Leon Edwin Wallace

Male3 May 1872–1 December 1892

Brief Life History of Leon Edwin

When Leon Edwin Wallace was born on 3 May 1872, in Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Gilbert Wallace, was 41 and his mother, Betsey Anna Breed, was 37. He died on 1 December 1892, in Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gilbert Wallace
1831–1884
Betsey Anna Breed
1834–1896
Nellie Florence Wallace
1862–1902
Chester B Wallace
1865–1929
Charles True Wallace
1869–1944
Lewis E. Wallace
1871–
Leon Edwin Wallace
1872–1892
Henry Ambrose Wallace
1877–1927

Sources (4)

  • Leon E Wallace in household of Gilbert Wallace, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lewis E Wallace, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Leon Edwin Wallace, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"

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Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

Age 3

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 9

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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