Jennie Wallace
Birth Name | Jennie Wallace |
Gender | female |
Age at Death | 73 years, 5 months, 7 days |
Narrative
Career timeline, from http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/23622
1856: debut at the Strand Theatre, London
1860: Jennie & Annie at Academy of Music, Albany, NY
1867: NYC as serious actress
1868: Minnie and Maude debut
1869: family goes on tour
1870s: variety theater
1890s: vaudeville
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | September 24, 1850 | England | 1a 2a | |
General
Jennie's 1870 census said she was born about 1851. Her 1900 Census said she was born September 24, 1850. |
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Census | July 11, 1870 | New York, New York County, New York, United States | 1a | |
Event Note
1870 Census New York City, Ward 15 District 2, Roll: M593_993; Page: 439B, census page 54, dwelling 180, family 507
Matilda Wallace, 42, actress, born in England, 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. |
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Appearances | June 1871 | Utica, Oneida County, New York, United States | ||
Event Note
phototrack123's photostream at https://www.flickr.com/photos/26625162@N05/5693919082, citing a review in the Utica Morning Herald & Daily Gazette, dated June 22, 1871. |
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Census | June 23, 1880 | Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States | 3a | |
Event Note
1880 Census Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, ED 113, sheet 211C
The Cliffwood House
Benj F Dobson, 43, born in New York, parents also, landlord "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN82-GGQ : accessed 19 December 2015), Maud Wallace in entry for Benjamin F Dobson, 1880. |
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Census | 1885 | Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States | 4a | |
Event Note
New Jersey State Census, 1885, Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, p 78, family 523
Benj F Dobson, male, age 20 to 60 "New Jersey State Census, 1885," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6YCD-22M : accessed 19 December 2015), Jennie Dobson in household of Benj F Dobson, Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey; citing p. 78, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 888,629. |
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Census | June 1, 1900 | Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States | 2a | |
Event Note
1900 Census, Manhattan, ED 213, sheet 1a, family 2 in household of Elizabeth Cavanagh, born 1824 in Ireland, a boarding house operator
Ben W Dobson, 22, single, born May 30, 1878, in New Jersey, father in New York, mother in England, an actor [note: Jennie was on the 1870 census of Manhattan with a sister Minnie age 9 who was born in New York. Her arrival date is incorrect] "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSV3-XL4 : accessed 19 December 2015), Jennie Dobson in household of Elizabeth Cavanagh, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 19 New York City Ward 9, New York County, New York, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,090. |
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Census | April 19, 1910 | Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States | 5a | |
Event Note
1910 Census, Manhattan, ED 170, sheet 2B
Ben F Dobson, 32, head, single, born in Keyport, New Jersey, father in New York, mother in England, occupation: theatrical, out of work 2 weeks in 1909 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5SQ-VBB : accessed 21 December 2015), Jennie Dobson in household of Ben F Dobson, Manhattan Ward 9, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 170, sheet 2B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,019. |
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Death | March 1, 1924 | Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States | 6a | |
General
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WBQ-RHS : accessed 21 December 2015), Jennie Dobson, 01 Mar 1924; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,031,420. |
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Residence | March 1, 1924 | Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States | 140 West 15th Street | 6a |
General
living at 140 West 15th Street when she died |
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Burial | March 4, 1924 | Holmdel Cemetery, Keyport, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States | 6a | |
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | William S or Thomas Wallace | |||
Mother | Matilda Noon or New | 1824 | November 26, 1877 | |
Sister | Annie Wallace | |||
Jennie Wallace | September 24, 1850 | March 1, 1924 | ||
Sister | Agnes Wallace | 1853 | after January 1920 | |
Sister | Helen Ada “Nellie” Wallace | 1854 | February 13, 1882 | |
Sister | Minnie Wallace | 1861 | 1904 | |
Sister | Alice Maud Wallace | 1863 | June 10, 1900 |
Families
Family of Benjamin Franklin Dobson and Jennie Wallace |
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Married | Husband | Benjamin Franklin Dobson ( b. 1838 d. June 10, 1887 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Benjamin Wallace Dobson | May 29, 1877 | December 10, 1918 |
Alice M Dobson | about December 1879 |
Pedigree
Source References
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National Archives and Records Administration: 1870 United States Census
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- Page: Matilda Wallace, New York City, Ward 15 District 2, Roll: M593_993; Page: 439B, census page 54, dwelling 180, family 507
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1900 United States Federal Census
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- Page: Elizabeth Cavanagh, Manhattan, ED 213, sheet 1a, family 2
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1880 United States Census
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- Page: Benj F Dobson, Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, ED 113, sheet 211C
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1885 New Jersey Census
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- Page: Benj F Dobson, Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, p 78, family 523
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1910 United States Federal Census
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- Page: Ben F Dobson, Manhattan, ED 170, sheet 2B
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New York City Municipal Deaths
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- Page: Jennie Dobson, 1 Mar 1924, Manhattan
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New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985
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- Page: Dobson-Wallace, 11 Apr 1877, Jersey City
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