Hugh Wallace ²

  Research Notes:

He had 9 children.

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mkallan&id=I02527
Pretty good family tree. Has b. 1819 in Cruch, Sutherland, Scotland; d. 5 Sep 1881 Wellington Co., Ontario. Their death source: Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932

From Donald Wallace's letter to Ed Wallace:
"Hugh was born in Sutherland, 8th July, 1819. Died."
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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 has "Creech" instead of "Cruch" given by an online source, with birthdate July 9, 1819.

Donald Wallace, in his letter to Ed Wallace, has July 8, 1819 as his birthdate.

  Death Notes:

Cause of death: Consumption nine months
Reported by George A. Wallace, his son.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Inherited: the family farm, with his brothers Donald 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.

• Census: Canada, 1871, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. ⁶ Household ID 142
Hugh Wallace, M, 51, M, Scotch, W Methodist, est. b. 1820, Scotland
Margaret Wallace, F, 34, M, Scotch, W Methodist, 1826, England
Rebecca Wallace, F, 22, Scotch, W Methodist, 1849, Ont
Barbara Wallace, F, 20, Scotch, W Methodist, 1851, Ont
Elizabeth Wallace, F, 18, Scotch, W Methodist, 1853, Ont
George Wallace, M, 17, Scotch, W Methodist, 1854, Ont
Henry Wallace, M, 15, Scotch, W Methodist, 1856, Ont
Jane Wallace, F, 12, Scotch, W Methodist, 1859, Ont
Harriot Wallace, F, 9, Scotch, W Methodist, 1862, Ont
Benson J. F. Wallace, M, 7, Scotch, W Methodist, 1864, Ont
Alfred H. Wallace, M, 5, Scotch, W Methodist, 1866, Ont This event was shared with Alfred Hugh Wallace, Barbara Munro Wallace, Benson John Forman Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, George Alexander Wallace, Hariette Wallace, Henry William Wallace, Jennie Margaret Wallace, Margaret Metcalf, and Rebecca Wallace.

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

• Owned: 150 acres of Lot 11S in Concession I, 1877, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. ⁷ Appears on the map as "Hugh Wallace" and "H. Wallace." The other 50 acres were owned by "D. Wallace," his brother Donald.
1877 county map digitized by the Canadian County Atlas Digital Project at McGill University.

• Census, 1881, Pilkington Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

• Occupation: farmer, 1881.

Hugh married Margaret Metcalf on 11 Feb 1847 in Pilkington, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada.¹ (Margaret Metcalf was born on 20 Jun 1826 in Yorkshire, England, died on 25 Jun 1891 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada and was buried on 27 Jun 1891 in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.)