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Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis 1866 – 1951 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Dec 1866

Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee

Death Date: 3 Feb 1951

Death Location: Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois

Father: Ambrose Wallis

Mother: Nancy Wallis

Spouse(s): Mattie Wallis, Mattie Lowry

Children(s): Bessie Wallis, Howard Wallis, Robert Wallis, Mattie Wallis, Charles Wallis, Edith Wallis, Mary Wallis, Paul Wallis, Nancy Wallis, Bertha Wallis

In 1866, Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis entered the world in Erin, Houston, Tennessee, born to Ambrose Bernard Wallis and Nancy Cordelia Belle Rushing Jackson Wallis. Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis married Mattie Wilson (Lowry) Wallis, Mattie Wilson Lowry, and had children including Bessie Belle Wallis, Howard Leslie Wallis, Robert Gladwyn Wallis, Mattie Mae Wallis, Charles James Claibourne Wallis, Edith Lera Wallis, Mary Ann Wallis, Paul Ambrose Wallis, Nancy Charlotte Wallis, Bertha Pauline Wallis. Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis passed away in 1951 in Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois.

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Biography

  • In 1866, Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis entered the world in Erin, Houston, Tennessee, born to Ambrose Bernard Wallis and Nancy Cordelia Belle Rushing Jackson Wallis.
  • Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis married Mattie Wilson (Lowry) Wallis, Mattie Wilson Lowry, and had children including Bessie Belle Wallis, Howard Leslie Wallis, Robert Gladwyn Wallis, Mattie Mae Wallis, Charles James Claibourne Wallis, Edith Lera Wallis, Mary Ann Wallis, Paul Ambrose Wallis, Nancy Charlotte Wallis, Bertha Pauline Wallis.
  • Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis passed away in 1951 in Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ambrose Wallis
1838 – 1921
Birth Location: Shorne, North Aylesford, Kent, England
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Nancy Wallis
1841 – 1901
Birth Location: Stewart Co, Tennessee, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mattie Wallis
1873 – 1941
Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA
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Mattie Lowry
1873 – 1941
Birth Location: Erin, Houston County, Tennessee, USA
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Children(s)

Bessie Wallis
1891 – 1958
Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA
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Howard Wallis
1893 – 1979
Birth Location: Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
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Robert Wallis
1896 – 1969
Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA
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Mattie Wallis
1899 – 1994
Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA
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Charles Wallis
1901 – 1902
Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA
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Edith Wallis
1903 – 1940
Birth Location: Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA
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Mary Wallis
1905 – 1986
Birth Location: Big Rock, Kane, Illinois, USA
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Paul Wallis
1908 – 1981
Birth Location: Big Rock, Kane, Illinois, USA
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Nancy Wallis
1909 – 1985
Birth Location: Big Rock, Kane, Illinois, USA
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Bertha Wallis
1912 – 1978
Birth Location: Big Rock, Kane, Illinois, USA
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Robert Wallis's Ancestors

Self
Robert Wallis
1866 – 1951
Birth Place: Erin, Houston, Tennessee
Parents
Ambrose Bernard Wallis
1838 – 1921
Shorne, North Aylesford, Kent, England
Nancy (Cordelia Belle Rushing Jackson) Wallis
1841 – 1901
Stewart Co, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
George Wallis
1807 – 1882
Ash Parrish, Kent, England
Isabella Thorpe
1814 – 1881
Higham near Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
Great-Grandparents
Stephen Wallis
1762 – 1843
Sarah KENNISS
1780 – 1871
Richard Thorpe
1790 – 1854
Elizabeth Luck
1786 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Stephen Wallis
1736 – 1816
Mary Kempton
1735 – 1807
Henry Thorpe
1750 –
Elizabeth
1751 –
John Luck
1762 – 1817
Elizabeth Nichols
1761 – 1861

Robert Wallis's Descendants

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Robert (Ambrose "Mate") Wallis (13 Dec 1866 – 3 Feb 1951) m. Mattie (Wilson (Lowry)) Wallis (29 Nov 1873 – 15 Feb 1941) m. Mattie (Wilson) Lowry (29 November 1873 – 15 Feb 1941)
  1. 1. Bessie (Belle) Wallis (21 Jun 1891 – 12 Oct 1958) m. Garfield (A) Bernhart (31 Apr 1881 – 14 Mar 1938) m. Florous (Edgar) Torrey (02 Oct 1880 – 19 Mar 1962)
    1. 1. Sarah (Louise) Bernhart (30 Apr 1911 – 8 May 2007)
    2. 2. Agnes (Lola) Bernhardt (1 Jul 1913 – 10 December 2008)
    3. 3. Constance (June) Bernhardt (12 Mar 1920 – 29 Mar 2001)
  2. 2. Howard (Leslie) Wallis (5 Jan 1893 – 25 Sep 1979) m. Esther (Mae) Bistline (13 Nov 1901 – 14 Nov 1958)
    1. 1. Edna (Jane) Wallis (16 Oct 1921 – 7 Dec 1987) m. Christian Freese (7 Mar 1916 – 14 Oct 2001)
    2. 2. Dorothy (Mae "Dot") Wallis (18 Sep 1923 – 13 Feb 1978)
    3. 3. Stanley (Allen) Wallis (23 Aug 1925 – 31 Aug 1988) m. Grace (Vera) Heckart (28 Jun 1914 – 28 Dec 1973)
      1. 1. Judith (Ann) Wallis (11 May 1942 – 11 Mar 2004)
    4. 4. Vernon (Virgil) Wallis (25 Oct 1927 – 14 May 2011) m. Sylvia (M.) Wallis (22 Jan 1925 – 3 June 2018)
      1. 1. Robin (Lee) Wallis (25 Nov 1949 – )
      2. 2. Mark (Elliott) Wallis (12 Nov 1952 – )
      3. 3. Michaelene ("Mickie") Wallis (05 Dec 1963 – )
    5. 5. Wesley (Walter) Wallis (21 Apr 1929 – 14 Nov 2009) m. Margaret (Ann (Peggy)) Comrie (10 Dec 1927 – ) m. Marjorie (Lenore "Marge") Elder (1 Jan 1916 – 17 May 2007)
    6. 6. Kenneth (Lloyd) Wallis (12 Dec 1930 – 10 Jan 2016)
      1. 1. Kathryn (Gay) Willis (28 Jul 1950 – 29 Jun 1977)
    7. 7. Gladys (Irene) Wallis (6 Apr 1933 – 1 Dec 2017) m. Joseph Baird
      1. 1. Jon (Mark) Baird (22 January 1954 – 21 Dec 1987)
  3. 3. Robert (Gladwyn) Wallis (6 Jun 1896 – 18 Feb 1969) m. Ora (May "Minnie") Eisenbise (5 Oct 1897 – 29 Oct 1957) m. Doris (Christine) Horve (4 Nov 1920 – 24 Dec 1966)
    1. 1. Ruth (Irene Wallis) Skelton (6 Jul 1917 – 16 Jul 2011) m. Vernon (Earl) Skelton (30 Dec 1917 – 1 Oct 1992)
      1. 1. Linda (Kay) Skelton (21 Feb 1949 – )
    2. 2. Robert (Eugene "Bud") Wallis (23 Nov 1918 – 4 Apr 1975)
    3. 3. Ralph (Carl) Wallis (16 Mar 1921 – 23 Jul 2015) m. Gertrude (Francis) Shuck (27 Jul 1925 – 08 Jan 2014)
    4. 4. Dewey (L) Wallis (8 May 1923 – 1 Apr 2006) m. Beth (L.) Ackerman (12-25-1926 – December 2018)
      1. 1. Dennis (Roger) Wallis (04 May 1945 – 7 Sep 1970)
      2. 2. Thomas (Allan) Wallis (16 Feb 1947 – 22 Feb 2020) m. Mary (Jo) Adomaitis (10 Jan 1954 – 26 Oct 2006)
    5. 5. Merle (Everett) Wallis (27 Nov 1927 – 13 Mar 1989) m. Pearl (Harlene) Pedersen (11 Sep 1929 – 8 Jul 1990)
    6. 6. Ivan (Wesley) Wallis (08 Jun 1933 – 2 Dec 1975)
  4. 4. Mattie (Mae) Wallis (8 Sep 1899 – 20 May 1994) m. Delbert (John) Poole (31 Jan 1902 – 28 Feb 1985)
  5. 5. Charles (James Claibourne) Wallis (1901 – 1902)
  6. 6. Edith (Lera) Wallis (15 Jun 1903 – 24 Mar 1940) m. Thomas (Andrew) Satter (04 Dec 1895 – 10 Oct 1970)
    1. 1. Norma (Mattie Satter) Shaw (18 Feb 1921 – 7 Sep 1980)
    2. 2. Thomas (Reid) Satter (1 Aug 1923 – 15 Aug 1993)
    3. 3. Stanley (John) Satter (8 Oct 1925 – 15 Jan 1981)
    4. 4. Satter (18 Dec 1927 – 19 Dec 1927)
    5. 5. Harold (Laverne) Satter (26 Nov 1928 – 4 Mar 2018)
    6. 6. Howard (Leslie Satter) Lear (4 Mar 1932 – 6 May 1985)
    7. 7. Jack (Wallace) Satter (8 Sep 1935 – 15 Jan 1992)
  7. 7. Mary (Ann) Wallis (14 Jul 1905 – 20 Dec 1986) m. Lawrence (Russell) Ford (20 Oct 1901 – 24 Mar 1974)
    1. 1. Lawrence (Russell) Ford (04 January 1925 – 9 Apr 2008)
    2. 2. Audrey (Joyce) Ford (09 Aug 1926 – 20 July 2016)
  8. 8. Paul (Ambrose) Wallis (19 Jan 1908 – 09 Sep 1981) m. Edna (Louise) Miller (6 Jul 1913 – 21 Nov 2005)
    1. 1. Sylvia (Cecile "Ceal") Wallis (18 Dec 1937 – 24 Mar 2014)
  9. 9. Nancy (Charlotte) Wallis (24 Nov 1909 – 10 Sep 1985) m. Kirtley (Owen) Ford (15 August 1905 – 22 Dec 1976) m. Albert (William) Erickson (7 Apr 1894 – 12 Aug 1963)
    1. 1. Shirley (Jean) Ford (13 September 1926 – 9 March 1992)
    2. 2. Marilyn (Elaine) Ford (24 Oct 1927 – 24 May 2004)
    3. 3. Marilyn (Elaine) Ford (24 Oct 1927 – 24 May 2004)
    4. 4. Nancy (Louise) Ford (13 July 1930 – 25 Sept 1999)
  10. 10. Bertha (Pauline) Wallis (3 Apr 1912 – 7 Nov 1978) m. Pierce (Arthur "Art") Holstine (22 Feb 1913 – 20 Aug 1973)

Robert Wallis's Timeline

2 Records

1866
13 Dec 1866
Birth of Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis in Erin, Houston, Tennessee
Erin, Houston, Tennessee
1951
3 Feb 1951
Age 85
Death of Robert Ambrose "Mate" Wallis in Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois
Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Dec 1866
    Event Place: Erin, Houston, Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Feb 1951
    Event Place: Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois
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