Eliah Close Vallis

Male10 August 1882–1963

Brief Life History of Eliah Close

When Eliah Close Vallis was born on 10 August 1882, in Queensland, Australia, his father, Robert Eliah Vallis, was 24 and his mother, Mary Ann Welch, was 23. He died in 1963, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Robert Eliah Vallis
1858–1939
Mary Ann Welch
1858–1938
Charles John Vallis
1880–1969
Eliah Close Vallis
1882–1963
Robert William Vallis
1887–
James Welch Vallis
1895–

Sources (2)

  • Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
  • Legacy NFS Source: Eliah Close Vallis - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Eliah Close Vallis

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1892

Age 10

Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

1901

Age 19

First Federal election.

1911

Age 29

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: Greek Dimitrios, Savvas, Spiro.

Greek: status name from Greek valis ‘prefect’, Turkish vali ‘governor’.

English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from the old province of Valois in the Ile‐de‐France, named with a derivative of Old French val ‘valley’.

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

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