John Wallace ^{1 2 3}

  Research Notes:

Donald Wallace (1816-?) letter to Ed H. Wallace dated 4 Jun 1896 has b. 18 Aug 1737 [1773? May be typo in transcription]: "His [Alexander's] oldest son, Lachlin, was my great-grandfather; his son John was my grandfather; one of his sons, George, was my father. He [George] was born January 9th, 1775. He married Barbara Munro, 6th March, 1806. He was a factor for Culrain, a wealthy man, then he went as overseer for a gentleman. On the 7th Oct 1825, he and wife and 4 sons left Scotland for South America. There he tried farming, but he did not like it. He left his [son] John there. He and family went to Canada West. He arrived at Guelph 26 September 1827. He settled on a farm there. On the 19th of next August he died. His wife [Barbara] was born in Ross[-s]hire 18 Aug 1737 [sic]. She died at Woolwich, Feb. 4, 1844 He had four sons--John, Donald, Hugh, Alexander. John was born at Ross[-s]hire, 13th of April 1813. He died in South America 11th of March, 1848. Donald was born 14th of February 1845. Hugh was born in Sutherland, 8th July, 1819. Died. Alexander was born in Sutherland on the 3rd of February, 1822. Barbara Wallace and her three sons removed from near Guelph to Woolwich 20th April, 1833. On a genealogical tree of the family of Wallaces in Ross[-s]hire, by a cousin of mine, I saw 88. Some more might be added since. One of them, Lachlin, had 10 children. One of them was John, my grandfather."
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According to Jeannine Wallace (email 17 Dec 2009), "John came with the family to Canada (known as the LaGuairan settlers). John helped to settle our home farm with his brothers and mother after George died. John later returned to Venezuela to fight in a war and was killed there. We actually have a portrait of John and his dagger."
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Another source suggests that he died in Colombia, but Venezuela is most likely.
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John was apparently killed during "The March Revolution," a rebellion in Venezuela at the beginning of the Federal War (1859-1863) in March 1848. Because of his family's bad experience from broken promises of land in Caracas, and the subsequent relocation to Canada, John was probably an opponent of the conservative party, fighting on the side of the Federalists.

From Wikipedia - Federal War :
The Federal War (Spanish : Guerra Federal) - also known as the Great War or the Five Year War - was a civil war (1859-1863) in Venezuela between the conservative party and the liberal party about the monopoly of the conservatives of the land and the government positions, and their reluctance to grant any reforms. This drove the liberals to look for greater autonomy for the provinces. It was the biggest civil war Venezuela had had since its independence . Hundreds of thousands died in the violence of the war, or from hunger or disease , in a country with a population of just over a million people.

The Federal War was mainly a guerrilla war largely without a centralized command for the Federalists, who professed to ride on social resentment. Just three major conventional battles were fought: The Battle of Santa Inés (December 10, 1859), in which Ezequiel Zamora and 3,400 men defeated the Central Army of 2,300 men, with about 1,200 casualties altogether both sides; the Battle of Coplé (February 17, 1860), victory of the government forces of general León de Febres Cordero over a Federalist army of 4,500 men, commanded by Falcón , and the Battle of Buchivacoa (December 26-December 27, 1862). The hostilities ended with the signing of the Treaty of Coche in April 1863.
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  Birth Notes:

Birth records for Rosskeen Parish have "Wallace & Munro | John Lawfull son to Geo. Wallace Nonakiln & Barbra Munro was Born the 12th Apr 1813."

George & Barbara Wallace family Bible has b. in <Soniskile>, Parish of Rosskeen April 19, 1813, d. March 11, 1846. That may have been the date John was baptized.

Another source has b. 13 Apr 1813 in Stonekile Parish. There was no parish named Stonekile, but this may have been a bad transcription of "Nonikiln."

  Death Notes:

Apparently killed in a war in Venezuela, possibly "The March Revolution," a rebellion in Venezuela before the beginning of the Federal War (1859-1863). Donald Wallace's letter to Ed Wallace puts his death on 11 March 1848.

Family Bible of George & Barbara Wallace has d. March 11 1846, according to Jeanine Wallace.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Sailed: from Scotland for La Guayra (Caracas), Venezuela, South America on the ship "Planet," 7 Oct 1825, Cromarty, Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty, Highland), Scotland. Emigrated with his father, mother and three brothers. When the family was unable to obtain the promised land in La Guayra, all but John sailed to Canada.