Researching Nora Collyer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1853 people with the Collyer surname? In that year Collyer was ranked number 1925 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Nora means "honor, light" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Nora Collyer on Ancestry
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Nora Collyer
Nora Frances Elizabeth Collyer (June 7, 1898 – June 11, 1979) was a Canadian modernist painter who was inspired by the Canadian landscape, nature, and urban communities. Both an artist and a teacher, she received her formal art training at the Art Association of Montreal (AAM), where she studied under Alberta Cleland, William Brymner, and Maurice Cullen. Nora Collyer was the youngest of the ten women artists who today are commonly referred to as the Beaver Hall Group. Aside from being an artist and a teacher, she was also a volunteer for the Children's Memorial Hospital of Montreal. Collyer's work was exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, England, in 1924 and 1925, as well as at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
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Other names that sound a bit like Collyer
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