WALLACE Family

[Cairns88]

Hello!

Just wondering if anyone could help me with my search for my great great great great grandfather...
Thomas WALLACE BORN: 1849 Ireland

I don't know where he was born in Ireland...only that he went to Queen's University, Belfast to do Medicine.

I have found him on the 1871 Census Cardiff, South Wales with his irish cousin
Later with his wife on the 1881 & 1891 Census Cardiff, South Wales

But I don't know where he was born or who his parents were....

Please help

Charlotte

[maryderry]

do you know his wifes name,did he have children, what were their names. sometimes there is a clue in their names. does his death cert. give any clues.

                                regards mary.

[aghadowey]

What's the name of the 'Irish cousin'?- may be clues there.

[Cairns88]

Thank you for replying both

I can't find a death record or a marriage record in Cardiff for Thomas WALLACE

I know that his wifes name was Margaret Jane VACHELL Born: Cardiff, South Wales
Children:
Charles R Vachell Wallace
John Wallace
Margaret Gertrude Wallace
Francis Elsie Wallace
Dorothy Mary Wallace
Hester Shearman Wallace
Christobel Jane Wallace


The name of his cousin was Samuel Wallace and it just says he was from Ireland too, but he did go to Glasgow University to do medicine aswel, so they must have been a wealthy family in Ireland...I can't access the irish records though it has a lock symbol

[aghadowey]

Wallace family may not have been very wealthy. Often family members helped each other out- in my family one of the doctors helped a cousin's son through medical school and then that boy helped another cousin's son become a doctor.

What does this refer to?

I can't access the irish records though it has a lock symbol

[helenar]

Hi

The middle name Shearman maybe a clue, you can log on to this site for free if you want more details you need to pay for them, be careful before you buy as there can be more than one person with the same name and also some records are missing.

Church Baptism Shearman Hester 1838 Co. Kilkenny

https://brsgenealogy.com/ifhf/index.php

You might want to check this out also

http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.shearman/66/mb.ashx

They are from Kilkenny have a Thomas Shearman and they have a Rev. Shearman who they think was in Belfast

Helena

[helenar]

Hi

Have you tried the university to see what records they have available, they may have the Co. he came from or even parents names.

Helena

[Cairns88]

hey Helenar

Thanks for the info!! Having a look on that irish geneology site you gave me
Fingers crossed i'll find something!

I do agree Shearman seems like a surname rather than a middle name so hopefully that'll take me somewhere

Do you know how I would be able to contact the uni for records.....would they give information out??

Charlotte

[helenar]

Not sure how to contact the University someone else maybe able to help.

Most places are happy to give info these days, you can only ask

Helena