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Robert WALLACE
(Abt 1820 – )
Mary MANSON
(1820 – )
John SEMPLE
(1822 –1898)
Margaret GUTHRIE
(1826 – )
James WALLACE
(Abt 1847 –1924)
Frances Vass SEMPLE
(Abt 1850 –1927)
Alexander Guthrie Semple WALLACE
(1887 –1982)

 

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1. Dora Edith CORSON

Alexander Guthrie Semple WALLACE 1
  • Born: 1887, Kelton Parish, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Dora Edith CORSON in 1915 in Bromley, Kent, England
  • Died: 16 April 1982, Swanbourne, Western Australia, Australia at age 95
  • Cremated: 1982, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia

bullet   Other names for Alexander were A. G. L. WALLACE,2 Alexander G. S. WALLACE,4 Alexander G. T. WALLACE and Alexander Guthr WALLACE.5

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bullet  Burial Notes

Karrakatta Cemetery, Crematorium Rose Gardens, Site 37, Position 42

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He enjoyed golfing. Alexander was an avid golfer — president of the local golf club for a time, and active in many tournaments.
  • He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. 2

James Wallace         Head      M   45   Ayrshire, Fenwick       Agrie Engineer
F V Wallace           Wife      F   40      "      Newton
M E F M Wallace       Daur      F   13   Kirkcbt, Michael        Scholar
Robt Wallace          Son       M   12      "     Michael        Scholar
John S Wallace        Son       M   10      "     Kelton         Scholar
Frances V S Wallace   Daur      F    9      "     Kelton         Scholar
James Wallace         Son       M    7   Newton, Ayr             Scholar
A S Wallace           Daur      F    5      "     Kelton         Scholar
A G L Wallace         Son       M    3      "     Kelton    
John Murray           Servant   M   15   Kirkcbt, Balmaclellan   Domestic

  • He worked as a medical doctor in Western Australia, Australia.
  • He appeared on the 1901 Census of Scotland on 31 March 1901 in Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. 4

James Wallace           Head   M   53   Fenwick, Ayrshire                    Mechanical Engineer
                                                                              And Iron Founder
Francis V Wallace       Wife   F   50   Ayr, Ayrshire
James Wallace           Son    M   17   Ayr, Ayrshire                        Millwright
Agnes S Wallace         Daur   F   15   Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire   Scholar
Alexander G S Wallace   Son    M   13   Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire   Scholar
William S Wallace       Son    M    9   Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire   Scholar
Jessie G Wallace        Daur   F    8   Whitletts, Ayrshire                  Scholar
Florence E Cairns       Serv   F   25   England                              General Serv

  • He worked as a scholar on 31 March 1901 in Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. 4

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  • He immigrated in April 1920 to Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia.

    PERSONAL ITEMS.
         Dr and Mrs Hemsted and Miss Hemsted are leaving Geraldton in about a fortnight's time for England, going by way of Adelaide. Dr Hemsted's practice will be taken over by Dr A G S Wallace, a graduate of Glasgow University, who has had considerable experience with the Royal Army Medical Corps, leaving with the rank of Major, and with the M.C dection. Dr Wallace arrived in Geraldton a few days ago.

    — from page 2 of the Geraldton Guardian (Geraldton, Western Australia : 1906 - 1928) on Thursday, 15 April 1920
  • Departure: Travelling with his wife and his two daughters on the "Viceroy Of India" en route to Bombay, on 28 March 1930, in London, England. 6

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Alexander married Dora Edith CORSON in 1915 in Bromley, Kent, England. (Dora Edith CORSON was born about 1884 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, died on 16 March 1974 in Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia and was cremated in 1974 in Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, James Wallace household, Ellerslie, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; Parish: Crossmichael, ED 5, page 8, line 1, roll CSSCT1891_400.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, A. G. Semple household, 11 Beresford Terrace, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland; Parish: Ayr, ED 4, page 32, line 4, roll CSSCT1891_198.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, James Wallace household, Coila, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; Parish: Crossmichael, ED 5, page 8, line 9, roll CSSCT1901_437.
  5. Statutory Registers of Scotland, Index of Births, 1855 – 2012 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom: General Register Office for Scotland).
  6. Ancestry.com, UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890 –1960 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists. BT27. Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments. Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.).


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