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George A. Wallace
(1775-1828)
Barbara Munro
(1789-1849)
Hugh Wallace
(1819-1881)
Margaret Metcalf
(1826-1891)
Jennie Margaret Wallace
(1858-1922)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Harry Burson Somers

Jennie Margaret Wallace 2

  • Born: 1858, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
  • Marriage (1): Harry Burson Somers on 13 Sep 1893 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada 1
  • Died: 6 Feb 1922, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada at age 64 3
  • Buried: 8 Feb 1922, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada 4

   Other names for Jennie were Jane Margaret Wallace and Jean Wallace.

  Death Notes:

Death recorded as Jane M. Somers, age 63, reported by her husband Harry Somers.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Occupation: teacher.

• Marriage, 11 Feb 1847, Pilkington, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada. 5

• Census, 1881, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

• Census: Canada, 1871, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. 6 Household ID 142
Hugh Wallace, M, 51, M, Scotch, W Methodist, est. b. 1820, Scotland
Margaret Wallace, F, 34, M, Scotch, W Methodist, 1826, England
Rebecca Wallace, F, 22, Scotch, W Methodist, 1849, Ont
Barbara Wallace, F, 20, Scotch, W Methodist, 1851, Ont
Elizabeth Wallace, F, 18, Scotch, W Methodist, 1853, Ont
George Wallace, M, 17, Scotch, W Methodist, 1854, Ont
Henry Wallace, M, 15, Scotch, W Methodist, 1856, Ont
Jane Wallace, F, 12, Scotch, W Methodist, 1859, Ont
Harriot Wallace, F, 9, Scotch, W Methodist, 1862, Ont
Benson J. F. Wallace, M, 7, Scotch, W Methodist, 1864, Ont
Alfred H. Wallace, M, 5, Scotch, W Methodist, 1866, Ont

• Marriage, 27 Sep 1882, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. 7 Ceremony performed by E. B. Rickman D.D., witnessed by James W. Shilton of Greenway and Jane M. Wallace of Ponsonby (Barbara's sister).

• Residence: at time of marriage, 13 Sep 1893, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.


Jennie married Harry Burson Somers, son of Joseph Gibbs Somers and Prudence McLean Hanley, on 13 Sep 1893 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.1 (Harry Burson Somers was born in 1859 in Elora, Nichol Twp, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada, died in 1949 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada 8.)


  Marriage Notes:

Ceremony performed by John Stewart, who was probably a Methodist minister as the couple were Methodists. Witnessed by Charles E. Somers of Toronto (Harry's brother) and Lizzie Gundy of Toronto.

Sources


1 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMKS-9C3 : 10 April 2015), Harry Burson Somers and Jennie Margaret Wallace, 13 Sep 1893; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Arch. Cit. Date: 16 Nov 2016.

2 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mkallan&id=I02547.

3 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK72-F65 : 29 April 2019), Jane M Somers, 06 Feb 1922; citing Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada, 1612, Registrar Gener. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2019.

4 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 September 2019), memorial page for Jane Margaret Wallace Somers (1858–1922), Find A Grave Memorial no. 162407434, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, O. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2019.

5 Website:, http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/WALLACE/1997-04/0862188882. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2019.

6 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43P-FBC : 24 October 2018), Alfred H Wallace in household of Hugh Wallace, Pilkington Township, Wellington, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of C. Cit. Date: 20 Sep 2019.

7 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJM-T6P : 10 April 2015), John Stewart and Barbara Mi*O Wallace, 27 Sep 1882; citing registration , Pilkington, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, Archi. Cit. Date: 16 Nov 2016.

8 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 September 2019), memorial page for Henry Burson Somers (1859–1949), Find A Grave Memorial no. 162407445, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, C. Cit. Date: 21 Sep 2019.


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