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    SFC James Franklin Handley (1934 - 2009)
    Graveside service for James Franklin Handley, 75, of Decatur will be Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with Mark Posey officiating. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at Rosela...
  • Agnes Marie Handley (1934 - 2023)
    Agnes Marie Hill Handley, 88, of Decatur, passed away at her home on August 23, 2023. Visitation will be on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, and also on Thursday, August 31, 2023, from...
  • CL Handley (1915 - d.)
  • Rachel Letha Handley (1875 - d.)
  • Robert Handley (1880 - 1940)

Welcome to the Handley Ancestors Family surname page.

Handley is a derivative of Hanley.

Hanley Surname Meaning
Irish: shortened form of O'Hanley an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁinle ‘descendant of Áinle’ a personal name meaning ‘champion’. This is the name of a former ruling family in Connacht and is now common throughout southern Ireland. English: habitational name from any of the many places called Handley (Cheshire Derbyshire Dorset Northamptonshire) or Hanley (Staffordshire Worcestershire) named with Old English hēan the weak dative form (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
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