Brief Life History of Percy Maxwell
When Percy Maxwell Wallace was born in 1863, in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, his father, James Wallace, was 34 and his mother, Fanny, was 27. He married Helen Margaret Duigan in 1907. He lived in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died on 26 February 1943, in Upper Tooting, Surrey, England, at the age of 80.
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- Percy M Wallace in household of James Wallace, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Percy Maxwell Wallace, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Percy M Wallace, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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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