Richard
Wallis
Born about in Bulphan, Essex, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Marianne Lake (Dockery) Wallis
— married
2 Oct 1844 in Nelson, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Arnold Richard Wallis, Phillip Dean Wallis, Mary Anne (Wallis) Edwards and Frances Thornton (Wallis) Daniell
Died
at about age 62
in Wakefield, Waimea South, Nelson, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Apr 2015
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Biography
Richard was born in 1819, the son of Richard Wallis and Mary Ann Bankin. Richard emigrated to New Zealand in 1842 on the "London" and transferred to Nelson on the "Blossom." He married Mary Ann Lake Coster nee Dockery and the 1845 Census of Nelson shows them as squatters on 20 acres of land at
Waimea West. By mid-1848, Richard and his family were living at Richmond where Richard undertook roles as a Wesleyan preacher, registrar, magistrate's clerk, teacher, postmaster and carter while also concentrating on his gardens and orchard in High Street.
Richard Wallis lived in Motueka, Tasman, New Zealand.
In 1866 the family moved to Motueka using the legacy from his step-mother, Penelope Dean, to buy land on Hursthouse Street, Motueka which they set up as an orphanage named "Hulmers", after Penelope's house in Essex. They also owned "The Gables" on Thorpe Street. Richard trained the boys in husbandry, kept the books, taught school and maintained discipline.
Richard died of throat cancer in 1882.[1][2][3] He is buried in the Motueka Cemetery.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", (digital index), New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Death record 1882/3727 Wallis Richard 62Y
- ↑ The Wallis Family of Bulphan and Childerditch
- ↑ Elspeth Mairs. 'Wallis, Mary Ann Lake', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, (accessed 10 December 2017)
- ↑ Tasman District Council
- Find A Grave: Memorial #140513100
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