Algie
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Algie is a family name, originating from Jacopo Algeo, from Italy
in 1420. He travelled to Scotland
in 1453. Many Scottish Algeos descended from him later changed the name to Algie approximately six generations later, while others later changed their surname once again to Elgee. Some Elgees migrated to Ireland, while others eventually migrated to the United States and Canada from Scotland and Ireland.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
in 1420. He travelled to Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
in 1453. Many Scottish Algeos descended from him later changed the name to Algie approximately six generations later, while others later changed their surname once again to Elgee. Some Elgees migrated to Ireland, while others eventually migrated to the United States and Canada from Scotland and Ireland.
People with the surname Algie
- Matthew AlgieMatthew AlgieMatthew Algie is a company selling coffee, coffee-making machines, tea, and other products such as hot chocolate primarily in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland....
, Scottish tea and coffee trader - Ronald AlgieRonald AlgieSir Ronald Macmillan Algie was a New Zealand politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for six years in the 1960s. He described himself as "a Tory in the old tradition".-Early life:...
(1888–1978), New Zealand lawyer and politician - Wallace Lloyd AlgieWallace Lloyd AlgieWallace Lloyd Algie, VC was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early life:...
(1891–1918), Canadian Victoria Cross recipient
People with the surname Elgee
- Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde: Young Ireland writer for The NationThe NationThe Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
, mother of Oscar WildeOscar WildeOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
People with the first name Algie
- Algie D. BrownAlgie D. BrownAlgie Dee Brown was a Shreveport attorney and a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1948-1972. He served under governors Earl Kemp Long, Robert F. Kennon, James Houston "Jimmie" Davis, and John J. McKeithen...
(1910–2004), American lawyer - Algie Eggertsen BallifAlgie Eggertsen BallifAlgie Eggertsen Ballif was an educational leader and politician in Utah. She was the sister of Virginia Sorenson and Esther Peterson....
(1896–1984), educational leader and politician in Utah - Algie HowellAlgie HowellAlgie Thomas Howell, Jr. is an American politician of the Democratic Party. Since 2004 he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 90th district, made up of parts of the cities of Norfolk, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach.-References:*-External links:*...
(born 1938), American politician - Algie McBrideAlgie McBrideAlgernon Griggs "Algie" McBride , was an American professional baseball player in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born in Washington, D.C...
(1869–1956), American baseball player - Algie Martin SimonsAlgie Martin SimonsAlgie Martin Simons was an American socialist journalist, newspaper editor, and political activist, best remembered as the editor of The International Socialist Review for nearly a decade...
(1870–1950), American journalist
Other uses
- Algie the Miner, a 1912 film
- al-JiyyaAl-Jiyyaal-Jiyya was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Located 19 kilometers northeast of Gaza City, according to a 1945 census, the village had a population of 1,230...
, a PalestinianPalestinePalestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
village which is sometimes transliterated as Algie