Brief Life History of Delia
When Delia Fallis was born in August 1887, in Cross, Arkansas, United States, her father, Robert Rickett Fallis, was 28 and her mother, Nannie Dotson, was 27. She married Frank Lee Griffin on 19 February 1905, in Cross, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Jasper, Texas, United States in 1920 and Big Rock Township, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 14 December 1953, in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Pulaski, Arkansas, United States.
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- Myrte Griffin, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Delia Fallis - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Delia Fallis
- Delia Follis, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1888 · Bauxite Mining Began
Bauxite a rock with relatively high aluminum content, is the main source of aluminum for the world. When it was discovered in Arkansas it changed the state. The city of Bauxite, Arkansas was the site of the discovery.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Anglo-Norman French faleise, faloise ‘cliff’ (a word of ancient Germanic origin), for someone who lived on or by a cliff. Or from Falaise in Calvados, France, which was the birthplace of William the Conqueror.
English: variant of Fall 2.
Scottish and northern Irish: shortened form of McFalls (see also McPhail ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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