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Daulby / Dalby

Daulby Name Meaning
See Dalby
Dalby Name Meaning
Norwegian Danish and northern English: habitational name from any of various places called Dalby named with Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ + bȳ ‘farm settlement’. The English surname is common in Yorkshire where it derives mainly from Dalby in North Yorkshire but similarly named places in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire are also possible sources. In Norway it is common as a farm name. See also Dahlby
Dahlby Name Meaning
Norwegian and Danish: habitational name from a Norwegian farm name or Danish placename both derived from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ + býr ‘farmstead’.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Darby, Dahlby, Danby, Saxby, Carby, Welby, Maltby, Selby, Milby
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 3044

Mary Daulby 1797 - 1862
Isabella Daulby 1828 - 1850
Thomas Daulby 1835 - 1837
Thomas Daulby 1803 - 1886
William Daulby 1837 - 1880

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Mary Daulby Plot 3044

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Inscription

In Remembrance
Of Mary The Beloved Wife of Thomas Daulby
Of Harrogate
Formerly of Hampsthwaite
Who Died March 4th 1862
In The 65th Year of Her Age

“A Tender Wife and Mother Dear
A Faithful Friend Lies Buried Here
In Love She Lived. In Peace She Died
Her Life Was Asked but God Denied”??
__________
Also of Isabella The Beloved Daughter of the Above
Who Died August 26th 1850 in the 22nd Year of Her Age
_________
Also of Thomas Their Beloved Son
Who Died January 6th?? 1837 in the Second Year of His Age
Also Thomas Daulby Husband of the Above
Who Died January 18th 1886
Aged 83 Years
________
Also William Daulby of London
??? of the Above Died Nov 1880
Aged 43 Years
??????? (Illegible)

Plot No. 759

Smith Blackburn Dalby 1923

Plot No. 3156

John Dalby 1860
Jane Dalby 1833
Susanna Dalby 1834
Joseph Dalby 1849
Jane Dalby 1867
Mary Dalby 1875

Plot No. 3158

William Dalby 1891
Sarah Ann Dalby 1907
John Dalby 1936

Smith Blackburn DALBY

John DALBY Plot 3156

William DALBY Plot 3158

Inscription

In Loving Memory Of
Smith Blackburn Dalby

In Memory Of
John Dalby
Carpenter Of Hampsthwaite
Who Died December 27 1860
Aged 76 Years
Also Jane Daughter Of The Above
Who Died March 1 1833
Aged 17 Years
Also Susanna Daughter Of The
Above Who Died August 30 1834
Aged 12 Years
Also Joseph Grandson Of The
Above Who Died December 25 1849
Aged 5 Years
Also Jane Dalby Wife Of The Above
John Dalby
Who Departed This Life Oct 10 1867
Aged 78 Years
A Mother Most Deeply Beloved
Freed From All Sorrow And Pain
By Death From Our Circle Removed
Our Hope Is To Meet Her Again
Also Of Mary Dalby, Grandaughter Of
The Above John Dalby, Who Died Jan 10
1875 Aged 19 Years

In Loving Memory Of
William Dalby
Died May 1st 1891
Aged 50 Years
Also Sarah Ann
Beloved Wife Of The Above
Died June 11th 1907
Aged 72 Years
Also John Dalby B.A.
Son Of The Above
Who Died At Medindie, South Australia
Jime 29th 1936
Aged 81 Years

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
#	Alice DALBY	20 December 1800	0
#	Ann DALBY	8 October 1875	84
#	Anne DALBY	24 May 1814	26
#	Isabella DALBY	15 April 1826	72
3156	Jane DALBY	1 March 1833	17
3156	Jane DALBY	14 August 1867	78
#	John DALBY	27 December 1860	76
#	John DALBY	26 December 1866	12
3158	John DALBY	29 June 1936	81
3156	Joseph DALBY	25 December 1849	5
#	Maria DALBY	8 February 1858	62
#	Mary DALBY	30 May 1865	33
3156	Mary DALBY	10 January 1875	19
#	Peter DALBY	21 January 1827	0
#	Robert DALBY	4 April 1867	74
#	Sarah DALBY	2 April 1854	18
3158	Sarah Ann DALBY	13 June 1907	72
759	Smith Blackburn DALBY	9 June 1923	68
3156	William DALBY	11 June 1867	76
3158	William DALBY	5 May 1891	60

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