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Scribes in Medieval Scotland spelled names by sound rather than any set of rules, so an enormous number of spelling variations exist in names of that era. Wallace has been spelled Wallace, Wallis, Wallys, Walace, Uallas (Gaelic) and others.
First found in Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
The number of Strathclyde clan families sailing for North America increased steadily as the persecution continued. In the colonies, they could find not only freedom from the iron hand of the English government, but land to settle on. The American War of Independence allowed many of these settlers to prove their independence, while some chose to go to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. Scots played essential roles in the forging of both great nations. Among them: Eleanor, Elizabeth, George, Jane, William, and Mary Wallace all settled in Charles Town S.C. in 1768; Alexander Wallace settled in Georgia in 1733; Andrew, Boyd, Daniel, Edward, Francis, George, Hugh, James, John, Michael, Patrick, Robert, Sam UEL, Thomas, and William Wallace all settled in Philadelphia, P.A. between 1820 and 1870.
Motto Translated: For liberty.
For more information on the last name Wallace, the PDF Surname History is available for purchase as well as other products.
Suggested Readings for the name Wallace
- Wallace-Frierson and Allied Families by Charles Hamilton Young.
- The McKnight Families and their Descendants, also, The Wallace and Alexander Families by Texarado McKnight Peak.
- Ruby Ann Wallace (b. 1923), original name of Ruby Dee
- DeWitt Wallace (1889-1981), American publisher
- Henry Wallace (1836-1916), American agriculturist and writer
- Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965), American agriculturist and statesman
- Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924), American agriculturist
- Lewis Wallace (1827-1905), American author and soldier
- Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965), American politician, 33rd, U.S. Vice-President (1941-45)
- William Wallace (1860-1940), Scottish composer
- George Wallace, Scottish politician, created Baron Wallace of Campsie, in the County of the City of Glasgow in 1974
- Sir Gordon Wallace (d. 1987), Australian, Supreme Court judge
- Walter Wallace, Governor of British Virgin Islands (1974-1978)
- Alfred Russell Wallace (1823-1913), English, naturalist and traveler, who, independently of Darwin, developed a thoery of evolution by natural selection
- Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), English novelist
- Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890), British art patron
- Vincent Wallace (1813-1865), Irish operatic composer
- Private First Class Herman C Wallace, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945
- Clarence Wallace (1893-1982), Canadian shipbuilder, and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1950-1955);
- Colonel Robert Hugh Wallace (1860-1929), British soldier, lawyer and politician in Northern Ireland;
- James Wallace (1918-1980), English, RAF Air Commodore
- George Douglas Wallace (1906-2003), British politician, Member of the UK Parliament, made Baron Wallace of Coslany, in 1974
Wallace Clan Badge
A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...
MoreSepts of the Distinguished Name Wallace
Ualas, Uallas, Walace, Walis, Wallace, Wallis, Wallys, Walys, Wolace, Wollace, Wollis, Wollys and more.
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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist
We have researched the Wallace family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.
Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...
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Family Crests: Timeline
Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
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Family Crests: Elements
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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate
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Wallace Family Crest Products
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The Wallace Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Wallace Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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