Henry and Mary Elizabeth WALLIS and their family must have moved to Ontario from Quebec sometime between 1870 and 1879. According to the census records, daughter Rachel was born in Quebec on the 13th of November 1865. The Guide Book/Atlas of Parry Sound District shows H.B. WALLIS's name on lots in Chapman Township in 1879. The family was not enumerated in the Magnetawan area when the 1871 census was taken. The Grant indicates they located on the land on 27 June 1878. Lots 1 & 2, Concession 2, Chapman. Henry Bull Wallis and Mary Elizabeth Wallis (his wife) received a Grant of 198 acres from the Crown under the Free Grants and Homesteaders Act on 24 August 1883. They sold the property in June 1893 to John Mather for $120. The 1879 Guide Book of Muskoka and Parry Sound District showed "H.B. WALLIS" on lots 1 and 2 in the 2nd concession of Chapman Townhip. Son "Jno. T. WALLIS" is shown on lots 1 and 2 in the 3rd concession of Chapman. The census of Chapman, Strong & Joly Townships, which was taken in April 1881, shows the following on page 37: * WALLACE [sic] Henry 60 married Farmer born Quebec English Meth. WALLACE Mary 55 married Quebec German Meth. WALLACE Rachel 15 Quebec English Meth. * WALLACE Mary 25 Tailoress born Quebec English Meth. * WALLACE George 21 Farmer born Quebec English Meth. * WALLACE Elias 31 Farmer born Quebec English Meth. [* The WALLACE Family is shown as living in four separate households, but this seems a bit excessive. I suspect that the census taker made a mistake. John WALLACE and his family are shown on the same census page.] The 1891 census of Chapman & Croft Townships, District Muskoka & Parry Sound, page 4, taken on the 6th of April 1891, shows: WALLACE [sic] H. Benjamin 72 Married Farmer born Quebec Meth. WALLACE Mary E. 68 Married Wife born Quebec Meth. They were living in a wood house of one storey with three rooms. The parents of both were shown as being born in Quebec. Enumerated immediately before them was George WALLACE, age 30. Enumerated immediately after them was their daughter, Rachel BLACK, and her family, followed by John WALLACE and his family. When the 1901 census was taken, Henry was enumerated living with his daughter, Maria JACKSON, in Croft Township (part 3, page 1). He was shown as "Henry B. WALLACE [sic], age 82, loger [sic lodger], occupation farmer, married, born in Que-r [rural Quebec] in March 1819, of English origin, of Canadian nationality, Methodist". Also in the 1901 census, "Mary E. WALLIS" was enumerated living in the household of her daughter, Rachel A. BLACK in Spence Township (part 1, page 1). She is shown as aged 76, born 10th March 1825 [sic] in rural Quebec, of Canadian nationality, Methodist, mother tongue English. The book ‘These Our Ancestors Were Districts of Perry Sound and Muskoka’ on page 212, contains the record of a tombstone in Spence Cemetery which is on lot 74, concession A of Spence Township, on the Rousseau-Nipissing Road at Spence Hamlet in the District of Parry Sound. According to the book, the stone reads ‘Henry B. WALLIS / Died January 21st, 1909 / Age 87 years, 10 months, 3 days’. On the same stone is "Mary E. WALLIS / Died November 30th 1905 / Aged 82 years, 8 months, 20 days". His daughter Maria Wallis married John Jackson and raised a family in the Magnetawan Ontario area in the neighbouring Township of Chapman. See Wallis & Jackson Chart and see their photographs on next page. For a map of the Township of Chapman and Spence search old maps at http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/aboutatlases.html

Henry and Mary Elizabeth WALLIS and their family must have moved to Ontario from Quebec sometime between 1870 and 1879. According to the census records, daughter Rachel was born in Quebec on the 13th of November 1865. The Guide Book/Atlas of Parry Sound District shows H.B. WALLIS's name on lots in Chapman Township in 1879. The family was not enumerated in the Magnetawan area when the 1871 census was taken.

The Grant indicates they located on the land on 27 June 1878. Lots 1 & 2, Concession 2, Chapman. Henry Bull Wallis and Mary Elizabeth Wallis (his wife) received a Grant of 198 acres from the Crown under the Free Grants and Homesteaders Act on 24 August 1883. They sold the property in June 1893 to John Mather for $120.

The 1879 Guide Book of Muskoka and Parry Sound District showed "H.B. WALLIS" on lots 1 and 2 in the 2nd concession of Chapman Townhip. Son "Jno. T. WALLIS" is shown on lots 1 and 2 in the 3rd concession of Chapman.

The census of Chapman, Strong & Joly Townships, which was taken in April 1881, shows the following on page 37:

* WALLACE [sic] Henry 60 married Farmer born Quebec English Meth.

WALLACE Mary 55 married Quebec German Meth.

WALLACE Rachel 15 Quebec English Meth.

* WALLACE Mary 25 Tailoress born Quebec English Meth.

* WALLACE George 21 Farmer born Quebec English Meth.

* WALLACE Elias 31 Farmer born Quebec English Meth.

[* The WALLACE Family is shown as living in four separate households, but this seems a bit excessive. I suspect that the census taker made a mistake. John WALLACE and his family are shown on the same census page.]

The 1891 census of Chapman & Croft Townships, District Muskoka & Parry Sound, page 4, taken on the 6th of April 1891, shows:

WALLACE [sic] H. Benjamin 72 Married Farmer born Quebec Meth.

WALLACE Mary E. 68 Married Wife born Quebec Meth.

They were living in a wood house of one storey with three rooms. The parents of both were shown as being born in Quebec. Enumerated immediately before them was George WALLACE, age 30. Enumerated immediately after them was their daughter, Rachel BLACK, and her family, followed by John WALLACE and his family.

When the 1901 census was taken, Henry was enumerated living with his daughter, Maria JACKSON, in Croft Township (part 3, page 1). He was shown as "Henry B. WALLACE [sic], age 82, loger [sic lodger], occupation farmer, married, born in Que-r [rural Quebec] in March 1819, of English origin, of Canadian nationality, Methodist". Also in the 1901 census, "Mary E. WALLIS" was enumerated living in the h

ousehold of her daughter, Rachel A. BLACK in Spence Township (part 1, page 1). She is shown as aged 76, born 10th March 1825 [sic] in rural Quebec, of Canadian nationality, Methodist, mother tongue English.

The book ‘These Our Ancestors Were Districts of Perry Sound and Muskoka’ on page 212, contains the record of a tombstone in Spence Cemetery which is on lot 74, concession A of Spence Township, on the Rousseau-Nipissing Road at Spence Hamlet in the District of Parry Sound. According to the book, the stone reads ‘Henry B. WALLIS / Died January 21st, 1909 / Age 87 years, 10 months, 3 days’. On the same stone is "Mary E. WALLIS / Died November 30th 1905 / Aged 82 years, 8 months, 20 days".

His daughter Maria Wallis married John Jackson and raised a family in the Magnetawan Ontario area in the neighbouring Township of Chapman. See Wallis & Jackson Chart and see their photographs on next page. For a map of the Township of Chapman and Spence search old maps

at http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/aboutatlases.html