Photo of young Walter Alfred Vallis (1899-1975) and his fiancee Mary Elva Ross (1903-1976). Walt is the youngest son of John Vallis and Louisa Ann Palmer, who immigrated from England. Like John & Louisa Vallis, Walt & Elva Mary Vallis raised their family in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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*** 18th & 19th century Middlesex and Buckinghamshire England family roots. Surnames include, VALLIS, TAYLOR, PALMER, CUTLER, PICKERING, HEDGES and SCRIVEN. Known 1800's Middlesex roots are specific to Poplar/Millwall. Buckinghamshire connections include the areas of Winslow, Swanbourne, Stewkley, Wing and Leighton Buzzard.
*** U.S. family roots include ROSS and ROMAINE families from New York who went westward to settle in Kansas and Missouri.
***German Russian family roots include BOHL, KAHLER, HUCK, SPREIER, SCHULDEIS, SCHULTHEIS, FEUERSTEIN,GAS, JAEGER, EIKMEIER surnames. Our family immigrated from Russia; some family members came to the U.S., settling in the midwest. Other family members immigrated to Argentina.