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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Björn Bergenholtz" data-source="post: 3409711" data-attributes="member: 113430">If so, not my typo, see the end of the Australian Biography (<a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/de-vis-charles-walter-3406" target="_blank">here</a>) for Charles Walter de Vis (1829-1915) [née Devis]: However, whomever Helen Ludlow De Vis was, I guess she is as good a candidate as any other Helen or Helena this far mentioned. But note that she is called simply "Helen Ludlow Vis", same link, some pages further on (loosing connection to the ornithologist de Vis/Devis). I doubt we will ever know for sure. I fear Helena (or Helen) will remain a mystery.---</blockquote>