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Surname:  Smiley
Branch:  Smiley
Origins:  Irish
More Info:  Ireland
Background:  Coming from Scotland to County Tyrone early in the seventeenth century this name, also spelt Smiley, has since become fairly numerous in the other northern counties.

Motto:  Industria, virtues et fortides; Industry, valor, fortitude.
Arms:  Az. a chev. erm. betw. three pheons ar.
Crest:  An armed arm embowed ppr. the hand holding a pheon by the point thereof gu.


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We are unable to locate the history for this surname. If you can provide us with this information, then please contact Arms & Badges!

Name Variations:  Smiley, Smellie, Smyly, Smilley, Smilie.

References:
One or more of the following publications has been referenced for this article.
The General Armory; Sir Bernard Burke - 1842.
A Handbook of Mottoes; C.N. Elvin - 1860.
Irish Families, Their Names, Arms & Origins; Edward MacLysaght - 1957.
The Surnames of Ireland; Edward MacLynsaght - 1957.
The Book of Irish Families Great and Small.







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