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
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
1858–1939 Male
1858–1938 Female
Siblings (4)
1880–1969 Male
1882–1963 Male
1887– Male
1895– Male
World Events (8)
1892
Age 10
1901
Age 19
1911
Age 29
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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