Donald Wallace ^{2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

Donald Wallace (1816-1902) letter to Ed H. Wallace dated 4 Jun 1896 has b. 18 Aug 1737 [1773? May be typo in transcription]: "His [Alexander's] oldest son, Lachlin, was my great-grandfather; his son John was my grandfather; one of his sons, George, was my father. He [George] was born January 9th, 1775. He married Barbara Munro, 6th March, 1806. He was a factor for Culrain, a wealthy man, then he went as overseer for a gentleman. On the 7th Oct 1825, he and wife and 4 sons left Scotland for South America. There he tried farming, but he did not like it. He left his [son] John there. He and family went to Canada West. He arrived at Guelph 26 September 1827. He settled on a farm there. On the 19th of next August he died. His wife [Barbara] was born in Ross[-s]hire 18 Aug 1737 [sic]. She died at Woolwich, Feb. 4, 1844 He had four sons--John, Donald, Hugh, Alexander. John was born at Ross[-s]hire, 13th of April 1813. He died in South America 11th of March, 1848. Donald was born 14th of February 1845. Hugh was born in Sutherland, 8th July, 1819. Died. Alexander was born in Sutherland on the 3rd of February, 1822. Barbara Wallace and her three sons removed from near Guelph to Woolwich 20th April, 1833. On a genealogical tree of the family of Wallaces in Ross[-s]hire, by a cousin of mine, I saw 88. Some more might be added since. One of them, Lachlin, had 10 children. One of them was John, my grandfather."

  Research Notes:

According to himself (letter to Ed H. Wallace on 4 Jun 1896), he was born on 14 Feb 1816, Ross-shire Scotland.
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From History of Long Island, vol. III, 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 eldest, John D., has long been a prominent 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."
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From History of Long Island, vol. III, pp. 95-96:

"Charles L. Wallace, editor of the 'South Side Observer' of Rockville Center, Long Island, was born in Ponsonby, Ontario, December 13, 1855, a son of Donald and Harriet (Lasby) Wallace. His paternal grandparents were George and Margaret Wallace, who were natives of Scotland, and his maternal grandparents were Charles and Mary Lasby, natives of England. Donald Wallace, father of Charles L. Wallace, was born in Ross-shire, Scotland, February 14, 1816, from whence he emigrated to Caracas, South America, and thence to Ontario, and he subsequently removed to Pasadena, California. He was a farmer by occupation, but was also engaged for a time as a manufacturing chemist. In 1838 he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Lasby, who was born in London, England, in 1822; nine children were born to them, namely: John D., Lavinia M., George, Charles L., Albert J., Francis S., Matilda H., Alexander H. and Mary A. Wallace."
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From "Bethany History" (http://www.bethanyuc.org/Sub/bethany_history_1.htm):

Our first record of Bethany Church, then Methodist, was for the purchase of the lot for the Cemetery at Ponsonby. This was bought on October 3, 1843 from Oliver and Mary Lasby for 2 pounds and was three-quarters of an acre. The church trustees at that time were Hugh and Donald Wallace, Samuel Cunningham, Robert Fasken and Thomas Moore. On the tombstones in this cemetery we find names of some of the pioneer families. These include John Allen - died 1875; Joseph Hall - d 1861 aged 41 years; Thomas Howse - d 1874; Mary Peckover (Howse) - d 1855; Ann Howse (sister of Thomas) - d 1881 at 93 years,Levi Patmore-d 1872; Mary, wife of Joseph Lasby --d 1876; Joseph Lasby -d 1876, and many others. This cemetery was used until about 1888.
At that time, the Bethany Church belonged to the Elora Circuit and services were held in a log school house that was situated on the farm now owned by Stanley Steen, Lot 9, Con. 2, Pilkington Township.
The first church was built of stone and was situated on Lot 9, Con. 2 Pilkington Township on the farm now owned by Kenneth Barton (Alvin Skerritt). This property was seventy feet square and was bought from Joseph Lasby on the 13th day of February 1863 for twenty dollars. The trustees at this time were Donald and Hugh Wallace, Joseph Lasby, Thomas and Edmund Hall, Gilgian Bettchen and William Bye. The minister was Rev. R. Forman.

Owing to the nature of the land, a good foundation had not been built under this church and a new site soon had to be chosen. On the 9th of December, 1875, three-eights of an acre of land was purchased for Fifty Dollars from William Thacker and his mother Catherine, widow of John Thacker. The present church was built of red brick in 1876 with Rev. Thomas Cobb as minister and the trustees were Gilgian and Joseph Bettchen, Hugh and John D. Wallace, Donald McKay, William Bye, Charles Nicklin, William Martin, Edward and Henry Patmore Benjamin Fyfe, Henry Hall and Joseph Lasby. The corner stone of the new church was laid by Col. Charles Clarke, member of the Provincial Legislature.

  Birth Notes:

According to Jeanine Wallace, the family Bible of George & Barbara Wallace states that Donald was born in "Ropshile" (Ross-shile/Ross-skile?) Parish of Rosskeen February 14, 1816.

Donald Wallace's letter to Ed Wallace has only that he was born in Ross-shire 14 Feb 1816.

Mossfield Parish (which may not have existed) is given by an online source.

  Christening Notes:

FamilySearch.org has christened 16 Feb 1816

  Death Notes:

Obituary from Los Angeles Times, 17 Jul 1902, p. 19:
Donald Wallace died Tuesday evewning, aged 86 years. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Methodist Church.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Sailed: from Scotland to La Guayra (Caracas), Venezuela, on the ship "Planet," 7 Oct 1825, Cromarty, Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty, Highland), Scotland. Emigrated with his parents and three brothers. His brother John remained in Venezuela when the rest of the family sailed to Canada.

• Emigrated: to West Canada, 26 Sep 1827, Guelph Twp (Guelph/Eramosa), (Wellington), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. With his parents and two brothers.

• Occupation: farmer: Guelph Twp (Guelph/Eramosa), (Wellington), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada.

• Religion: a Methodist, joining the Methodist Church, 24 Feb 1840, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada.

• Member: of Bethany Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1843, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada.

• Inherited: the family farm, with his brothers Hugh and Alexander, 1849, Ponsonby, Nichol Twp, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada. Donald sold/gave his 50 acres to Hugh's son George when he moved to the United States.

• Residence, 1871, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

• Owned: 50 acres of, 1877, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. ¹⁰ Appears on map as "D. Wallace." The other 150 acres were owned by his brother Hugh, on the map as "Hugh Wallace" and "H. Wallace."

1877 county map digitized by the Canadian County Atlas Digital Project at McGill University.

• Acquired: Homestead patent, 11 Nov 1881, Drayton, Pembina, Dakota Territory (North Dakota), United States. ¹¹ One-half of section 7.

• Moved: from Guelph to, Bef 1886, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Occupation: manufacturing chemist: <California, United States>.

• Census: U.S, 11 Jun 1900, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States. Household:
Samuel F. Johnson, head, W, M, Apr 1860, 40, M, 12, New York, New York, New York, bookkeeper bank
Mary W Johnson, wife, W, F, July 1864, 35, M, 12, Canada-Eng, Scotland, England
Wilbur W Johnson, son, W, M, July 1891, 8, S, California, New York, Canada-Eng
Donald Wallace, father-in-law, W, M, Feb 1816, 84, Wd, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland

• Residence, 11 Jun 1900, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States. ¹² He resided with his son-in-law and daughter at the time of the 1900 U.S. Census.

Donald married Harriet Lasby, daughter of Charles Lasby and Margaret Challenor, on 5 Feb 1842 in Guelph Twp, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada.¹ (Harriet Lasby was born on 15 Nov 1822 in Penkhull, (Stoke-upon-Trent), Staffordshire, England, died in May 1887 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States ¹³.)