Brief Life History of Raymond
When Raymond Fell was born in 1924, his father, John Fell, was 46 and his mother, Mary Susanne Taylor, was 35. He died on 17 July 1963, at the age of 39, and was buried in Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
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World Events (6)
1939
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
1940
Australia declares war on Italy.
1950
Australian troops sent to Korea.
Name Meaning
English (mainly northern): from northern Middle English fel(l) ‘fell, hill, mountain’ (Old Norse fell, fjall), a topographic name denoting someone who lived on a fell, or an area of high ground.
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a furrier, a dealer in hides or skins, from Middle English fel, Middle High German vel, German Fell or Yiddish fel, all of which mean ‘skin, hide’, or ‘pelt’. Yiddish fel refers to untanned hide, in contrast to pelts ‘tanned hide’ (see Pilcher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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