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rhoeda
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Canada
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 Posted - 06/04/2003 : 06:39:52
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I was told by LLoydd Layes ,senior(86yrs old) that his family came from the Norse .he said that he thought the place started with the letterA. ( I thought Angesley).I was just wondering if Lee is the sound of laye in norse ?( ive also looked under other variants(English) but haven't had much luck with Norwegian ancestry.I would be geatful for any assistance or suggestions you have.thankyou.
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ladytaurean
Junior member
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2003 : 21:23:37
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Do you have any names or dates to throw out here? Did Lloydd come from Norway as well?
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rhoeda
New on board
Canada
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Posted - 27/08/2003 : 07:11:04
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| LLoyd Cuthbert Layes was born March 20,1917,Glace Bay,Nova Scotia.He doesn't rmember dates.I did verify with him that they indeed changed the spelling of their family name often ( Layes, lays.leys,ley.leigh,lee,Lacy,Lynch,Olave,Olafir,Olave the white,re possibilities).He had 3 sisters-Muriel,Stacha,Clara and 2 brothers- Frances and Joseph.He thought that his family name was Norse-irish origin.There are records on the UK and Wales {a2a files.}site on some of these variants, but I'm having no luck tracing their exact line.He married Christina Jones born:1920.Apparently Clara ( in Glace Bay nursing home ) may have the family bible with their genealogy recorded in it,but we can't locate it. |
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Brining
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 29/08/2003 : 06:37:06
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It could be that Layes is an adaptation of a farm name in Norway but you would need more info to go on to figure out which one. Would his family have been in the 1901 Canadian census? I think the Canadian census listed nationalities. Can you get copies of his parents death certificates or obituaries? I don't now about Canda but in the US Parents names are listed and that might also give you a hint as to where they were from and if we had the names of the people in Norway it might be possible to find them on the Digitalarkivet census
The Canadian census is on line here http://www.archives.ca/02/020122_e.html
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rhoeda
New on board
Canada
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Posted - 09/10/2003 : 21:48:54
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| Sorry I didn't get back to you on this. No I can't find the spelling in our Canadian census. Lloyd was born in Canada.I found 3 Leys names in a Newfoundland cemetary. .but can't get the connections to this family.I'm still waiting for the family to send copies of a record of names.Unfortunately there there isn't a sense of urgency. Thankyou for your assistance anyway. |
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blayes
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Posted - 31/10/2003 : 15:19:24
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| I am not sure about the Leys in Newfoundland but there are a few Layes in Nova Scotia. I am not sure but there is a Regina who was married to a Joseph Layes who passed away in the mid 1990's. I am not sure where she is living now but I believe it is with family members in Sydney, NS. |
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David Layes
New on board
Canada
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Posted - 17/05/2005 : 19:33:54
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| Joesph Aloysius Layes brother of George Layes was my grandfather, his wife Regina now lives in River Ryan. I will ask her again about our name but I have no idea where the name comes from either.If anyone finds out please let me know as I have three small children with this name and would like to be able to tell them of their ancestry. |
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Shane Layes
New on board
Canada
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Posted - 04/11/2005 : 01:57:12
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Hi my name is Shane Layes im from glace Bay Nova Scotia.
I am related to all of the layes's that were mentioned from N.S.
LLyod is my great grandfather(Glace bay), Christina jones(Big Nanny is what we called her she passed away when i was only little so unfortuneitly i never knew her....)(Glace Bay) is my great grandmother, George layes is my grandfather(glace Bay) and alavean layes is my grand mother (born newfoundland moved to Glace Bay) Ruth Layes is my mother (born newfoundland moved to Glace Bay).
thats just some of the Layes's i no of more but i am not sure if they are relitives i think im related to Joseph, if its george's brother then i must be.
I to am trying to dig up information on where our name came from so if any one else Knows anything else on this please post.
Thanks for reading
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Stephan
New on board
Germany
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Posted - 18/01/2006 : 22:38:40
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My name is Stefan Layes. I live in the southwest of Germany in a small town called RAMSTEIN. There are a couple of Layes families living here around Ramstein. I know from a brother of my grandfather, that in the middle of the 19th century two uncles of him emigrated to the U.S. I can date back my fathers family (the LAYES name) until the beginning of the 18th century.
Itīs very interesting to find a forum about the LAYES name! |
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kaare n
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Norway
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