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Record #14621
Name :
: Edith Mary WALLACE (1874 - 1946)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 28 Oct 1874

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 16 Sep 1946
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Yattendon
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Essex, Windsor
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 19 Aug 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: - Unknown -

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Edith Mary Wallace: Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1874; District: Bradfield; County: Berkshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 319. Parents: William Wallace and Mary Ann Jerome, married 1867, Bradfield, Berkshire, England.

A death registration was found for Mary Ann Wallace: Date: Apr-May-Jun 1885; Age: 40; District: Bradfield; County: Berkshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 214.

In 1887, Edith Wallace, 11 (along with sisters, Amelia Wallace, 5, and Isabella Wallace, 7), arrived in Canada in a group of 28 Middlemore children accompanied by Mr. John T. Middlemore and en route to the Guthrie Home, London, Ontario, Canada.

"Copy of Reports of Inspection of Pauper Children sent out to Canada made by Immigration Officers of the Dominion Government and received from the Colonial Office on the 12th December 1888.

Report of Mr. A. G. Smyth, Government Immigration Agent at London, Ontario.

Edith Wallace, aged 13. From Bradfield Union. Placed with J. S. Macrault, merchant, Strathroy, Ontario.?This girl has a first class home, and gives good satisfaction. Strong and healthy; can read and write well; goes to church and Sunday school; taken to do household work. She is happy and contented."

On October 28, 1902, at Strathray, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Edith M. Wallace, 24, born in England to William and Mary Wallace; and George Edgar Beals, 22, baker, born in Ontario, Canada, to Robert and Mary Beals.

George Edgar and Edith Mary Wallace Beals had at least one child: Laverne Wallace Beals, born April 22, 1908 and died February 10, 1962.

Edith Mary Wallace Beals died September 16, 1946, at the age of 71 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. George Edgar Beals died October 27, 1939, at the age of 58 at Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-05-22 11:49:43 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-05-22 19:51:51 /

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27646 PENFOLD, Amelia Harriett1903ENG, SRY, Croydon Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain CAN Salvation Army  
14620 WALLACE, Amelia1882ENG, BRK, Bradfield Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
9376 WALLACE, Charles1885SCT,     Apr 1894 : Buenos Ayrean CAN Quarriers  
14621 WALLACE, Edith Mary1874ENG, BRK, Yattendon Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
6905 WALLACE, Ernest1884ENG,     Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
21699 WALLACE, Harry1880ENG,     Jul 1891 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays  
14622 WALLACE, Isabel Ellen1878ENG, BRK, Yattendon Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
7144 WALLACE, Joseph1856ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN MacPherson Homes