Address: Gillyholm

Her mother's name is not known because her batismal record could not be found. Her marriage registration shows her to be of 'Full Age' which means she was over 21 at the time of her marriage to Wliiam Wallace on the 10 November 1884. A search of the LDS website for the baptism of an Elizabeth Johnston between 1850 and 1866 produced only one result - the baptism of an Eliza Jane Johnston on 20 Nov 1865 in Ederny which is on the east side of Lower Lough Erne. This would have made her 19 at the time of her marriage and although it is not unkown for people to lie about their age as she was living to the west of Lower Lough Erne when she was married it is thought unlikely that the baptism relates to her. Thus it is assumed that she was of 'Full Age' at the time of her marriage and her birth year is estimated to be 1863. It is also assumed that she was born in the place she was living at the time of her marriage.

Cause: complications arising from childbirth

A search for her death registration between 1885 and 1918 failed to produce a registration for an Elizabeth Wallace or anyone with similar Christian names such as Eliza. However, none of the surviving letters written to her son John or to his wife Amy by her husband William or his siblings George and Mary mention Elizabeth or any other children of the marriage either by name or relationship. The earliest letter is dated 1 December 1910 and conveys the news that William's father had died and that his mother was only 'middling'. There is no mention of John's mother. The most probable reason is that she died giving birth to John or shortly afterwards and therefore the date of her death is assumed to be the same as, or shortly after, John's birth.