Brief Life History of Arthur
When Arthur Wallace was born on 9 May 1891, in Johnson, Missouri, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Wallace, was 26 and his mother, Mary Alice Power, was 25. He married Velma Ceolah Downs on 21 February 1915, in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sutton, Lane, Kansas, United States for about 20 years and Sutton Township, Lane, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 23 February 1987, in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States.
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- Arthur Wallace, "United States Census, 1930"
- Arthur Wallace, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Arthur Wallace, "Find A Grave Index"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
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Name Meaning
Scottish and English: variant of Wallis , especially in Scotland, where the name was introduced from the Welsh Marches by a family of tenants of the Stewarts in the 12th century.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, e.g. Wallach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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