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Joseph WALLACE

Joseph WALLACE

Male 1853 - 1948  (95 years)    Has 10 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Joseph WALLACE 
    Birth 09 May 1853  Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Carrier, Farmer  [4, 5] 
    Death 25 Sep 1948  Wanganui East, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6, 7] 
    Burial 27 Sep 1948  Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Person ID I235  NZ Genealogy Project | WALLACE Descendant
    Last Modified 19 May 2024 

    Father John Alexander McKane WALLACE,   b. 1819, Connor, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1895, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Esther MAISE,   b. 1818, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Nov 1893, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 1840  Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Photos
    John and Esther Wallace abt 1870
    John Alexander McKane and Esther Wallace
    Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah SPURDLE,   b. 31 Dec 1854, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1921, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 10 Dec 1873  Wanganui East, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 9] 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Esther WALLACE [Essie],   b. 08 Mar 1875, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Jan 1951, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +2. Frederick Oliver WALLACE [Ollie],   b. 05 Jun 1876, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1960, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +3. John Alexander WALLACE [Jack],   b. 28 Nov 1877, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Sep 1949, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     4. Morris WALLACE,   b. 25 Mar 1879, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1879, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +5. Charles Martin WALLACE [Mart],   b. 28 May 1880, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Aug 1946, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     6. Leonard Joseph WALLACE,   b. 20 Sep 1881, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1896, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
    +7. Garland WALLACE,   b. 16 Jul 1883, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1933, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    +8. Florence Harriet WALLACE [Flossie],   b. 31 Aug 1884, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1962, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +9. Alfred Gilbert WALLACE [Alf],   b. 30 Dec 1885, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Aug 1950, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     10. Maria May WALLACE,   b. 16 May 1887, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Jul 1887, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     11. Emily Beatrice WALLACE,   b. 30 Oct 1888, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1889, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     12. Nellie Grace WALLACE,   b. 13 Apr 1890, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1977, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +13. Ruby May WALLACE,   b. 30 Jul 1893, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1981, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +14. Mildred Jessie WALLACE,   b. 06 Mar 1896, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1957, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +15. Doris Daphney WALLACE,   b. 21 Jun 1898, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1990, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     16. Agnes Victoria Alice WALLACE,   b. 20 Dec 1900, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Apr 1919, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F153  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 09 May 1853 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Dec 1873 - Wanganui East, Wanganui, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Sep 1948 - Wanganui East, Wanganui, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 27 Sep 1948 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Joseph WALLACE    		Joseph WALLACE

    Documents
    Wallace Family History    		Wallace Family History

    Headstones
    Headstone - Joseph, Sarah and Agnes Wallace Wallace    		Headstone - Joseph, Sarah and Agnes Wallace Wallace
    In Loving Memory of SARAH, Beloved Wife of JOSEPH WALLACE, Died March 21st 1921 Aged 67 Years. At Rest. ----Also---- D A D, Aged 96 Years. At Rest. In Loving Memory of AGNES, Youngest Daughter of J & S WALLACE, Died April 1st 1919 Aged 16 Years. Till the Day Breaks
    Plot: Block A Row 9 Plot 334

  • Notes 

    • BIOGRAPHY

      Joseph Wallace was born on 9 May 1853, the second son of John Wallace and Esther Maise. As a child he lived at Firgrove, No. 2 Line, Wanganui, with his parents. He went to Matarawa School. In 1873 Joseph married Sarah Spurdle at Springvale, Wanganui. Sarah, born 1854 in New Plymouth, was the daughter of Oliver Cook Spurdle and Maria Litherland, immigrants from England.

      Joseph and Sarah had a large family of sixteen children, three died in infancy. Morris died at 2 months, Maria at 7 weeks and Emily aged 3 months. Leonard was accidentally drowned in the Wanganui River aged 15 and Agnes died aged 19. Joseph initially worked for his father on his farm "Fir Grove" and appears to have moved into Wanganui about 1880 where he worked as a labourer and carter. In 1900 he had a thigh broken accidentally when six bags of oats being winched up to a first floor store-room slipped from their sling and fell on Joseph standing in the cart beneath.

      Joesph and Sarah struggled financially from at least 1876 when he was declared bankrupt and was reported to have been in debt in the local Wanganui newspapers. After the death of Joseph's father in 1895, Joseph and his siblings immediately began to receive a share of the rent from "Fir Grove", the family farm on No.2 Line, and eventually a proportion of the proceeds when the farm was sold.

      Sarah died in 1921 and Joseph in 1948, both in Wanganui. Joseph and Sarah were buried in Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui.

      Main sources: The Wallace Family History manuscript by Doreen Corrick, Spurdle Heritage edited by Janette Howe and Robyn Spurdle, Notes on Joseph Wallace and Sarah née Spurdle by Laurence Hay, 2013.

  • Sources 
    1. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.

    2. [S2] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Births - Indexes.
      Joseph Wallace 1853 #461

    3. [S744] Brian Major, New South Wales, Descendants of Joseph Wallace, (East Gosford NSW 2012).

    4. [S26] New Zealand Society of Genealogists, NZ Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 1985).

    5. [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992).

    6. [S121] Elizabeth Graham-Campbell, Queensland, Descendants of John Alexander McKane Wallace, (Elizabeth Graham-Campbell, 4 Mar 2003), none.

    7. [S9] Death Notice.
      WALLACE - On September 25, 1948 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs J. Fitch, of No. 24 Kitchener Street, Wangaui East, Joseph, dearly loved husband of the late Sarah Wallace, of Wanganui; in his 96th year. Friends kindly note that the funeral will leave the residence of his daughter, Mrs J. Fitch, 24 Kitchener Street, Wangaui East, for the Aramoho Cemetery today (Monday, September 27, 1948), at conclusion of a service commencing at 1 p.m.

    8. [S26] New Zealand Society of Genealogists, NZ Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 1985).
      Burials Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui - Joseph Wallace, 95 years, carrier, buried 27 Sept 1948.

    9. [S86] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Marrages - Indexes.
      Joesph WALLACE and Sarah SPURDLE 1873 #1764


 

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