Archibald Wallace (1840 - 1918)

Born 27 Sep 1840 in Ayr, Scotland

Husband of Jessie (Thomson) Wallace — married 24 May 1864 (to 21 Dec 1880) in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand

Husband of Alice Jane (Chappell) Wallace — married 21 Jul 1898 in Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand

Died 12 Jun 1918 at age 77 in Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand

Biography

Archibald was born in September of 1840, and was baptised the following month on 18 October in Bothwell in Lanarkshire.^[1] He was the youngest son of Archibald Wallace.

His family emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand in 1842 when he was not yet two years old. They sailed on the Duchess of Argyle that left on 9 June 1842.

He married Jessie Thomson in 1864.^[2][3] He was about 23 or 24 years old at the time.

The Cambridge Museum states that: "They had a family of seven children – Jessie, Margaret, William, Marion, Agnes, Robert and Archibald and settled in Cambridge about 1870. They farmed ‘Glenside’ at Pukerimu and in 1880 had 175 sheep. In 1888 they sent 40 acres of wheat to Hallys’ Mill. Arch was connected with most of the local bodies at different times. He was a versatile farmer taking on work from threshing to castration."

He remarried, and his wife was Alice Jane Chappell. ^[4] They were married in 1898 as his former wife Jessie had passed away from tuberculosis in 1880.

The couple retired to a property of six acres in Cambridge. In 1910 he sold his farm in two titles.

He passed away in 1918.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

In his will he named his son William Thomson Wallace, farmer of Maraetai, and Robert Fisher, farmer of Pukerimu, to be his executors. The first beneficiary named was his wife Alice Jane, who was to have lifetime use of his property at Cambridge (among other provisions). Then his estate was to be divided amongst his children who were named: Jane Agnes Croxford, Margaret Young Bryant, Marion Runciman, William Thomson Wallace, and Archibald David Wallace.

Archibald was buried in the cemetery of St John's Presbyterian, Papatoetoe. The headstone also names his wife, Jessie, also buried there, and daughter Jessie Graham (died 1908) and his later wife Alice Jane (died 1927).

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTL7-DPT : 10 February 2018), Archibald Wallace, 27 Sep 1840; citing , reference 2:15JDX5J, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,042,965.
2. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-GQMH : 4 October 2016), Archibald Wallace and Jessie Thomson, 1864; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1864/9242, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
3. ↑ Marriage, New Zealander, Volume XX, Issue 2127, 30 May 1864, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18640530.2.8
4. ↑ NZ BDM Registration no. 1898/2949 for Alice Jane Chappell, bride, and Archibald Wallace, groom. Accessed at Births Deaths & Marriages (online database of NZ Dept of Internal Affairs https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/) on 14 April 2021
5. ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLYL-M6Q8 : 28 June 2018), Archibald Wallace, 12 Jun 1918; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.
6. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-4WVH : 4 January 2018), Archibald Wallace, 1918; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1918/2982, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
7. ↑ Death, Waikato Independent, Volume XIX, Issue 2067, 13 June 1918, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIKIN19180613.2.13
8. ↑ Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 145, 19 June 1918, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19180619.2.14
9. ↑ Obituary, Waikato Independent, Volume XIX, Issue 2067, 13 June 1918, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIKIN19180613.2.22
10. ↑ "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
    Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13795, 15 June 1918, Page 5
    Papers Past Article (accessed 28 May 2023)

• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-VC5S : 12 November 2017), Archibald Wallace, 1918; citing Hamilton, Hamilton Probates - Second Sequence, 1910-1953, record number 896, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007132029.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #205812140 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 April 2021), memorial page for Archibald Wallace (unknown–12 Jun 1918), Find a Grave Memorial no. 205812140, citing St. John's Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Papatoetoe, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand ; Maintained by Cosmo (contributor 49300889)

See Also

• Cambridge Museum short bios on residents. https://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/allom-andrew-alexander-fuller/