Gordon Wallace (1845 - 1914)

Born 30 Apr 1845 in Canada West

Ancestors

Died 9 Jan 1914 at age 68 in Cardinal, Edwardsburgh, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Gordon was born in 1845. He was the son of John Wallace and Elizabeth Keck. He passed away in 1914.

Birth

Gordon's date of birth taken from his headstone as well as the 1901 Census.

Marriage

Gordon Wallace, 28, residing and born in Matilda, bachelor, farmer, son of John Wallace & Elizabeth Wallace, married

Mary Henrietta Abbott, residing in Matilda, born in Iroquois, spinster, daughter of Noah Abbott & Adaline Everts,

Witnesses: Robert Speers, Maria Speers, both of Matilda,

On November 26, 1872, at Iroquois, Ontario.

Children

1. Alfred N., born May 7, 1875, married 1st Mabel Johnston, married 2nd, Henrietta English
2. Byron Henry, born March 6, 1885, married Addie Bell Clarke, died January 24, 1923
3. Iva P., born February 22, 1895
4. Lena M., born June 10, 1897

Death

Gordon died on January 9, 1914, from arteriosclerosis and cerebral hemorrhage.

Burial

Gordon & Henrietta were buried at St. John's United Riverside Cemetery, in Cardinal, Ontario.

Sources

Acknowledgements

Profile created by Christine Daniels, Isaac Keck & Hannah Feader family.

"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y395-521?cc=1784216&wc=3N7T-3TP%3A1584309303%2C1584312101%2C1584312102 : 28 May 2015), Marriages > 1871-1874 > vol 26 pg 1-506 > image 240 of 511; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCT3-XH9?cc=1307826&wc=3LV1-N38%3A1584243504%2C1584256801%2C1584256802 : 27 April 2019), Deaths > 1914 > no 15713-19124 > image 1430 of 1647; citing Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Find A Grave: Memorial #101324169

Census Records

1851 Census, Matilda, Dundas, Canada West

• Wallace, John, born Canada, 44
• Wallace, Elizabeth, born Canada, 38
• Wallace, Emily, 15
• Wallace, Ellin, 13
• Wallace, James, 11
• Wallace, Gorden, 8
• Wallace, Eliza, 6

1861 Census, Matilda, Dundas, Canada West

• Wallace, John, born Canada West, 51
• Wallace, Elizabeth, born Canada West, 49
• Wallace, Margaret, 24
• Wallace, James, 18
• Wallace, Gordon, 16
• Wallace, Elisa, 13
• Wallace, Henry, 7
• Wallace, Adam, 4
• Keck, Isaac, born United States, 76
• Keck, Hanna, born Canada West, 73

1871 Census, Matilda, Dundas, Ontario

• Wallace, James, 28, farmer
• Wallace, Mellissa M., 22
• Wallace, Ida R., 1
• Wallace, Elizabeth, 56, widowed
• Wallace, Gordon, 26, clothier
• Wallace, Henry, 18, farmer
• Wallace, Allen, 14
• Keck, Isaac, 87

1891 Census, Matilda, Dundas, Ontario

• Wallace, Gordon, 43, born Ontario, parents born Ontario
• Wallace, Henrietta, 36, born Ontario, father born England, mother born Ontario
• Wallace, Alfred, 15
• Wallace, Byron, 6

1901 Census, Cardinal Village, South Grenville, Ontario

• Wallace, Gordon, born 30 Apr 1845, labourer
• Wallace, Henrietta, 14 Oct 1854
• Wallace, Byron H., 6 Mar 1885
• Wallace, Iva P., 22 Feb 1895
• Wallace, Lena M., 10 June 1897
• Wallace, Alfred, lodger, widowed, 7 May 1875, undertaker