Lavina Margaret Wallace 2 3
- Born: Nov 1844, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada 4
- Marriage (1): Robert Hazelwood Young on 10 Feb 1873 in Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada 1
- Died: <Jul> 1920, <Long Beach, Los Angeles, California>, United States at age 76 5
- Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States
Other names for Lavina were Lavinia Margaret Wallace, Margaret Wallace and Vinie Wallace.
Research Notes:
Her gravestone, in Sunnyside Cemetery, has her first name spelled "Lavina." The marriage record has her name "Lavinia Margret." The following book has it spelled "Lavinia." However, since her nickname was "Vinie," her first name was probably Lavina.
From History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, vol. III
by Peter Ross, New York, 1903, p. 114 :
"George Wallace is descended from a Scotch family which has contributed members to every honorable and useful walk of life. His father, Donald Wallace, a native of Scotland, born in 1816, recently died in California, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He reared a family of nine children, all but one of whom are living and occupying excellent business and social positions. The youngest son, a member of Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' regiment, lost his life in the Spanish-American war. The eldes, John D., has long been a promient business man and a leader in Republican councils in North Dakota, and is now the county judge of Pembina county; Charles L. is editor of the leading Republican newspaper in Nassau county, at Rockville Center, also a promient operator in real estate. Albert J. and Frank S., as the firm of Wallace Bros., are at the head of large business enterprises at Los Angeles, Pasadena and elsewhere in California. Lavinia M. is the wife of R. H. Young, editor of the 'Methodist Herald,' of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Matilda H. is the wife of the Rev. James Healy, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman filling a pastorate in Southern California; and Mary A. is wife of S. Frank Johnson, a banker at Pasadena, California."
Birth Notes:
The 1900 U.S. census has her born in November 1844.
Death Notes:
Obituary from the Santa Ana Register 21 Jul 1920, p. 9:
SISTER OF A. J. WALLACE DIES
LONG BEACH, July 21 -- Funeral services for Mrs. Lavina Margaret Wallace Young, wife of R. H. Young, 1855 East Ocean boulevard, and a sister of A. J. Wallace, former lieutenant governor, will be held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the First M. E. church. A resident of Long Beach sixteen years, Mrs. Young formerly aided her husband at Minneapolis, Minn., in editing the Midland Christian Advocate, and after coming to Southern California was in charge of the Alaska Mission. The "Lavina Wallace Young Mission for Eskimos" in Nome was named in her honor. Besides her husband she leaves a son, Attorney W. W. Young of New York City; two brothers, A. J. Wallace of Los Angeles and Frank S. Wallace of Pasadena, and two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Healy of Long Beach and Mrs. S. E. Johnson of Pasadena. She was 72 years old.
Noted events in her life were:
• Religion: a Methodist.
• Address: 1855 East Ocean Blvd, 1920, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. This event was shared with Robert Hazelwood Young.
Lavina married Robert Hazelwood Young, son of William Young and Sarah < >, on 10 Feb 1873 in Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.1 (Robert Hazelwood Young was born in Apr 1844, died in 1929 and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.)
Marriage Notes:
The wedding was witnessed by John Wallace [bride's brother John Donald Wallace], Pilkington, and George Wallace [bride's brother George Charles Wallace], United States. Bride and groom were Weslyan Methodist. The ceremony was performed by Revd. J. Briggs.
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