What happened to Mary WALLIS ? SA & WA

[John Bell]

NOTE: in 1919 George Spencer Wallis's occupation is listed as "Attendant" at the Hospital for the Insane in Claremont.
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Wallis – on March 15, 1919, at the Perth Public Hospital, after a long and painful illness Mary Elizabeth, dearly beloved wife of George Spencer Wallis of Tyne Holme, Wood Street, Osborne. Aged 33 (38?) years.

Wallis – the Friends of Mr George Spencer Wallis, attendant at the Hospital for the Insane, Claremont, and of Tyne Holme, Wood Street, Osborne, are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late dearly beloved wife, Mary Elizabeth, to the place of interment, the Wesleyan Cemetery, Karrakatta.……

Metropolitan Hospitals and Kindred Institutions Industrial Union of Workers.
Wallis. – The members of the above Union are respectfully requested to follow the remains of the late Mrs Mary Elizabeth Wallis, beloved wife of Mr George Spencer Wallis, to the place of interment, the Karrakatta Cemetery………………..

(The West Australian. 17 March 1919).

[judb]

And I see a Spencer WALLIS, 28, farm labourer, leaving London, ticketed to Fremantle,  on the Gothic, Dec 20, 1912.

   Judith

[John Bell]

The West Australian Directory.

1915-1916. Wallis. Spencer G. Devon Rd, Claremont.
1917. Wallis. Geo. P. Wood St, Osborne.
1918. Wallis, Geo S. Wood St, Osborne.
1919. Not listed.
1920. Not listed.
1921 & 1922. Wallis, Geo, S. Wood St, Swanborne.
1923-1926. Not listed.

[JJdownunder]

I can see I’m not going to get away with not explaining the whole situation, believe me it’s complicated so hope not to add to the confusion .... Mary Wallis whom I am trying to locate started life as Mary Scott bn 1887 Yeadon Yorkshire she married Thomas William Knight bn 1883 Allerton Bywater Yorkshire married Yeadon Yorkshire 1908 they had two girls but only one survived... the whole Knight Family arrived in Fremantle WA between 1909 and 1913 with Mary and her daughter being the last to arrive in July 1913 (Thomas having arrived the year before) but onboard the same ship as  Mary and her daughter was a Spencer Wallis who I will refer to as the elder.....earlier in the same year Spencer Wallis the younger arrived separately ( this is whom Mary later married) Mary’s husband Thomas Knight died in 1916 as a result of an accident and Spencer the youngers Wife also called Mary (Elizabeth)  died in 1919 then later the same year Spencer the younger and Mary Knight (née Scott) marry. Mary leaves her daughter to be brought up by the Knight family and Spencer’s 4 children to his first wife are put into an  orphanage, 3 of them are later sent into foster care interstate the youngest remained in Perth am guessing he got adopted. Spencer Dies in Adelaide 5 years later and the eldest child Ruth Elizabeth was with him apparently. Then all we know was Mary lived for a time in Coolgardie WA and died there in 1954...We haven’t been able to connect the two Spencer’s but believe they are connected somehow. The elder Spencer died in Mundaring 1949 and I believe he never married but there is also a connection with Mundaring with Mary and Thomas’ only daughter Lily in later years. and to add to the confusion it also appears Spencer George would reverse his Christian names as the cemetery listing in Adelaide it is under George

[JJdownunder]

Thankyou John yes I have a lot of snippets of info I have gleaned from trove on both the Wallis and Knight families wonderful resource that is

[JJdownunder]

Yes thankyou Judith that is Spencer the younger whom Mary later married...Spencer the elder was on board the Belgic with Mary and her daughter Lily

[majm]

1919

From that marriage certificate, who did the bride and the groom name as their fathers (and groom's mother too) ... and who were the witnesses?   That information may well help you to sort out any connection between Spencer the elder and Spencer the younger.


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WA marriage INDEX 1919
WALLIS  Spencer G  Male 
KNIGHT  Mary  Female   
Perth District
Ref No.  1054
 

JM

[JJdownunder]

Nothing to help there and a census search has not turned up anything, one came from Pembury Kent the other South Lopham Norfolk

[JJdownunder]

Does anyone know what shipping records might be available to check between Fremantle and Adelaide for the years 1919-1924 we’d like to know if Mary accompanied Spencer to SA or if we can track the 3 children that were sent interstate