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William Henry WALLACE was born on 5 July 1849 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.1,2,3,4,5 (The 1900 Census lists his birth date as Feb 1850.) Before 1870 he was a sailer and shipwright in Nova Scotia Province, Canada.1 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.6 William appeared in the census in 1900 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.4 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.7 He was listed as "Divorced" and was living with his son Ernest. His occupation was "Bee Keeper, Farm." He died on 21 March 1916 at the age of 66.1,2,8 (His tombstone lists 1918 as his year of death.) William was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.5,8 in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.
William Henry WALLACE and Margaret P. "Maggie" GREENE were married on 20 August 1872 in Portland, Cumberland County, ME.1,2,3 Margaret P. "Maggie" GREENE was born about 1851 in County Cork, Ireland.1,6 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.6 She died on 2 November 1894 at the age of 43.1 Maggie was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.8 in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.
William Henry WALLACE and Margaret P. "Maggie" GREENE had the following children:
+3 | i. | William Greene WALLACE. |
4 | ii. | Minnie B. WALLACE was born on 18 October 1874 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3,9 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.6 She died on 4 November 1880 at the age of 6 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3,9 of typhoid fever during the Black Diphtheria Plague. Minnie was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.8 in the Oakdale Township Cemetery. |
5 | iii. | Harry W. WALLACE was born on 5 November 1875 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3,9 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.6 He died on 30 November 1880 at the age of 5 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3,9 of typhoid fever during the Black Diphtheria Plague. Harry was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.8 in the Oakdale Township Cemetery. |
+6 | iv. | Lewis D. "Lew" WALLACE. |
7 | v. | Maud L. "Maudie" WALLACE was born about 1879 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3 She died in 1880 at the age of 1 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3 of typhoid fever during the Black Diphtheria Plague. She was buried in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.8 in the Oakdale Township Cemetery. |
+8 | vi. | Cleveland "Cleve" WALLACE. |
+9 | vii. | Ernest C. WALLACE Sr.. |
+10 | viii. | Winifred Mae "Winnie" WALLACE. |
William Henry WALLACE and Martha "Elizabeth" BOORHANNA were married on 4 November 1904 in Monroe County, WI.5,10,11 No date was listed for their marriage in the Index to Early Marriage Registrations. She was listed as "Martha E. Marquette," but she had been last married to Henry Kemnow.
. They5,10,11 were divorced on 5 September 1905 in Monroe County, WI.5 Martha "Elizabeth" BOORHANNA, daughter of Peter BOORHANNA and Anna Catherine PRELL, was born on 23 July 1844 in Darmstadt Regierungsbezirke (District), Hessen (Hesse) Province, Germany.6,12,13 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.13 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.6 Elizabeth died on 19 August 1927 at the age of 83.5,10,12,14 (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list her death year as 1927. When she died, she apparently used the name "Elizabeth Marquette," but she is listed in the cemetery records as "Elizabeth Roeder.")
. She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.14 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.