Brief Life History of Thomas Alexander
When Thomas Alexander Vallier was born on 8 July 1901, in Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Alexander Thomas Vallier, was 36 and his mother, Eliza Jane Nixon, was 32. He married Pearl Ione Hardy on 20 February 1924, in Logan, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Crescent Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1940 and Lewis, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 8 April 1982, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.
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- Thomas A Vallier, "United States 1950 Census"
- 1901 Thomas A. Vallier, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Thomas A Vallier, "Colorado, County Marriages, 1864-1995"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
French: from a vernacular form of the personal name Valère, from Latin Valerius (see Valerio ).
Altered form of French Vaillant and Vallière (see Valliere ).
English (Sussex): variant of Valler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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