Thomas Robert Wallace

Brief Life History of Thomas Robert

When Thomas Robert Wallace was born on 7 September 1850, in Ohio, United States, his father, Robert Wallace, was 42 and his mother, Matilda McCulley, was 34. He married Amanda Olive Brown on 3 June 1881, in Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in School District 15 Cut Bank, Glacier, Montana, United States in 1910 and Flathead, Montana, United States in 1920. He died on 23 August 1932, in Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Long, Columbia, Washington, United States.

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Thomas Robert Wallace
1850–1932
Amanda Olive Brown
1856–1930
Marriage: 3 June 1881
Ethel Mae Wallace
1890–1964
Emmett Spence Wallis
1897–1976

Sources (23)

  • T. R. Wallace, "Montana, Flathead County, School Census, 1903-1969"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Robert Wallis - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth: 7 September 1850; Ohio, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Thomas Wallace, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

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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