Thomas WALLIS
SOURCES: 1. Records left by William Henry Wallis and his wife, Henrietta Maritta (Jensen) Wallis 2. Records of the Wallis family in Dunedin, New Zealand NOTES: Elizabeth, 2nd wife of Thomas was several years older than he was. She was a widow, with 8 children NOTES: It is possible that a daughter was born to Thomas and Mary Emma. Family stories indicate that she died in a fire while she was very young.
NOTES: Thomas and Mary Emma had 6 children, the youngest was named Grace.
SOURCES: 1. Records left by William Henry Wallis and his wife, Henrietta Maritta (Jensen) Wallis NOTES: William Henry's death certificate lists his father as William, and his birth date as 22 Dec 1857
NOTES: Joseph died in a shipwreck on the "SS Tararua"
He married Mary Emma Onions 9 Jul 1849 at St. Peter, Aston Manor, Warwick, England . Mary Emma Onions was born at Aston Manor, Warwick, England 1829 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Thomas Wallis
born 1854.
William Henry Wallis
born 23 Dec 1856.
Joseph Wallis
born 1858.
Abraham Wallis
born 1861.
Robert Wallis
born 1863.
Edward Wallis
Thomas Wallis died 16 Mar 1892 at Christ Church, New Zealand .
Mary Emma Onions died Feb 1871 at Birmingham, Warwick, England .