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Eliza Gallois
A memorial service will be held in San Francisco tomorrow for Eliza Gallois, a once-prominent member of international society. She died Friday at age 99 in Palm Springs.
She was the wife of the late John Gallois, a San Francisco financier. Frequent world travelers, they were friends with statesmen and stars and maintained homes at various times in Palm Springs, Jamaica and Oregon as well as in San Francisco.
Born Eliza McMullin in Oakland, she was descended from a family that came to early San Francisco from the South. Her grandfather, Colonel John (Jack) Hays, was founder of the Texas Rangers, was the U.S. Surveyor General and the first sheriff of San Francisco. Mrs. Gallois "was a strongly spoken and outstanding character," said a longtime acquaintance. "In her day, she was a very independent and attractive woman who just said exactly what the hell she thought, whether it was right or wrong."
The memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Notre Dame Des Victoires Church, 566 Bush Street, San Francisco.

[Includes photos of site. Inscription: Gallois. Eliza M. 1892 - 1989.]

... Raymond Hatton’s book “Sisters Country” recounted that John & Eliza Gallois of
San Francisco, visited the Heising’s resort in 1925 while their car was being repaired in
Bend. They were so impressed by the beauty of the site that they asked to buy about three
acres of land and have a house built for them. Beulah Coffelt believe this dwelling to
have been built in 1926 or 1927. Records of the construction show that it was in July, but
the exact year is not certain. (Hopefully we will be able to determine this) The first deed
transferring property to Eliza McMullin Gallois was executed December 5, 1928 and
recorded with the Jefferson County Clerk on December 11, 1928. A consideration of
$789 for the 2.63 acres was shown on the deed. An additional parcel of adjoining land
was purchased by Gallois in 1930.The Gallois named their dwelling “The House on the
Metolius” and that name was retained by subsequent owners.
We turned up two transactions which may account for the delay in transfering title
to the Gallois earlier than December 1928. In May of 1928 Alice & Dan Heising sold the
160 acres to George Heising of Minneapolis. Then on November 1, 1928, George
quitclaimed it back to Alice.Obviously she could not transfer title to Gallois when it was still shown to be owned by George Heising. ...