Arthur Ernest Lyall
1897–1951 (Age 54)
New Zealand
The Life of Arthur Ernest
When Arthur Ernest Lyall was born about 1897, in New Zealand, his father, Walter Lyall, was 23 and his mother, Emma Jane Wall, was 22. He married Letitia Eileen Mitchell about 1919, in New Zealand. He died about 1951, in his hometown, at the age of 54.
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Family Time Line
Arthur Ernest Lyall
1897–1951
Letitia Eileen Mitchell
1900–
Marriage: about 1919
Spouse & Children
1897–1951Male
- Letitia Eileen Mitchell
1900–Female
MARRIAGE
about 1919
New Zealand
about 1919
New Zealand
Parents & Siblings
1874–1951Male
1875–1964Female
siblings
(2)
1897–1951Male
- Edna Mavis Lyall
1902–1903Female
World Events (7)
1907
Age 10
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
1907 · Dominion of New Zealand
Age 10
The Dominion of New Zealand was brought about when New Zealand proclaimed itself a political independent government inside the British Empire. The Dominion of New Zealand allowed the British Government to shape its foreign policy, and it followed Britain into the First World War. Full independence was granted in 1931 and adopted by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947.
1914
Age 17
Outbreak of World War I. New Zealand commits thousands of troops to the British war effort. They suffer heavy casualties in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915.
Name Meaning
Scottish: probably from an Old Norse personal name Liulfr, composed of an uncertain first element + úlfr ‘wolf’, although Reaney gives this as a pet form of Lyon or Lionel.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: Arthur Ernest Lyall - Government record: birth-name: Arthur Ernest Lyall
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