Robert Wallace (1761?- )

  • Name:

  • Robert Wallace

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1761 (cal)

  • Co Fermanagh1

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  • The 1821 Irish Census gives his age as 60 but does not give his birthplace which is assumed to be County Fermanagh.

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Farmer2

Marriage

  • Spouse:

  • Sarah (1765?- )

  • Children:

  • Robert Wallace (1801, bur.1836)

  •  

  • Elizabeth Wallace (1807- )

  • Marriage:

  • 1800 (age 38-39)3

  •  

  •  

  • Address: County Fermanagh

    No record of their marriage could be found. It is assumed that they married in County Fermanagh and the date (year) is based on the age of their oldest son Robert given in the 1821 Census.

  • Census for household:

  • Jun 1821 (age 59-60)

  • Parish of Aghalurcher, Co Fermanagh3

  •  

  • Address: Townland of Crann

    The household consisted of Robert, his wife Sarah and their four children Elizabeth (Age 14), Anne (Age 12), Robert (Age 20) and Andrew (Age 10). Robert was farming four acres and as his wife and older daughter are described as flax spinners and his son Robert as a weaver he probably grew flax as well as a subsistence crop of potatoes.

Sources

1.

1821 Irish Census for Household of Robert Wallace in Crann, (Find My Past website). Name & Age. Cit. Date: June 1821. Northern Ireland Public Records Office.

2.

Ibid. Name & Occupation. Cit. Date: June 1821. Northern Ireland Public Records Office.

3.

Ibid. Cit. Date: June 1821. Northern Ireland Public Records Office.