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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Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
First Federal election.
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.
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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