Wallis Family History & Genealogy

Minnie Henrietta Wallis of Malmsbury Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Minnie Henrietta Wallis.

Married 1909

ALICE SPRINGS PIONEER RANKS of original Alice Springs 'pioneers are thinning, and one to drop out recently was Mr. Frank Wallis, who died at his home at East Brighton, Victoria, at the age of 77. I spent an entertaining afternoon with his brother Albert and his wife at Moseley street, Glenelg, last week. Albert, ' by the way, has lived there for 17 years. He told me that Frank went to Alice Springs about 1884. A few years later he started the first store there — in Stuart Town it was called, as distinct from the telegraph station out at the Springs. Later he opened branches at Arltunga and Oodnadatta. In time he became Known as the 'Camel King' with a string of 200. When he decided to retire Frank Wallis handed the business over to George Wilkinson and Harry Gepp, who subsequently converted it into Wallis, Fogaity Ltd. Many men enjoyed the privilege of a start in life and generous credit Frank Wallis gave them. Incidentally, he took the first citrus trees to Alice Springs. He once did a camel ride in record quick time from there to Oodnadatta after his brotherin law (Sam Roberts, now of Hyde Park), had sent him a wire telling him his mother was seriously ill in Adelaide. GREAT ADVENTURES MANY people do not realise what stout -hearts the early Aus tralian bushmen had; the type survives, though. Albert Wallis told me last week that he was a youth when he joined his brother Frank in 1886. A' year later they started with camels for the Kimberley goldfields. Reach ing Attack CreeK, they met a lot of diggers returning to Queens^ land, and learnt that the field had petered out. 'We turned down Attack Creek on to the tableland country, went past Anthony Lagoon and down into the Gulf of Carpentaria,' Albert said. 'We loaded up with rations and a few stores, went up to Brunette Downs, and back into Port McArthur to load up again. Camels could waltz over that .country, but the teams ?we had went right into the, slush of the wet season just breaking up. and could not travel. We sold out on the tableland, came back to Corella. Downs, struck out across country west to the over land telegraph line, and returned to Alice Springs. Then the rubies broke out at Hart Range, and we went out to the field. That petered out, and back to the Alice we went. Shortly after that they surveyed the township. Frank went to town, and bought a block for himself and one for me, and started the store. The whole plain 'was cassia scrub, and we had to clear it. I went out to Giles's Hole, started a station there, and a few years later took up Love's Creek, which Lou Bloomfield has now.' NEARLY PERISHED IN the drought of 1893 Frank and Albert Wallis and Charlie South nearly did a perish when they started from Love's Creek to go to Glenormiston (Q.) to see what the country was like. When they got over the Tokay Ranges, on the border of South Australia, they had no more maps of the country, and made in east to Wanditta waterhole, where they saw hun dreds of James Tyson's cattle dead. Their horses began to perish, and they turned back. In the last stages they were 10 days without a thing to eat. Frank Wallis won the Alice Springs Cup with Exile II., which brother Albert bred; he wasted and rode it himself. Albert Wallis won three cups straight with Reveller. The 1909 trophy, which he has, was presented by James Buchanan & Co., whisky distillers. Frank Wallis and his father once took 100 head of horses to Darwin. They sold the mob, put all the money on the father's horse, Dal housie, which won the cup, scooped the pool, and broke the club, after which racing was dormant for years. , The Advertiser Tuesday 3 November 1908 Mrs. Wallis, wife of Mr. Frank B. Wallis, of Alice Springs, died in Melbourne on 'Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wallis recently came to Adelaide from Central Australia, where they had spent several years, and they intended settling near the city. Mrs. Wallis found-it necessary to undergo a serious operation, which was successful, and she went to Melbourne a few weeks ago to recuperate. There illness overtook her again, and she underwent another operation, which proved fatal. Mrs. Wallis was genial and kind-hearted, and she. made friends wherever she went. Much sympathy is felt for Mr. Wallis. There is not a better known man in Central Australia, where he has spent practically the whole of his life, and where he has an extensive station property.

Lily Blanche (Wallis) Humphris of Rochester, Campaspe Shire County, VIC Australia was born in 1865 in Malmsbury, and died at age 58 years old on October 19, 1924 in Rochester.

Brigitte (Wallis) Jennings of Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska United States was born circa 1970. Brigitte Wallis was married to Michael L. Jennings on August 11, 1984 in Dallas County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Brigitte Jennings.

Kristy Wallis was born on December 8, 1978 at Hamilton NY USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kristy Wallis.

Sarah Hannah (Penney) Wallis of Malmsbury, VIC Australia was born in October 1845 in Poplar, Greater London County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 59 years old on April 9, 1905 in Malmsbury, VIC Australia.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bertha Pauline Holstine .

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emily (Wallis) Hoskins.

Arthur James Wallis of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born on August 23, 1906 in Creswick, and died at age 68 years old on September 26, 1974 in Ballarat.

Kristopher Tyler Wallis was born on July 17, 1998. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kristopher Tyler Wallis.

Joseph Henry Wallis was born on August 19, 1890 in Lithuania, and died at age 34 years old on June 5, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Henry Wallis.

About Harold B. Wallis was an American film producer. He is best known for producing Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and True Grit, along with many other major films for Warner Bros. featuring such film stars as Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Bette Davis, and Errol Flynn. Born: September 14, 1898, Chicago, IL Died: October 5, 1986 (age 88 years), Rancho Mirage, CA Spouse: Martha Hyer (m. 1966–1986), Louise Fazenda (m. 1927–1962) Place of burial: Forest Lawn, CA Parents: Eva Blum, Jacob Walinsky

Roxanne Wallis of Kaufman County, TX was born circa 1955. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roxanne (Judy) Wallis.

Dylan Ryan Wallis was born on June 24, 1999. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dylan Ryan Wallis.

John Scriven Flew Wallis of Malmsbury, VIC Australia was born in June 1837 at Isle of Portland in Dorset County, England United Kingdom. He was married to Sarah Hannah (Penney) Wallis in 1861, and had children Thomas Penney Wallace, William Scriven Wallis, John Flew Wallace, Henry George Wallace, George Edward Wallis, Ann Elizabeth Wallis, Alfred Draper Wallis, Violet Helena Wallis, Alice Maude Wallis, Lily Victoria Wallis, Minnie Henrietta (Wallis) Hooppell, Charles Herbert Wallis, Albert Frederick Wallis, Laura Grace Wallis, and Edwin Richard Wallis. John Wallis died at age 76 years old on November 28, 1913 in Malmsbury, VIC Australia.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Caroline (Wallis) Mettam.

We know from the Victoria Australia Death Records: 1836 - 1985 that Elsie died in Park Australia but nothing else can be found in the records about her. Is Elsie a part of your family? If so, can you add more information about her life? Please do so on this page.

Marion Ferber Wallis of 636 Edinburg Rd, in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey United States was born on November 7, 1897 at At home Florence, N.j. 2 east front St., in Florence Township, Burlington County, and died at age 72 years old on November 29, 1969. Marion Wallis was buried at Odd Fellows Rd, in Pemberton.

Marjorie Hannant Wallis of Baxter Australia was born on November 18, 1918 in Melbourne, VIC, and died at age 21 years old in 1939.