| WALLACE. This surname has thought by some to show the original bearer or
bearers of the name came from Wales. On the other hand it has been claimed that Sir William Wallace was not a welshman, as we understand the term at the present day, but was a descendant of a native of the British Kingdom of Strathclyde. Wallensis meant a Briton of Strathclyde as we see from charters of the twelfth century to the people of the Glasgow diocese. Wallace is therefore most probably a native name meaning a Stathclyde Briton. The surname appears in the twelfth century in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, parts of the old Strathclyde Kingdom as allready mentioned. |
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See Photograph of Ian and Max with Uncle John later in life below. |
| Sir William Wallace, the patriot the Terror Anglorum as the author of Liber Pluscardensis calls him, was taken prisoner and sent to London where he was tried and unjustly executed as a traitor in August, 1305. He was no traitor to the English King as he had never sworn fealty to him. |
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IsabellaWallace(Smith)Our Grandmother . |  |
Isabella
Wallace on the day of her wedding to Archibald Smith
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right..Ethel(Lizzies daughter), Jessie (John's Daughter, Aunt Janet, and Nellie.
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Ian and Max with Uncle John, in Scotland. |
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Janet Wallace our Grandmothers sister, with Ed, Wullie, andMary. | to be continued |
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