Born in Birminghman, son of John Wallace (1788-1880) and Elizabeth (née Rollaston). Arrived in New Plymouth with his father on the 'Amelia Thompson' on 3 Sep 1841. Married Ellen Oakley at St Pauls, Wellington, 10 Mar 1860. Business partner of Charles Augustus Vallance, Tawanui Station, South Wairarapa. His wife died in 1875. Buried with two of their children in Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington. His occupation recorded as a sheep inspector on his death certificate.
Wallace, Robert Douglas, 1823-1876
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Manuscript
C A Vallance - Papers relating to whaling
Date: 1845, n d
From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/6
Description: Includes contract between Leonard Dark, master of a whaling boat belonging to C A Vallance of Wairarapa, and R D Wallace, 1845; invoice for freight of oil from Cloudy Bay, 1845; account for oil from James Deblois of Cloudy Bay to Vallance, 1845; anonymous whaling log with `Cooper's shop list', undated (possibly Jul-Sep 1843) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Land Transfer Office : Wellington land deeds
Date: 1840-1890
Reference: fMS-256
Description: Mainly land deeds (conveyance, right of way, grants, leases, tenancy agreements, mortgages), includes certificates of New Zealand Company shares Includes discharge certificate from 65th Regiment of Foot for Private James McFadden, 1861 Variations in title - Spine title: Old land deeds of Wellington Quantity: 1 volume(s) (110 pieces). Physical Description: Mss (50 cm; brown linen tie folder) Finding Aids: Calendar of contents available.
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New Zealand historical notes by early settlers, founders of the colony
Date: 1871-1878
From: Wallace, John Howard 1816-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0108-8
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
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Vallance correspondence
Date: 1844-1848
From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers
Reference: 88-103-4/06
Description: Contains photocopies of letters to and from Vallance with regard to land tenure and leasing, farming activities and business dealings
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Research papers - Archibald Gillies and descendants
Date: 1993
From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8971-11
Description: Research notes relating to Archibald Gillies, an early Takapau station owner and owner of `Otaraia'. Includes transcripts of letters between Charles Augustus Vallance and Robert Douglas Wallace, 1844-1845. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 41 pages.
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Memorials - Surnames Wak-War
From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others
Reference: MS-Papers-2260-081
Description: Surnames on headstones: - Wakefield; Walden; Walker; Wallace; Wallis; Walsh; Ward. Most names indexed in name field. Includes headstone in memory of the five Wallace children who died in May 1865 of scarlet fever accompanied by poem by Longfellow. Copy of article published in Wellington independent, 10 Sep 1868 entitled `Departure of Sir George Grey, K.C.B.'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Client files - Wallace-Wanganui Supply Company
Date: 1859-1917
From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1347-3/2/118
Description: J H & R D Wallace, Opaki Plain, Wairarapa, 1859; Robert Wallace (see William Liverton); Wanganui Steamship Co, 1899; Wanganui Supply Co, 1908-1917 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Charles Augustus Vallance - Papers
Date: 1843-1849, 1862
From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/1
Description: Authority for deposit of Vallance's private papers, also directions for other documents to be held as collateral security, addressed to Edward Pearce, 1862. Letters from Charles to his brother James, 1843-1849; to Charles Bromley, 1843-1845; to Mill Till? Wood, Dec 1843. Robert Douglas Wallace (Vallance's partner) to Vallance, 1844-1849. Includes draft lease of Tawanui Station Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Vote for Wallace, the Independent Liberal candidate. [1850s].
Date: 1850 - 1859
Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-1850s-01
Description: Arrangement of text. The candidate nay be John Howard Wallace, R D Wallace, or another person. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Letterpress on paper, 455 x 569 mm.
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The Wallace family grave, plot 2209, Bolton Street Cemetery
Date: [Between 1965 and 1969]
From: Shotter, P J E :Negatives and albums (with index) of graves in the Bolton Street and Sydney Street cemeteries, Wellington
Reference: 35mm-25510-21A-F
Description: The grave of the Wallace family at plot 2209 Bolton Street Cemetery. It was photographed in the late 1960s by the City Sexton, P J E Shotter, prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway. An original print from this negative is at PA1-o-047, page 67. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual frame on 35mm strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative