charles Dallas, of Dallas Castle, Jamaica, Esq., native of Scotland, had int. al. Robert Charles (father of Sir George Dallas, Bart., and of Sir Robert Dallas, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of England); Alexander James Dallas, Secretary of the Treasury of the USA; and a daughter Charlotte, wife of Captain Byron, R.N. and mother of the present Lord Byron.
The secretary, who died in 1817, had three sons; viz.,
(1) Comodore Alexander James Dallas, U.S.N., ob. 1844;
(2) George Mifflin Dallas, of whom below;
(3) Judge Trevanion Barlow Dallas, of Pittsburg, Pa. ob. 1841
The Hon. George M. Dallas was born in Philadelphia in 1792. In1831, he was lected a Senator of the US; in 1837, appointed Enviy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the COurt of St. Petesburg; from 1845 to 1849, he filled the high office of Vice-President of the United States of America, and ex officio President of the Senate; and he now represents his country at the Court of St. James. He married Sophia, daughter of Philip Nicklin, Esq., by his wife Juliana, daughter of Chief Justice B. Chew, and has issue.
Surname Doleys is a variation of Dulles. One who came from the village of Dulas meaning "dark river," in Herefordshire; dweller near the Dulas River, in England.
Variant of the Dallas. One who came from the old barony of Dallas, i.e., place on the plain, in Moray.
The form of Dallas. A parish in county of Moray. The name is traced by Douglas to the year 1298, as De Dallas. Other ancient orthographies are De Doleys and Dollas.
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Doleys is an uncommon last name, few people in Brazil and Austria have the family name. Around 183 people have been found who wears Doleys as their family name. Few people around the world have Doleys as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
Brazil92
Austria44
United States27
Germany20