John WALLACE

1885 - 1909  (24 years)

• Name	John WALLACE
  Birth	23 May 1885	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1909	Eketahuna, Tararua, New Zealand   [4]
  Occupation	12 Jul 1909  [5]
  	Dray Driver, Rakanui
  Death	12 Jul 1909	Eketahuna, Tararua, New Zealand   [6]
  	Cause: Accidntally sufforcated in dray accident
  Person ID	I5847	NZ Genealogy Project | WALLACE Descendant
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	John Henry WALLACE,   b. 1853, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand d. 20 Aug 1932, Rongotea, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Ellen PAWSON,   b. 27 Jul 1857, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 18 Feb 1928, Rangiotu, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	13 Jul 1878	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F1820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 May 1885 - Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand Burial - 1909 - Eketahuna, Tararua, New Zealand Death - Cause: Accidntally sufforcated in dray accident - 12 Jul 1909 - Eketahuna, Tararua, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones		Headstone - Ellen and John Walllace This memorial now stands where the First Cemetery of Eketahuna stood to recognise those buried. A report dated 29th March 1969 states that Councillors Golder and Trevelyan visited the Alfredton Rd site to carry out an inspection of the graves prior to their clearance and subsequent closure of the cemetery.
  		Memorial - Ellen and John Wallace Memorial inscription: Born 1892, daughter of Ellen and John Henry Wallace and sister to John Wallace. John Wallace. Original headstone inscription: In loving memory of Ellen Wallace (Neillie) who departed this life Aug 22 1896 aged 4.03 years. "A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled". Also John, third son Of John H. and Ellen Wallace who accidentally met his death at Rakanui, Monday July 12, 1909 aged 24 years. "In the midst of life we are in death (remainder illegible).

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (http://www.cwgc.org/). [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S126] Tararua District Council Cemeteries Search, (Tararua District Council), none. Original headstone inscription: In loving memory of Ellen Wallace (Neillie) who departed this life Aug 22 1896 aged 4.03 years. "A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled". Also John, third son Of John H. and Ellen Wallace who accidentally met his death at Rakanui, Monday July 12, 1909 aged 24 years. [S162] Papers Past - The Evening Post (Wellington), (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S126] Tararua District Council Cemeteries Search, (Tararua District Council), none. [S120] Doreen Corrick, Christchurch, NZ, The Wallace Family History, (October 1988). [S125] Papers Past - Wanganui Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 3189, 27 July 1878, Page 2. MARRIAGE. Wallace - Pawson - On the 13th inst., at Akaroa, by the Registrar, John Henry Wallace, third son of the late Mr Arthur Wallace, of Wanganui, to Ellen, second daughter of Mr William Pawson, of the head of the Bay, Akaroa.