Algie ( ) is a family name, originating from Jacobo Algeo, from
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
in 1420. He travelled to
Scotland
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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
Surname
* Mathhew Algie (1810-1902), Scottish tea and coffee trader, founder of
Matthew Algie
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Ronald Algie
Sir Ronald Macmillan Algie (22 October 1888 – 23 July 1978) 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
Alg ...
(1888–1978), New Zealand lawyer and politician
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Roy Algie (1889-1946), Australian rugby league footballer
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Wallace Lloyd Algie
Wallace Lloyd Algie, (10 June 1891 – 11 October 1918) was a Canadian Expeditionary Force officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonweal ...
(1891–1918), Canadian Victoria Cross recipient
First name
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Algie Eggertsen Ballif (1896–1984), educational leader and politician in Utah
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Algie Howell (born 1938), American politician
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Algie Martin Simons (1870–1950), American socialist journalist, newspaper editor and political activist
Nickname
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Algernon Gissing (1860-1937), English writer and novelist
* Algernon
Algie McBride (1869–1956), American baseball player
* Algernon
Algie Rainbow
Algernon Instone (Algie) Rainbow (1885–1969) was a New Zealand accountant, company director and local politician. He was born in Hastings, New Zealand, in 1885. He was Mayor of Hastings from 1941 to 1947.
In the 1946 New Year Honours
The ...
(1885–1969), New Zealand accountant, company director and local politician
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Algernon Stanley Smith Algernon “Algie” Stanley Smith (14 February 1890 – 28 July 1978) was a British Protestant Christian missionary in Uganda and Ruanda.
Personal life Early life
Algernon Charles “Algie” Stanley Smith was born on 14 February 1890 in Luara S ...
(1890-1978), British Protestant Christian missionary in Uganda and Ruanda
Fictional characters
* the title character of ''
Algie the Miner'', a 1912 film
* the protagonist of ''
Algie's Romance'', a 1918 Australian film
References
External links
Genealogy forum for the family name
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Hypocorisms