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William Wallace - Fact or Comment |
1840-41
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Born in Yattendon, Berkshire Co, ENG [89].
[BWB: based on census and a guess, parents were John and Elizabeth Wallace.]
[BWB: no birth registration found from 1840-42.]
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3/21/1841
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Christened in Yattendon, according to IGI [xxx]
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4/1851
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William's birth family is listed in the Yattendon census, including parents and a brother, George born 5 years later. [122a]
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| Date |
Mary Anne Jerome - Fact or Comment |
3/6/1845
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Born in Ashampstead, Berkshire Co., ENG to Richard and Esther Jerome [256] [89] [122b].
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| Date |
William and Mary Anne Wallace - Fact or
Comment |
| 10/19/1867 |
Married at the Parish Church in Ashamstead, Berkshire.
Witnesses were William Cripps [probably Mary's uncle] and Mary
Alexander [probably Mary's best friend as she lived just 4 doors away
from her parents]. [345a] [257] The couple would have six children, 1866-1881. [345b-g]
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| 1866-67 |
Daughter Agnes F. born in Bradfield, Berkshire Co. [89] [345g] |
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1868-69
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Son Henry born in Bradfield. [345b] [89] |
4/1871
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Family listed in census, living in Bradfield, Berkshire. [260]
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| 4/5/1872 |
Daughter Rose Annie born in Yattendon, and baptized 7/7/1872. [345c] [89] |
| 10/28/1874 |
Daughter Edith Mary born
in Yattendon.[15] [345d] [89] She was baptized 1/3/1875.
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2ndQtr1878
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Daughter Isabell Ellen born in Yattendon. [345e] [89] |
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4/1881
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Family listed in the British Census for Yattendon. [345g] [89] |
11/2/1881
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Daughter Amelia born in Yattendon. [345f]
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1stQtr1882
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Mary Anne's father Richard Jerome died at age 77.
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5/30/1883-
6/16/1883
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A William Wallace stayed two weeks in the Bradfield Union Workhouse in Newbury,
Berkshire. [297] This could be this William, or it could be a 13yo nephew, son of William's brother George. |
12/26/1883
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William died at 42, at Ashampstead Common, of an Aneurism of the Aorta.
Mary Anne was present at death. [258]
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| Date |
Mary Anne Wallace - Fact or Comment |
6/3/1884
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Edith (9-1/2) and her two
younger sisters Isabella (6) and Amelia (2-1/2) were admitted to the
Bradfield Union Workhouse, Newbury,
Berkshire -- for what would eventually be a stay of over three years.
[BWB: While the Admission records have been lost, one might
surmise that after the recent deaths of her father and then her husband, Mary Anne had difficulty
surviving emotionally and/or financially, and therefore could no longer provide for dependent children.
Note that the three older children were 12-18 and would be expected to
get a job, or go out on their own -- and therefore require little/no
support from their mother. William's brother George probably
wasn't in a position to help, as he was just a farm laborer and had 8
children
of his own to support.] |
2Qtr1885
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Mary's mother Esther Jerome died at age 76.
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6/15/1885
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Mary, 40, died at Ashampstead Common, of Pneumonia, after a 3-month long Abscess. [259]
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| Epilog |
Agnes F.,19, went to Surrey as a nurse/servant by 1891 [262],
then back to Joliejon Park, Winkfield, Berkshire where she died
11/20/1897 of cerebral hemmorhage at 31yo, single [291] -- probably in the
home of Gilbert G. Blane, who had a number of other servants. Her sister Rose Annie lived about 5 miles away.
Henry, 17, joined the 10th Royal Hussars in Yorkshire by 1891 [263],
and probably died in fighting in Northern Ireland, or in the bloody
Boer War in So.Africa. He can not be located/identified in the
1901 Census.
Rose Annie, 13, not located in the 1891 Census, married Joseph Tagg in
1892, and had 2 girls by the time of the 1901 Census. Since she
was only 28yo at that point, it's likely she had additional
children. It's not known when she died.
Edith,
10+, Isabell Ellen, 7, and Amelia, 3+, already in the Bradfield Union
Workhouse for a year, spent two more years there after their mother
died. They were removed from the Workhouse
8/1887, spent two days at J.T. Middlemore's Childrens Emigration Home
in
Birmingham ENG, and were then sent to Canada for placement in foster
homes near London Ontario, as follows:
Edith
was placed with the John S. Macrault family of Strathroy, Ontario,
where she lived until she was 19, working as a domestic servant. [296a]
She then took several positions, the last being with the postmaster of
Strathroy. She married George Edgar Beals
in 1902, a baker. The couple moved to Algonac Michigan about
1903, and Edythe had one child in 1908. The family moved to
Sarnia in 1910, Windsor in 1922, and St. Thomas Ontario in 1933.
The couple returned to Windsor in 1939, were George died in 1939 and
Edythe died in 1946.
Isabella Ellen was placed with the J.W. Ferrier family of Springfield,
South Dorchester Twp., Ontario [296b] where she lived until she married Jesse Koyle 10/22/1894, at age 16 [323a]. She bore 3 sons by the time she
was 23yo (and likely had several more children). The family is
listed in the 1901 census for Springfield [318], but at least by 1919 had
moved to St. Thomas ONT, according to the City Directories [344], though earlier ones have yet to be searched. She died 7/16/1951, and was glowingly praised in her obituary [361]. She, Jesse and at least one of the children are buried in Union
Cemetery just south of town.
Amelia was placed
with the Richard and Jane White family in Bothwell, Zone Twp., Ontario [296c]
where she lived until at least age 21-22. She's listed with the family in the 1891 Census. [343d] The Whites appear to have had no
children of their own, and adored Amelia... she's even enumerated in
the 1901 census as Amy White [343e]. In 1902 she was a witness to George
and Edythe's wedding in Strathroy ONT. On 1/4/1905 she married James
Outhouse in Thamesville ONT [323b] (a short distance SW of Bothwell).
They had 4 girls and one boy, with the first two girls named after two of her sisters, Rose Annie and Edith. [pix]
Amelia and James appear to have lived in the Bothwell area all their
lives. Amelia died 7/25/1928 at age 46, of a ruptured
appendix. [339] [340] She and her husband are buried in West Bothwell
Cemetery, as are the Whites. [341]
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