Effie Jane Hollier

Brief Life History of Effie Jane

When Effie Jane Hollier was born in 1890, in Sherwood, New South Wales, Australia, her father, Arthur Hollier, was 36 and her mother, Mary Jane Betts, was 37. She married Harry Eldershaw in 1920, in New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 1963, in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 73, and was buried in Smithfield, New South Wales, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Harry Eldershaw
1887–1940
Effie Jane Hollier
1890–1963
Marriage: 1920
Cedric Eldershaw
–1925

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  • Effie Jane Watts Hollier Eldershaw, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1892

Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

1901

First Federal election.

1911

Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Clovis, Nicolle, Pierre, Vernice.

French and English: unflattering nickname from Old French holier ‘libertine, lecher’, Middle English hol(i)er ‘adulterer, fornicator; brothel keeper’.

English: probably a variant of Huller ‘roofer, tiler’ (see Hillier ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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