Pennsylvania Families

The place of birth is based on the theory that the male child born in Washington DC, 1877, is theirs. A lot of the information about Nellie is tentative.

1870 Census New York City, Ward 15 District 2, Roll: M593_993; Page: 439B, census page 54, dwelling 180, family 507
July 11, 1870

Matilda Wallace, 42, actress, born in England,
Jennie Wallace, 18, actress, born in England,
Nellie Wallace, 16, actress, born in England,
Minnie Wallace, 9, actress, born in New York
Maude Wallace, 7, actress, born in New York
Frank Dobson, 31, banjo teacher, born in New York, male citizen of US
Mary O'Conners, 28, domestic servant, born in Ireland, parents foreign born

for all Wallaces: both parents were foreign born.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8FW-JQ3 : accessed 19 December 2015), Matilda Wallace, New York, United States; citing p. 54, family 507, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,492.

The obituary of Nellie's mother, Matilda Wallace, said that Nellie and her husband arrived from San Francisco for the burial.

Office Health Department, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Removal Permit, No 135.
San Francisco, Cal. February 14, 1882
Permission is hereby given for the removal of the remains of Helene A Henry, age 28, female, white
Place of Birth: England
Cause of Death: Phethisis
Place of Death: 1004 Bush Street
Died February 13, 1882
Physician: W H Mays
To: Phila, Penn.

Undertaker's certificate in relation to deceased
place of birth: New York
parents names not listed
Date of burial: July 18, 1882
Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery, New York
Undertaker: Schuyler and Armstrong, 2054 W 6th, Phila

 

both found in this source:
"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXQ7-Z2N : accessed 13 January 2016), Helen A Henry, 13 Jul 1882; citing , Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 2,057,181.

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The Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, Kansas), Monday, March 13, 1882, Page 2
Nellie Wallace, of the Wallace sisters, was apient Consumption and for the re-l .... Wallace, one of the three Wallace sisters) died in San Francisco last week.
www.newspapers.com/newspage/64416116/

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The Topeka Daily Capital, March 13, 1882, Page 2
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/64416116/
Nellie Wallace, of the Wallace sisters, was apient Consumption and for the re-l Mrs. W. B. Henry. lief of consumptive

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