Brief Life History of Adaline Lydia
When Adaline Lydia Blay was born in 1854, in New South Wales, Australia, her father, Henry Blay, was 28 and her mother, Adeline Lydia Walkely, was 23. She married George East Phillips on 20 March 1875, in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 14 December 1927, in her hometown, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Adeline Lydia Blay, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
- Adeline Lydia Blay, "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
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World Events (8)
1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
1870
British troops withdraw from Australia.
1877
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from Old French bloi ‘blond’, or a habitational name from a placename, perhaps by metanalysis from Blois in Loir-et-Cher, France.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English blæth ‘bare, destitute, wretched’.
Catalan: variant of Blasi . This surname is also found in southern France (Pyrénées-Orientales).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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