Cyril Vernon WALLACE

1894 - 1922  (28 years)

• Name	Cyril Vernon WALLACE
  Birth	08 Aug 1894	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1922  [4]
  	Tailor, London
  Death	05 Oct 1922	Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland   [4, 5]
  	Cause: Gunshot, suicide
  Person ID	I14312	NZ Genealogy Project | WALLACE Descendant
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Morton WALLACE,   b. Abt 1868, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 05 Nov 1950, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth WHITCOMBE,   b. 23 Jun 1870, Bermondsey, Surrey, England d. 10 Jan 1942, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1891	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Winifred Florence HOWARD,   b. 1895, Walham Green, Middlesex, England d. 05 Oct 1922, Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	03 Apr 1920	Brixton, Surrey, England   [10]
  Documents		Marriage Registration
  Family ID	F4690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 08 Aug 1894 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Marriage - 03 Apr 1920 - Brixton, Surrey, England Death - Cause: Gunshot, suicide - 05 Oct 1922 - Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  REPORT OF DEATH OVERCOME BY GRIEF. NEW ZEALANDER'S DEATH. GENEVA, October 6. A young married couple named Wallace, whose relatives live in Auckland, died at Lucerne under tragic circumstances. The wife died as the result of blood poisoning, and the husband, in a fit of mania, fired a revolver shot into his dead wife's head. He then shot himself dead. GENEVA, October 7. The Wallaces were recently married. Mrs Wallace, who was aged 23, complained that she was unwell, and her husband hurried her to the best hotel. A doctor diagnosed the case as one of food poisoning. The wife died in a few hours in terrible agony. The husband threw himself upon the body in a paroxysm of grief. Later, when left alone, he got a revolver from his luggage and shot himself. It is understood Wallace came from New Zealand, but his wife was an English girl. Vernon Wallace was a son of Mr T. Wallace, of Burnley terrace, Mount Eden, Auckland. His wife was formerly Miss Winnie Howard. Vernon Wallace was a New Zealander, aged 28 years. He served with the New Zealand forces in the war at Gallipoli, where he was badly wounded and returned to New Zealand, afterwards proceeding to London to gain experience in his trade as a tailor. At the time of his death he was enjoying a holiday. He leaves no family, Mrs Wallace was a sister of Mr Richard Arthur, warehouseman, of Auckland. Source: The Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17580, 9 October 1922, Page 7.

  
  

• Sources

  [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S2] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Births - Indexes. [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S691] Papers Past - The Press (Christchurch), (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), 9 October 1922, Page 7, none. [S903] ARCHWAY - Military Personnel Files, (Archives New Zealand 2004), none. [S121] Elizabeth Graham-Campbell, Queensland, Descendants of John Alexander McKane Wallace, (Elizabeth Graham-Campbell, 4 Mar 2003), none. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Brides & Grooms Index [S125] Papers Past - Wanganui Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 7471, 22 July 1891, Page 2. MARRIAGE. WALLACE-WHITCOMBE - On 24th June, Thomas, adopted son of John Wallace, No 2. Line, to Elizabeth, second daughter of William Whitcombe. [S652] London, England - Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931, (Ancestry.com).