Thomas Morton WALLACE

Abt 1868 - 1950  (82 years)

• Name	Thomas Morton WALLACE
  Birth	Abt 1868	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Adopted	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [2]
  Occupation	1906  [3]
  	Carpenter, Wellington
  Occupation	From 1914 to 1920  [3, 4]
  	Public Works Inspector, Auckland
  Death	05 Nov 1950	Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand   [5]
  Burial	08 Nov 1950	Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand   [5]
  Person ID	I1725	NZ Genealogy Project | WALLACE Descendant
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	John Alexander McKane WALLACE,   b. 1819, Connor, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 29 Dec 1895, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Esther MAISE,   b. 1818, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 09 Nov 1893, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1840	Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland   [6]
  Photos
  Family ID	F156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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   [1, 2, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. John Alexander McKane WALLACE,   b. 09 Jul 1892, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 27 May 1967, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (Age 74 years)   2. Cyril Vernon WALLACE,   b. 08 Aug 1894, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 05 Oct 1922, Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (Age 28 years) + 3. France Cederic WALLACE,   b. 09 Aug 1898, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand d. 30 Dec 1971, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 73 years) + 4. Thomas Whitcombe WALLACE,   b. 01 May 1900, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand d. 28 Dec 1973, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1868 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Adopted - - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Marriage - 24 Jun 1891 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Death - 05 Nov 1950 - Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand Burial - 08 Nov 1950 - Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Wallace Family History

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY Thomas Morton Wallace was adopted by John Wallace and Esther Maise. He grew up in Wanganui. Thomas married Elizabeth Whitcombe, the second daughter of William Whitcombe, in Wanganui in 1891. The couple had four sons, the eldest two marrying sisters in London following WW1. Based on electoral rolls and marriage registrations, Thomas was a carpenter in Wellington (1906) and a public works inspector in Auckland (1914-1920). It appears that Thomas spent the end of his life in hospital, a patient of Auckland Infirmary in Epson (1928-1938) and Cornwall Hospital (1946-1949). He died in 1950 and was buried in Waitakere Cemetery. The Auckland Infirmary in Epson housed chronically ill patients. In 1942 the Infirmary became a general hospital and was named Green Lane Hospital. Cornwall Hospital (1942-1975) was constructed by the US during WW2 for casualties from the Pacific campaign, being initially called the US Army 39th General Hospital. The Hospital was taken over by the NZ Government and renamed Cornwall Hospital. It was the site of the Cornwall Geriatric Hospital, which is presumably where Thomas Wallace was a patient from 1942. Elizabeth was living in Auckland with her eldest son John Alexander McKane Wallace in 1919. She died in 1942 and her ashes were scattered in Waitakere Cemetery. Thomas's son and grandson were both named John Alexander McKane Wallace after Thomas's adopted father. The McKane name has been used in the next generation too. Main sources: The Wallace Family History manuscript by Doreen Corrick and Spurdle Heritage edited by Janette Howe and Robyn Spurdle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [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. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S652] London, England - Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931, (Ancestry.com). [S442] Waitakere City Council Cemetery Search, (Waitakere City Council, Auckland). [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992). [S121] Elizabeth Graham-Campbell, Queensland, Descendants of John Alexander McKane Wallace, (Elizabeth Graham-Campbell, 4 Mar 2003), none. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Brides & Grooms Index