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| We know in many cases Wallis is Wallace, but
this page is a Wallis Page. In our ancestry going back to the early
1600 the only name change we find is from Walles to Wallis in the 1600.
I also have a Wallace line but not connected to this Wallis. |
My direct ancestors
came to Canada in 1847 on the Ship Westminster. Thomas Wallis, son John
and daughter Emma. Also arriving on the same ship was the Gee family.
(More on
Gee
page)
They landed in New York, traveled up the
Hudson River, across Lake Erie to Port Stanley. From there they went
to London, Ontario, Canada where the Richard Wallis, family had
settled. Richard and Thomas were brothers, we do not have the date of
Richards arrival in Canada, we do think it was a few years earlier.
While living in Woolsey, a small town near
Dorchester John met Margaret Fifield and they were married 17 April
1869. In the fall of that year they moved to Mondamin, Harrison County
Iowa. To visit my Fifield connection, just click
Fifield.
John purchased land near Mondamin and began
farming, which became a life long occupation. John and Margaret raised
a family of nine children, which included one set of twins. They stayed
on the family farm until there passing. Both are buried in the
Magnolia Cemetery. |
Family of John Wallis and Margaret Fifield
Thomas 1868 Married Nell
Cooper
Mary Ann 1869 Married George Holben
Loretta Eliza 1870 Married William Grooms
John Hiram 1873 Married Francis Erb and Berdie
Grooms
Charlie 1875** Married Emma Gilmore
Tillie 1875** Married Fred Cooper
Daniel Fifield 1880 Married Eva Grace Gee ( on
this page)
Walter Kidman 1883 Married Grace Emily Gee
Richard Wallis 1885 Married Carrie Weldon
** Twin
Daniel Wallis and Eva Grace Gee
Lois
Irene 1909 Married Earl Rolph
Cleo
Elizabeth 1916 Married Vernon Thoreson
and
Clifford Flood
Leroy Eugene 1918
Married Loretta Ann Davis
and Thelma Herman (my father)
Charles George 1923
Married Hazel Adell McCue
Leroy Wallis and Loretta Ann Davis
Judy Wallis White
| Each year in June the Wallis, Holben and Gee
families have a reunion in Mondamin, Iowa. June 25, 2015 will be the
91st year. If you are interested in attending, please contact me. On
Sunday there will be a Pot Luck at noon. The Pot Luck will be followed
by a short business meeting. Laughter, visiting, photographs, and
stories are welcome! |
Pages I Like
AccessGenealogy
American History
& Genealogy Project
Ask the
Ladies
Native American Genealogy
Iowa Pages with Family
Connection
Wallis Family ~
Complete Story
Harrison County
Iowa
Iowa AHGP
Gee Family Page
Wallis
RootsWeb mail List
Wallis Message Board
Fifield One Name Study
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