Stalvey vs. Stavely
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In reply to:
Register Family Reunion May 2005
Betty Stout 4/09/05
Hi Betty,
Some time ago we'd been in contact when you were trying to determine if perhaps the Stalvey name had its origins as STAVELY/STAVELEY.At the time I felt it was quite likely. I recently noticed that the Dictionary of American Family Names, by Oxford University Press (published May 2003) does list the Stalvey name as a "metathesized" (transposed) American variant of Staveley.Have you had any success in tracing your Stalvey origins back to England?Or found any possible STAVELEY connections?It seems quite likely that the Stalveys may have had Staveley roots, somewhere...
Regards,
Clare M. Staveley
www.staveley-genealogy.com